Evening journal., 1917-04-19
manufacturers OF
CITY review WORK
Re-elect Officers and Dis
cuSS Relations Between
Capital and Labor
lCONC2DES MEMS
RIGHT TO ORGANIZE

sociation. which was held last night
in the rose room OF the Hotel DUPONT.
G. D. Garretson endeavored to with
draw his name as candidate for presi-
dent for another term, but there was
a protest that was voiced all over the
floor.
The officers are: c. D. Garretson,
president; John +. Healy and Fred
H. Gawthrop. vice-presidents; T. G..
Taylor, treasurer. Executive commit
tee-Joseph S. Hamilton, John e.
Walker, H. NJ. Taylor, Frank N. Over
deer. James +. Robbins, II. f. Mellon,
A. p. Neutz and Robert S. Glover.
The principal speakers were Horace
II. Burrell, chairman Of the advisory
board of the Builders Exchange Of
Philadelphia, and Earl Constantine,
field commissioner of the National
Council for Industrial Defense. Mr..
Burrell reviewed labor conditions in
Philadelphia and New York during
the past twenty years, and said the
hardest proposition they had to con-
tend with in labor circles was the man
with the crouch.
Mr.. Constantine urged that the view
point of the employer be broadened
TO take in national scope. He said the
changing times necessitated the union
Of workmen to gain their demands.
"The manufacturer who does not
concede his men the right to organize
IS hard TO find these days" said the
speaker. "The unfortunate part Of
such organizat .ons is the vicious lead
ership too frequently imposed on the
men.
ITO what extremes these conditions
have been carried is nowhere better
exemplifed than IN San Francisco,
Cal. and Everett, Wash. II was not
until the entire citizenship was
aroused by the boldness and lawless-
hess of the leaders who even held up
United States mail and Treasury
wagons on the docks in San Francisco
until they could show passes from the
union leaders that the trouble was
settled. In consequence San Fran
cisco lost scores of manutactur-
ing plants, while Oakland and Los
Angeles gained because the citizens
would not permit the labor organiza--
tion to dictate what the public should
and should not do. r.,
lows:
passed since we rallied to the call for
mutual protection last spring and Or
panized this association said Mr.. Gar
Tetson. who spoke in full as follows;
GOuick TO take advantage of condi-
tions which promise steady work and
good wages. the labor agitators have
been steadily at work endeavoring tc
extend their organizations, by foment
ing discomfort among the workers. In
some cases their arguments have car
ried weight with the unthinking, and II
oonseouence. some wOrkmen allied them
selves with trade unions with the
thought that such organizations offered
them the only support with which tc
gain higher wages. Naturally, the agl'
fators do not dwell upon the advantage
of being competent in the crafts; they
know that the competent worker Is a
man who can earn the highest pay the
market affords through his own skill
and initiative and that he is not keer
20 allv himself with a body of mer
whose efforts are to curtail his earning
power bv dragging him down to the leve
of mediocrity or lower.
NLabor is held in control by its lead
arg through intimidation and coercion
thus developing q discipline which Il
largely effective through fear, but
it ia effective and will remain 81
uutFl we, as employers, can teach th'
individual worker that his progress il
only limited by his ability and that HI
does not need to associate or align him
self with trade unions which do not pa!
his wages. but, assess him for his due
and the expenses of the organization
Io,ToNs,cs HE aarniuua
ave must inspire confidence in the
workers and let them feel that they
are on a profit-sharing basis with us
and that only through their loyalty
and energy can we earn the money
through the sale of our products
with which to pay them their share
of those earnings.
I'VE can do this by constructive
effort to bring about better working
conditions, keeping wages up to the
highest possible point and rewardine
diligence and skill among the work
Hrs wherever we can.
'aThe Employers Association oi
Wilmington, as have been hundreds
OF other similar associations of EN-.
ployers and manufacturers through
out the country, was forced into be-
ing, by the unwarranted, biased anC
unfair attacks created and engineer
ed by labor agitators. It has beer
truly said that cooperation is mos
effective when conditions enforce i
In times of attack, this association il
its brief period of existence has beer
able TO present a solid front and
through that mere fact has overcome
the attacks of agitators to a large
degree.
1--WE have had cooperation il
times of stress and we must enlarge
upon that cooperation and have i
operative at all times. II must bI
constantly at work among ourselves
we can help each other in many way
by interchange of trade. by fre'
discussion of our individual problems
at our meetings; by supporting tn
employment bureau maintained joint
" by cur two associations. and b!
submerged selfish individual Interest,"
for the benefit of the community a
large.
Eve have had concrete instances +
this city during the past twelv
months whe-a our efforts as an asso
ciation have been successful. and {
our organization can be attributed i
a large measure the industrial sta
biiity OF this city. particularly in tn
cases of the machinistS. einctrica
workers. plumbers and pipe filters
strikes. There have been spasm0di
disturbances in various plants whicl
did not call for the united effort 0
the association TO adjust. as they wer
oorol for hx fha nlopfc offoofaJ