The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-28
BLAST FROM THE
GLADDEN. BUGLE
No Let-Up in the Fight on Rookie
teller.
COMMITTEE is SCORED
GIFT COULD NOT BE ACCEPTED
BY HONEST MEN.

Boston, April 27.-Herbert w. Glea-
son. secretary OF the committee Of Con-
gregationalist cleTgymen which has
been opposing the acceptance by the
American board of money from John
D. Rockefeller. today made public a
long statement which DR.. Washington
GLADDEN.. the moderator of the council
Of the Congregational church in this
country. read yesterday before the pro-
testing committee. DR.. GLADDEN. an
swered several Of the declarations made
by the prudential committee on be-
half OF the American board by repeat
ing arguments previously made by him
in interviews, particularly with refer
enCe to the contention that the money
should not be accepted because Of Mr..
RockefelIer's connection with the stan
dard Oil company which, Dr.. GLADDEN.
saiu. lis a matter of common knowl-
edge has frequently been convicted,
sometimes out of its own mouth, of
transgrossions OF the laws of the land.
Jurist Quoted.
A Judge of the United states district
court was quoted as having denounced
the Standard Oil compauy's system of
rebates a. gross, illegal and ineXcusa-
BILE and the discrimina ton complained
Of i'm this case as being so Wanton and
oppressive that it could hardly have
been accepted by an honest man having
due regard for the rights of others.
DR.. GLADDEN. reviewed at length the
history of the STANDARD in various
states " here he said there had been
violations OF the law. and he asserted
the company has played continually
with stacked cards and laoded dice
Rebate System.
The company's alleged system of re-
bates were condemned as "abhOrTent
practices" and Dr. GLADDEN. added.
There is nothing more startling nor
more OminOus in American history than
the fact that such a tremendous indus
try has been permitted to so on year
after year with no interference by the
government OF this kind OF eXtortion
Mr.. Rockefeller has the credit OF being
the inventor"
I'VE are asked" said Dr. GLADDEN..
why we single out this man (NIr.
Rockefeller) for Reproduction q. If the
answer has not already been given. it
is enough 10 say that we did not single
him out. 1t was the prudential COM
mittee who singled him out by solicit
ing his donation. We object to his do
nation. We object to his gift because
it is now before US for judgment.
There Are Others.
1T is said that there are others from
whom gift would be equally objec-
tionable. Even if that were true. no
gifts have been offered by these others
and il viii be time to decide about them
when they are offered. If We accept in
our Christian work the alliance of the
Standard oil company We can refuse
no other alliance with oppressOrs and
desDOilers Of the people. To say that
we viii not testify against this iniQuity
because others are nearly or quite as
heinOus. is practically to say that we
Will testify against no iniquity that in
the presence of all this wrong we will
shut our eyes and seal our lips. If the
church wishes to regain its hold upon
the people who heard its master glad
y, il must keep itself free from such
alliances as these. Failure here will
be the costIiest bIunder the church has
ever made"