The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-04-01
STANDARD
OIL HONEST
According To Vice President
Ii. II. Rogers
HE GETS AFTER DEACONS
Defends Rockefeller Against At
taCks of the Criticisins
Clersymen
HE GETS AFTER DEACONS

NEW YORK. April III II. Rogers,
vice president and director Of the
Standard OH company. has issued a
statement as 10 the conduct OF the
Standard oil company. which WAS cvi
IDENTITY prompted 10y the criticism Of
the prudential committee OF the Amer.
lean board Of foreign missions for ac.
cepting "a gift Of 100000 from John d.
Rockefeller. Mr. Rogers said.
ministers say queer things Or.
Washington GLADDEN. says that every
body knows that John u. Rockefeller
has obtained his money dishonesty
with as much reason | could say that
everybody knows that Dr. GLADDEN.
would not trust the Ten Command.
mcnts FOR ten days with the dcncous
OF his church because they would sure.
~ break some Of them and bend the
rest
slavery In certain sections Of the
United States was legal until Prosi-
dent Lincon's emancipation proclamn-
ton. Rebates ON railroads were JUST
as legal until the passage of the infer
state commerce commission act After
an exhaustive examination 10y the in.
dustrial commission. authorized 10y
congress June IS. 1SgS. in review of
evidence the commission reported as
follows.
1T has been charged as a matter
Of general belief Oh the part OF almost
all the opponents Of the Standard oil
company that these determinations In
various forms have been continually
received, even up TO date. on the 9th
er hand, these charges have been de
MED in toto and most emphatically by
every representative OF the Standard
Oil company with reference 10 all cases
excepting one, which they claim was a
mistake. the amount Of freight due be-
ing promptly paid on discovery Of the
error The Standard Oil company not
merely challenged the opponents TO
bring forth proof Of any case. but pro-
duced many letters from leading Off
Gals Of railroads TO show that the
company had in no case received any
favors or asked for them"
1t became known here that prior TO
the final action by the prudential com
mttee Of the American board of com
missioners of foreign missions in ac-
cepting the 100000 gift rendered by
John ID. Rockefeller a number Of prom
inent members of the board nj a meet
ing held In this city considered the
matter at length. As a result the par
ties to the conference issued Il state
ment. in which they declare that they
did not consider that the acceptance OF
the gift would compromise the board
in any way. Among those who signed
the statement were Rev. j. w. Cooper,
secretary of the American Missionary
association: Lucien c. Warner, chair
man of the International Y. NJ. G. A.;
Rev. c. II. Richards, secretary Of the
International Congregational Church
Building society; Rev A. II. Bradford,
ex-moderator Of the National Congre-
gatlonal conference Rev. Edward +.
Ingersoll, secretary of the American
Bible society William II. Ward, editor
Of the New York Independent; Rev. j.
]. Merrill, president of Fisk university,
Nashville, Tenn; Rev. Frank X Sans
ders, dean of Yale University Divinity
school; Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott. Rev.
Charles f.. Jefferson, pastor of the
Broadway tabernacle, and Rev. Henry
w. Hubbell of Greenwich, Conn.
The statement issued as a result of
the meeting was as follows:
"The prudential committee of the
American board has been requested to
refuse a certain gift for its missionary
work on the ground that the giver is
tie president Of corporation whose
business methods are extensively criti-
clsed by the press and public
Compliance with this request would
put upon the board, which IL a corpO-
rate trust created for the definite pur-
pose of maintaining missions in for
eign lands, the very grave responsible
lty Of refusing money which has been
given for the development of the work
lntrusted to its care or in aid of par
ticular objects for which it is trustee.
1T would also establish the prece-
dent of subiectlng Individual gifts to a
scrutiny not heretofore regarded as
practicable for mission board to ex-
ercise.