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Show BITTER rvEFLY IS ' ' ' MADE BY PARRY TO ( SPEECH OF 11ANNA INDIANAPOLIS, lad., April M. "Mr. Hanna's rtisMne; to the rescue of organized or-ganized labor Is, when you come to think of It, A somewhat astonishing spectacle." said. Mr. D. M. Parry yesterday, yester-day, when asked for his opinion as to the attack made upon his labor position by Senator Henna at the banquet of the Amalgamated Steel-Workers at Columbus. Colum-bus. "There was very little argument In Mr. Hanna's speech. He takes nj the paper, which haa met the Indorsement of 18 per cent of the manufacturers of the country as being a fair exposition of the socialistic tendency and, what Carroll D. Wright calls 'the damnable practices of trade unionism' and makes what I think the country will hold as a poor attempt to answer It. He reads a section from this paper, then denies it is true, and turns around after sneering sneer-ing at the writer, and jaaye in the manner man-ner of the ordinary 'stump speaker: Boys, Is not that so? Of course, the boys send up an uproarious shout of approvalthen ap-provalthen be patted this man on the back and then that one. called Mr. Shaffer 'Brother and otherwise conducted con-ducted himself as the presiding genius of a veritable love feast. This method of disposing of one of the most serious questions of the day probably takes with the kind of men that he was addressing, ad-dressing, but I cannot help feeling that the rest of the country would have been better satisfied with a more dignified treatment of the labor problem. "After the manner of a petUfoggtnr lawyer he picked out a couple of paragraphs para-graphs of my report, held them up to ridicule and then passsd on to his own Ideas as to Joint agreement and the legal responsibilities of labor unions, evading all the main point brought out In my address. If there Is anything more In Mr. Hanna's speech 1 fall to find It. Hoot ef th Mgtttr. ' Whet has Mr. llsnna l sy shmit rising Ihe wages by artificial metbodaT There (a Ihe root rif the wnnle matter. If It Is right that one rises of workmen should have their wages fiied arid-Irarlly, arid-Irarlly, then II Is only lust Ihsl the ! of sll rtsHses should fl In the same rnshner. I hive hssrd It ssld that had ll not been for Mr. llsnna snd his Hvi MemMon ihe snthrsr-lie rusl Mrlke would have hssn attM without Ihe trushln kas thst-fell upon ihe consumers of the t-ouniry, "Mow dope Mr, llanna make th r. port of ths mining romtnlssion conform to his Ideas of JustlreT That mort, 1 bHIsve, states thnt Ut wsgpi of the miners wr fount! to mmtmre favorably favora-bly with the pay of ftnployees in other Industries, snd yet despite this finding, the commission granted sn sdvance of 10 per cent. "1 am surprised to see that Mr, Han-na Han-na so flatly denies the proposition that organised labor Is founded on the principle prin-ciple ot force, when every day furnishes demonstrations In proof of my charge. The only reason why the anthracite miners received a wage scale confessedly confessed-ly out of proportion to what similar labor gets elsewhere Is because they were able to compel Us granting by force. Oppose the System. "I wish It thoroughly understood that I am not against the Individual workman work-man getting the highest price for his labor that Industrial conditions will permit, per-mit, nor am I against organized labor per se. What I do oppose, however, is any system that seeks to pry up wages by the use of artificial methods or physical phy-sical force, by strikes, boycotts. Joint agreements, coercions, etc. I declare that the arbitrary sdjustnre-nt of wages Is radically wrong. If Mr. Hanna is not encouraging chaos In wage relations, what Is ho doing? I maintain that free industrial conditions are essential to the highest progress, and that only under un-der such conditions can the laboring clssses hope to receive the highest reward re-ward for their toll. On account of the false economic Ideas preached by the Socialistic leaders of the lalxjrlng masses, I am well aware that the idea I have advanced is not popular, but nevertheless It Is true and I believe in standing for the right, come what may. "I note that Mr. Hanna rays that he is opposed to making the unions legally responsible for their arts, because they are composed of honest men who will abide by their agreement. This Is about the first time that I have heard it Intimated that any one thought the unions would not keep the agreement they msy enter Into. I may be very Ignorant on the labor question, but It has always been my understanding that legal responsibility of unionism is considered con-sidered desirable not because the honesty hon-esty of the average member Is doubted, but because that being: a business institution insti-tution the union should bear tho responsibility re-sponsibility for the acts of Its members, mem-bers, whenever It declares a strike that results In losses to bUHiness, damages to property or personal Injuries to Independent Inde-pendent workmen. Says Facts Were Misstated. "Mr. Hanna went out of his road In apologizing for the National Association Associa-tion of Manufacturers' bad Judgment in electing me unanimously for president presi-dent for a second term. He stated that I managed to slip In because It was the custom of the association to honor each president with two terms. This Mas a gross misstatement of facts, for the former president filled the office . six years. "Mr. Hanna corraled the manufacturers manufactur-ers of the country In the first McKlnley campaign for the fear of Bryanlsm. He led them Into the McKinley camp because be-cause of this fear, but If he thinks he can ring-nose the manufacturers on the labor Issue and lead them into the camp of Gompers and his aggregation I think he overestimates his strength and Influence very much. The National Nation-al Association of Manufacturers Is not a political organization and will not be led by any politician. As long as I am president of the association It shall not be used as a kite to advance the fortunes for-tunes of any politician or political party. par-ty. The labor question Is entirely apart from partisan politics and it Is hoped that it will not be made the football of politics. Meddllns; politicians have almost, al-most, destroyed England Industrially, tylngMhe country up in all sorts of socialist so-cialist legislation at the behests of the labor leaders. There Is still time to head off this programme In the United States. The National Association of Manufacturers has taken a determined position that the factories of this country coun-try are to be operated without the dictation dic-tation of labor agitators or politicians and I firmly believe that they will I mU&taia that position to ths last" |