The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-17
NEEDS FOUR MANUFACTURES
NATION a. PROBLEWS TILKED
o. N CONVENTION.
Resolutions on the Death u .. ". Van
CleaNe Fire Prevention. Interstate
Commerce and Immigration Dis-
ru-.ed -ContFaet IAboF Law Aliases.

The National Association OF manu-
facturers heaan a thres days convention
a. the Waldorf yesterday. the fourtecntl
annual convention of the association
a. which important national problems
arr TO be- considered from the manufac
tursrs' viewpoint Yesterday the chic
questions dealt with were fire prevention
interstate commerce aud immigration
To-day the greatest interest will Centr,
IN a discussion Of the question Of th'
prevention % accidents 10 workingmen.
The association has found by inquiry
that about 5OO.OD workmen are iniured
by accident in this country each year
sntaihng a loss u millions Of dollars
aside from the physical damage 10 the
victims. aud 10 wants TO find a Way "a
lessen this loss and better the conditions.
The convention opened yesterday IN
the shadow Of the death of the asso-
cations former president. James W Van
Cleave, and the convention adopted a
resolution expressing strongly the as
a0ciafiOn's admiration Of Mr.. Van Cleave
and il sense Of loss in his death. poF-
trait Of Mr.. Van Cleave on the platform
was draped in mourning.
% the subject OF fire prevention there
was an address by Charles l.. Case. who
spoke from the standpoint Of insurance
underwriters. His address followed a
report Of the associations committee
on FIRE prevention. Mr. Case-said:
1t II sufficient 20 say that al one effect
i've means Of FIRE prevention the national
board has assisted a. an expense of SO 40
ia sending 81 incsndiaries TO the psni-
tentiaries Of different States. This, gentle
man. IL our point Of view. We believe we
are rendering the public a valuable ser.
vics. not wholly on the pro homo publioo'
order. but because by reducing the FIRE
loss We Insurance compsnies can make
more money for our stockholders. who
require good dividends 70 leave their
money In our risky business
Our loss Ia still several times higher
. person than that OF any other country.
We desire to deal fairly with the public.
30 do all We can 70 safeguard property
and incidentally lives. against this awful.
ever preseut. enormous. but largely
prsventable FIRE peril. and we thank
you for the present opportunity Of CO.
operating with YOU
Thecougnpittee on immigration. speaking
Of the country - q whole. reported among
other observations 1heae;
In the past dur economic strength has
been largely due 10 our preeminenoe as
producers and mSuufnctprrrs Of food
stuiis. while We ahodld hs justly proud
Of our increasing exports u manufactures
We cannot 6hOfd TO loss orr position
a. exportets-O the pr0duOts % the soil,
Much has been said and written about the
increase IN the C'st ~ food In the
Eastern and the southern States az we'll
~ IN the West there Is much untitled
ground r. the face ~ this condition
We are met by the fact that only very
small proportion of even farm laborers
who COM into this country engage here I
IN agriculture. Although producers in
their own lands. they become consumers |
here. without doing their part in prOduc- f.
ing toward our store " food
The committee. turning its attention /
20 the contract labor law says that both /
through its provisions and iis abuses IL !
has become -one Of the most powerful /
weapons Of the labor unions Tor the |
oppression of the manufacturers, and the /
committee adds The chief abuses ~ the /
law are the uses mad = 81 IL by labor |
unions in strike cases both in incnn-
veniencing the employer and in intiini-
dating the employees bv threats 81 de-
portation Upon trial before the board /
Of special inquiry the alien u presumed
guilty until he has proved himself iuno-
cent. Ne Ia first subjected 10 an eXamina-
ton by the board and compelled % acuuit
himself before his acC1Isers are cnmpelled
TO suhsi ant iate their accusations. Il will
readily he seen what an opportunity such
q practice gives 20 those who invoke b. Il
with malicious motives
The committee says that IN M case
n the law invoked hy On. labor union
oeicials from desire o. 49, 10 enforced
but In every case from ulteriOr motives
Of self-iutereet The committee recon-
mends that no restrictions he placed
On immigration other than those neces-
sary % Keep out the morally, mentally
or physically unfit and those whose racial
origin makes them incapahle II assim-
Ation IN the body polite. that 10 shall
h. lawful h import skilled labor when
the rgrson imp0rting cannot obtain !
aOOr8N % the Kind m this country who
viii work' for him AZ the ate VI wages
prevailing IN this country for such labor.
ana that warrants IL arrest and deporfa- I I
tim Of aliens who have landed be- issusd :
only by United States Comm issioper
or United States Judge On such sworn Z
complaints a. nov are Necessary in :
criminal cstses
The Hon. OrTnsby McHarg in an address {
on Distribution - Immigrants a Neoes- !
sify' said There h considerable popu- d
lar Tear 81 the result u immigration re-
mains unchecked The present naturaH- =
zation laws arr strict enough II now =
remains with the States To impose stricts- 2
suffrage laws. The Citlzenship u the =
country. guarded In this manner would Z
make u safe n 1T in'eyery SINE. healthy. i
moral man and woman in the civilized a
world without fear and without danger
The congestion ~ immigrants in the cities b
where they an. CONSUMERS IA one IT the y
fret CAUSES IT high proes. j
Gentlemen. your organization should a
support plan Tor increasing the supply q
Of nav materials produced in the country
md a. the same time r.ducs the connect b
ton Tor labor in your factories Accord n
ng 10 the statistics n the natural increase
m our population the time will never
c0me when our Jncultivatai lands W,IlI
~ be settled. Immigration IL our only u
source - supply for this purpnss. spand
he price of a hattieship a year IN plactnal
jar imml grants around. and We would
reap = national profit ~ untold millions l.
his b. pnpumr business argument ol
10 BE- considered IN thus connection. q,
We want th" materials IT our citizen I
hip n be ~ pure ~ the gold In our stand >
lrd dollar We must not, however. ideaIiys y
md Csk for something hsttsr than our m
'elves. when the problem of congestion "