Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-20
President of Manufacturers
Body Declares 1t Bears
Stains of LaWIeSSneSS.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
ACCUSED OF COWARDICE
Refers in Address to Spectacle Pre-
sented" in Closing Days of Last
Session.

DETROIT. Mich. May 2O.-Charging
that organized labor has failed to clear
itself Of the stains which violence and
iaWiessness has cast upon it, John
Kirby, jr., of Dayton, Ohio president of
the National Association of Manufacture
ers. in his annual report today dwelt
at length on present industrial and leg
islative tendencies and their effects upon
manufacturers and employers. He re-
ferred in detail to the treatment of
great corporations and the railroads and
the attitude of manufacturers toward
the tariff He said. in part:
Conspicuous in the momentous events
of recent years that have transpired in
the field of American industry is the
tragedy of Los Angeles and the drama
of Indianapolis. As reward to the
principal accomplices in this conspir-
acy they have one after another.
through the power of the invincible in
ner circle OF the American Federation
OF Labor. been reelected to their re-
spective Offices. Point to me one single
labor leader or delegate who has risen
type of leadership be forever barred
from the administration of union al
fairs.
Alleges Discrimination.
During recent years We have Wit
messed the prosecution and conviction of
many business men, under the Sherman
antitrust Law, for seeking in some way
to protect their business against ruthiess
competition and dominant methods OF the
labor trust. If they have violated the
law we have no complaint to oner Tor
the penalties which they may De called
upon to pay but we do protest against
the free and unmolested manner In Which
the labor trust defiantly continues to vlo-
late the same law.
I'VE are justified in our condemnation
of representatives and senator's In Con-
sress who in the name of political eX-
pediency stoop SO low In the scale OF
public duty as to vote for such legisla-
ton as the Clayton anti-injunctiQp ana
contempt bills passed in the lower House
of the Sixty-second Congress, and whlcn
only escaped passage in the Senate by
a hairs breadth.
Calls It "Cowardiy Pretense."
There are men now acting in the ca
pacity of representatives of the people
who under the cowardly pretense of po'
litical expediency have been willing to
violate their oath of office for the cheap
| nrice offered by the leaders of an organ
lied gang of dynamiters who with their
entire affiliated membership represent
=
less. than , per cent of the population OF
the country
And should not We gaze with hoir1-
fled amazement upon the spectacle pre-
sented to us in the closing days o. the
last Congress. when both the Senate ana
House passed the Sundry civil appro-
priation bill containing provision thas
no funds appropriated for the. use OF
the Department of Justice in prosecut-
ing yioiators of the Sherman act should
be used for the purpose of prosecuting
these defiant combinatlons-a Dill Whlch
William Howard Taft promptly We
toed? The same bill is pendlns asain
having been promptly passed by the
House in the special session. And this
is the wa. the party in power starts
out to make good it's boasted slogan or
equal rights for all, special privileges to
none.
Demands Government of Law"
Referring to the Industrial Workers of
the World as being supplemental to the
American Federation of Labor, Mr.. Kir-
by said
Against these forces of evil domestic
and alien we must stand ilintlike in our
resolve that our government Is ana
must be a government Of law"
"If. as a result of radical and ill-ad-
yised tariff legislation. we suffer busi-
tunity 10 laoor." he said, in conclusion.
the aftermath. like in the recent floods.
will plainly be visible and the remedy
sharp and decisive. But this is not the
case with respect to the insidious class
legislation which is coming upon us. Ex-
perience teaches that once such leSisla-
tion is incorporated in statute law it is
written there to stay.
Veto of Sundry Civil Bill Urged.
The Association of Manufacturers this
afternoon unanimously adopted and for
warded to President Wilson resolutions
urging him to veto the sundry civil ap-
propriation bill which has passed Con-
gress containing a provision preventing
the use of public funds. appropriated TO
enforce the Sherman act. for the prose
cution of labor and agricultural organi-
cations violating that statute. The reso-
Iution was introduced by James A, ,
Emery of Washington. general counse
for the Manufacturers Association. After
Mr.. Emery had assailed the bill for three
ouarters of an hour the resolution was
Immediately adopted and telegraphed to
Washington.