David MacLean Parry (26 March 1852—12 May 1915) was an American industrialist and writer.[1]
Biography
David MacLean Parry was born on a farm near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked briefly as a clerk, a traveling salesman, a reporter on The New York Herald and later became a successful businessman. He was president of Parry Manufacturing Co., and Parry Oil and Pipe Line Co., the Parry Auto Co.
Parry served for a time as president of the American Educational Society, the Citizens' Industrial Association of America[2] and the National Association of Manufacturers.
Parry was well known for being extremely hostile to labor unions and workers' rights.[3][4] He authored the anti-socialistic