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Show GARY AIRS VIEWS ON LABOR DEMANDS1 jH AAA A A A A A A urns ii BE MORE ALERT Head of Steel Corporation I Says Capitalist Group Has I Neglected Rights DISCRIMINATING LAWS PASSED, HE DECLARES Agitators as a Rule Are In-I In-I cincere and Selfish, Gary 1 Tells Convention i i" '-QJl3. May 2Sj Employer! In America roteHTadipa;sJLho capitalistic capi-talistic group heretofore hav,5wb?.sri backward in proclaiming their rights and Insisting upon proper consideration. considera-tion. Elbert IT. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, oc-clared oc-clared hero today, in opening the annual an-nual meeting of the American Iron and Steel Institute. "The present so-called labor strikes, involving riot and Injury to property and person, are instigated as a part of the campaign to disturb and demoralize de-moralize tho social and economic con- tion. Ho declared there arc no classes In tho United States such as have existed ex-isted In other countries. In America, he said, those who are seeking to establish classes are composed com-posed of a comparatively small minority minor-ity of the population who have adopted adopt-ed the word "labor," with the concealed con-cealed design of forming a class which they hope finally will attract a ma-! jorit of the people, and thus enable I them to Obtain legislation which would) ultimately destroy the constitution. , Wrongful Moves. "Thcso men have already procurea certain legislation which is wrongfully discriminating," Mr. Gary said. "Some of them know what tho final consequence conse-quence of their designs must be, that all would be lost in tho ruins, but Immediate Im-mediate vain Is to them sufficient justification." jus-tification." "Employes must and will realize,'1 continued Mr. Gary, "that their advancement ad-vancement and contentment depenus upon the progress and prosperity of the employers; that, except for the willing and freo investment of capital up to the requirements of business de-demands, de-demands, together with full copera-tlvo copera-tlvo assistance on tho part of tho best talent, enterprise and initiative would languish and disappear, and that Indifference In-difference nnd idleness would be substituted. sub-stituted. Agitators Rapped. "Agitators who are trying to create trouble between omployes and their employors as a rule are insincere and selfish. . . . Their business Is better . . . when others are in trouble. They promise reforms, but their methods lead to trouble and loss to others. In this list are Included a few writers, lecturers, public speakers speak-ers lind self-appointed labor leaders, so-called. "Tho great masses of employes, if left to decide for themselves, are loyal to tho country, to the public intorest, and to their employers; and to the extent ex-tent of this loyalty they will bo rewarded re-warded 'up to the full measure of their deserts." |