The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
Letters to The Editor.

m Ia Letters to The Editor.
 3kaxaxSxxsxxS&xx4xxxAx&11S Mr. Rockefeller and the University
 of Chicago.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 The uniform seal which The Advertiser has always manifested in ascertaaning and in supporting the truth, the consequent benef1cent influence which 1t exerts on the minds of the people of Alabama. and the opinion which holds throughout the ana recs hs snas nubc of section, lead me to hope that something further may appear in your columns con corning . subject which was presented n the issue Sf your paper on e9s i nEst or or Washington"
 The sections in question of the article referred to read as follows:
 While laws of Christianity permit none fellows. it is the daily duty of some of us to testify to works of men whom money and money alone have made conspicuous
 some one writing from an enlightened saying that there is always evident 6 purpose on the part of The Advertiser to say what is right. asks If 1t is true that MT. Rockefeller gave million dollars raised the price of Standard oil e cent a gallon, thereby giving to himself an ad- diuonal million of two dollars over and above the sum donated to the university
 The best obtainable infosrnatson is that the contention of your Alabama subscrtb- CT is quite true, though, of course, he cannot expect me to bear personal witness to the fact, since this correspondent is Q xpoA general duty of ascertaining facts and promptly reporting them when they are of general interest.
 "In passing, 1t may be said. there Is probably not a newspaper In this coun. try whose readers are more exactine Of facts than those who depend upon The Advertiser for information concerning the general affairs of mankind. and this ser want of The Advertiser may be suffered to say that no newspaper is more exact in whom 1t may help or hurt.
 "An newspaper workers who are atten- tive to their general duties are aware that there is a public impression that MT. Whether he Is so. 1t Is not for this worker
 Certain 1t is. however, that MT. Rocke- fellers Chicago University is today the tianity has to contend against. Practi- cally all its influence Is subversive of the Christian religion. President" Harper. as we hear the changes forever rung upon his very tiresome name, seems bent upon that free thought that would bring religion into disrepute And so with his regiment Of professors. Not long ago one of his faculty, one Dr. Lloyd Jones, or Dr. Jones Lloyd, whoever he was. iectured to a certain public school Of Ala agnostic, Ibsen, and within two hours he taught the children of Christian parents more unfaith than years of blessed Sun day school could overcome. Last year Chicago University to discuss the ques- ton whether the Holy Scriptures were inspired, whether God is God The blas- phemousness of this is appalling.
 iSmns pOe dro 9Uy %s dhnss ars 'G amss snn with the dictum of one of MT. hocke- bellers hirelings of his university. that Rockefeller is himself greater than Shakespeare. All this sort of rubbish, monished all well-intentioned persons that MT. Rockefeller's twenty-mfliion dollar scheme of advertising himself and his crazy President" Harper and mad mob of professors is dangerous to the moral well-b being of this country.
 'To young Alabama readers who desire to know if it be true that the price of Standard oil was advanced to an extent that would cover for MT. Rockefeller the
 
 University, 1t may be stated that the newspapers so affirm. that whereas. he gave a million dollars, according to his holdings of Standard oil stock he will re- the increase. in the price of oil since he gave the money to the university.
 Thus the people pay the donation to the university, just as the people have paid other gifts which 1t would not at this time be gracious to mention.
 We are a long-suffering and in some instances a. foolish folk. 1t would be we'll for your inquiring Alabama subscriber dearly for the gifts that are given to us.'
 In these words your correspondent inti- mates that MT. Rockefeller raised the price of oil to compensate himself for his gift of one million dollars to the Uni versity of Chicago; states as certain that Chicago University Is today the most powerful undermining force Christianity has to contend against. Practically all of its influence is subversive of the Chris tian religion" ,and maintains that MT. of advertising himself and his crazy President" Harper and mad mob of professors is dangerous to the moral well-being of this country
 These statements, we believe. are not quite founded on fact or in accord with sound reason.
 First, of Mir. Rockefeller's gift of one million dollars to the University of Chaca- Granted that the price of of rose subse- quent to the gift of one million dollars by MT. Rockefeller to the University of Chicago; 1t by no means follows that these two facts were casually connect ed The rise in the price of oil can be explained by sounder and more charita- ble reasoning. Economic conditions alone account fully and entirely for the rise in the price of oil without impeaching the moral integrity of public benefac- tor.
 Second, of the statement as certain that Chicago University Is today the most powerful undermining force Christianity has to contend against. Practically all its influence Is subversive of the Christian religion" If this be true. signs of this force and influence should be manifest its teachings concerning the Christian religion. Personal knowledge gives me the authority to state that in neither direction is there foundation in fact for your correspondents assertions. AS student, fellow, and lecture and research assistant in Chicago University. 1 had the\opportunity of observing at first hand the student life of that University. of knowing personally many of the profess sors, and of hearing the teachings of President Harper and his associates touching the Christian religion. Thus it would seem that I have had some op- portunity of forming a judgment in these matters. Further l may also claim some qualifications for forming a just Judg- ment. For five years, as student and as instructor. I was at the University of ty with university life and affairs before going to the University of Chicago. And from my youth up religion has been the chiefest concern of my life member