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Show t L ! L.i.J. J.. jl.u-.. ....... . .'J- v . . ( Is C.'.lj. LriV tD , ; Uni:: s, i7L!cj, II: In- sists, Area : I lcr.ee to . ' ' Lirtj .anl Frccl:a i ' NEW. -ORLEANS," April 11. The Na- ) tlonal Association . of iranufacturers, ' i representing hundreds of. millions" of ; Invested American, capital, began at Tulane hall today what prorrJes to be . the' most Important annual convention . ' . - "I In the history, of the oranlxitlon. The open and avowed hostmty of President D.'M. Parry toward the method of or-ganized or-ganized labor has attracted wile attention atten-tion and the largely Increased delegate representation from the various manufacturing-States of the Northwest is declared by the members to.be largely due to the Interest taken by the mem-ben mem-ben In the labor question, - -llany Delegate Arrire. " Large delegations from the Eastern and New England States arrived Sun- , day and yesterday and the special train bearing representatives from the middle States section came ia . this morning with President Parry and other fleers ' of the association. . Immediately upon the arrival of the train th delegates gathered at Tulane hall In University place, where James W. Porch, vice-president for Louisiana, called the convention to-order. After ; -addresses of welcome by. Mayor Paul Capdevtlle of New Orleans and Gov. W. W. neard, to which President Par- i ry responded, the convention settled it- . self to the serious business of the ses J si on. beginning with the reading of the I president's annual report., f rtrryVY!eT3 ci I- -r. i Af'.TT - e -i ' - . ' ' tl I A. ' ... v. - .....tri' -. -y which now 2 . over ill J r bers on -Its roll, Mr. l a.rry lmmecli- ely. took . ' up the quesilun of the batt: between . ! the manufacturers and organized labor . 1 In connection with the eight-hour and ? anti-conspiracy bills, .which were de-feated de-feated at the. last session of Congress. .-. Referring to this contest, Mr. Parry "' i said: " '. - "By Its determined opposition to the ' ' passage of the eight-hour and the anti-lnjunctlon anti-lnjunctlon bills thia -association preferred pre-ferred what to my mind, was a great : I public aervice. the full significance of which Is,-perhaps, not realized even by many who were foremost in condemn- lng those .measures. - ., I A Slow' at Freedom. . -. '. . f "Organized- labor, an army presum- ,? ably 2,000,000 strong, feeling its strength t and exultant over many victories it had -as won, concluded last winter that the 5 time waa. rip to make Congress en- ' graft, upon the statute books of the : i Nation its sprigs of socialism, legal- ' lzlng those denials of individual rights - j whlch It has heretofore aourht to en-Join en-Join by force. It drew up and fathered I the eight-hour and anti-injunction bills, f the former of which could well -have been entitled 'An act to repeal the bill : ' of rights guaranteeing the f reedera of the Individual and the latter should have been - termed -'A bill to legalise strikes and boycotts., Guided bj Law of Savsjes. .' , . . i "Organlted labor knows but one law '. and that is the law of physical force , A ' the law of the Huns and vandals, the - ' law of the savage. All its purposes are , accomplished either by actual force or by the threat of force. It does not place ,' Its reliance la reason and Justice.-but ' hi strikes, boycotts and coercion. It - - is. In -all essential features,, a mob- . 1 power knowing no 'master except its own will and la continually condemning . or defying . the constituted authorities. The 'Stronger it grows, the greater a .. -menace it becomes to the continuance ".C ' of free government, in which all -the people have a voice.' It Is.- in fact, a . despotism springing tnto being la a 1 midst of llberty-loTlng people.V . fi-J-' Pederation la Deaounced. ' ' . ; '; - , ! ' The ' American Federation of Labor " i. was ' denounced : "as an organizatiorf . ...... which "breeds boycotters, plcketers and ooclallsts and the source from whence . . proceeds such .noxious emanations as .' l the, eight-hour . and, anti-conspiracy . V 1 bills."' The speaker denounced concil- - j iation as a myth and arbitration u ( failure, holding that there can be no. conciliation or arbitration when a gun ' la pointed at the head of employers and . they ar forced 'to 'arbitrate whether, , - they - will or' not. 'As a, cure for the,. , many "evils'' , confronting employers',- i '. v Mr.. Parry recommended organization 1. .' among manufacturers and - employers which shall embrace the last employer in the United States, the various minor organizations to be, combined , in one ( grand national federation '. , t The rest of the report dealt, mostly with the new Department of Commerce : , " and the question of -reciprocity. Mr. Parry-recommended the maximum and ' - ' minimum tarirt as a solution of the-re ; ciproclty question, ." ' ; - ' - '. Beport of Secretary. - - , .- "f Marshall Cushing. national secretary,.' ' ' t read his annual report, showir.g an in- -' crease in membership of 1C per cent during the last year and a satractory financial condition. "- -The chairman announced h' stand-lng stand-lng committees and at 1 o'clock aa adjournment ad-journment for luncheon was tkn. The afternoon seselon was ;?vote4 tf v . d!sculon of the.snrual ' 'ia and the c.'ierlr g cf 'rex.lu J?ri. '-" dele-ritss dele-ritss are t- '.r -j e- -rt ..'.r.f i tv l v Or-1 Or-1 ir.s in rcysl f ir.i. i: - - ; ' h a t --1. n i .' 1 T-"h a ' f- av v '- : "-. |