The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-04-28
GLADDEN.
Is ANGRY
Clergyman Flags the Standard
Oil Company.
ANSWER AMERICAN BOARD
Congregational Moderator Calls the
Company a Despoiler Of the People
Alliance With National Enc
my Endangers Church.
ANSWER AMERICAN BOARD

Boston, April 2s Herbert W. Glea-
son, secretary Of the committee Of Con-
gregational clegymen which has been
opposing the acceptance by the Ameri-
can board Of the gift Of 100000 from
John D. Rockefeller, made public yester-
day statement which the Rev. DIR.
Washington GLADDEN., the moderator Of
the Council Of the Congregational
Churches in this country, read Wednes-
| day before the protesting committee.
DIR. GLADDEN. answers several of the
declarations made by the prudential
committee in behalf of the American
board BY repeating arguments previous
| Ii made by him in interviews, parti-
eularly with reference to the contention
that the money should not be accepted
because of Mr.. Roekefeller's connection
with the Standard Oil Company, which
DIR. GLADDEN. says, is a matter of COM
mon knowledge, has frequently been
convicted, sometimes out of its own
mouth, OF trahsgressions OF the laws Of
the land"
"a Judge of the United States District
Court is quoted as having, denounced
the STANDARD Oil Company's system Of
rebate as gross, illegal, and inexcus
able and the discrimination complained
Of in 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. I"
DIR. GLADDEN. then reviews at length
l-e history Of the Standard Oil Com
pany in various states, where, he says,
there have been violations of the law,
and asserts:
.'rTAe company has played continually
with stacked cards and loaded dice"
The company's alleged system Of re-
bates is condemned ais an "abhorrent
practice and DR.. GLADDEN. adds:
There is nothing more startling or
| more omnibus in American history than
| the fact that such a tremendous inius-
/ tice has been permitted to 90 on year
after year with no interference by the
government. OF this kind Of extortion
lA1r. Rockefeller has the credit of being
tile inventor.
eve are often asked continues DIR.
GLADDEN., '.why we single out this man
1 fAfr. Rockefeller1 for reprobation. II
1.-THE answer has not already been given
iii Is enough to say that we did not
single him out; it was the PRUDENTIAL
icommittee who singled him out by So
Iliciting his donation. We object to his
rift because it is now before us fol-
judgement.
ut is said that there are Others from
whom a gift would be equally objec-
tionable. Even IL that were true, no
gifts have been offered by these others,
and IL will be time to decide about them
when they are offered.
IF we accept in our Christian work,
the alliance Of the Standard Oil Com
Ipany, we can refuse no other alliance
with oppressors and despoilers Of the
people; to say that we will not testify
against this iniquity because Others are
NEARLY or quite as heinous, is prac-
Etieally to say that we viii testify
against no iniquity, that in the pres
fence Of all this wrong we viii shut our
Eeyes and seal our lips.
IF the church wishes to regain its
hold upon the people who heard it's Mas
ter gladly, it must keep itself free from
such alliances as these. Failure here
will be the eostIiest blunder the church
has ever made"