Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-29
m..h;,,oton Gladden's Protest.

p,ston March 29.-Dr. Wasnlns.oh
tr,a5dan,s protest to the American
,a.., ag.inst the acceptance OF the
pu..' u.s. 80 s1OO 900 from John D. Rocke-
feller, is as follows ss-
~ must ask the privilege OF express
.s axnlicitly as can, my SURPRISE
and regret that the officers ol ene
American board have accepted la.se
,,,,,, ~ money from John d. RocKe1el-
1ar object to this because the money
thus bestowed does not rightful!y oe-
long to the man who gives ~ IN ~ s 4hs
been .fiagitously acquired anu @ti
world knows 1t. - cosas
1T may be difficult in many cases
to Judge the methods by whlcn Weailll
hos been gained. The operatlons are
romnlex and we must be in doubt re-
snecting their honesty. 1t is, no doupt'
impractic able to undertake the lnVes.
tipation Of the sources Of all gifts that
arc offered us. But when the lnvestl-
ot;on has been thoroughly made, ana
tho case lis clear, we are bound to guide
our conduct by the facts MADE known.
"In this case the investigation has
been thoroughly made and the iacts
are known. The legislative inquiries
tho records of courts, have given the
reading people of this country the ma
terials for judgment upon the meth
DDS us Standard Oil; and there never
was a day when their minds We're as
clear ON this subject as they are now.
u,hev know that this great power has
been built up by injustice and oppres-
sion. thew know that it's immense
gains have been made by 1orcloly ae-
snoiling citizens of their honest gains
and shutting the doors of opportunity
upon them.
at has been forcibly done. I say. 1t
has been done very largely thru illi-
cit and iniquitous control of railways.
Standard Oil has never ceased to use
thos lower in this way. 1t is using 1T
today as effectively as it ever did.
Rebates No Longer Necessary.
"Mr. Rockefeller may deny that re-
bates are now given to the Standard.
But the Standard now controls about
two-tblrds of the railroads of this
country and its power is exerted in
fixing the classification of freights in
such way that can kill competi-
tions. Rebates are no longer neces-
sary. Thus this stupendous power
which owes it's existence to shameful
prostitution of agencies created by
public law for the public service is
now able to lay its paralyzing hand
upon all the industries Of the nation.
and to force them to contribute to it's
enormous revenues. And this is the
money which is offered to theAmerican
board. We have no right to take it..
1t does not belong to the man who Of
fe-s it. 1t belongs to the people from
whom it has been extorted.
"It is often assumed, / fear, that we
do NOT need to be very scrupulous
about money which we can use in do
ing good. That Indifference is deadly.
The good that is done by lowering
our ethical standards might better be
left urldone. Shall the young men and
women of the missionary colleges be
taught to regard Mr.. Rockefeller as a
great benefactor? The colleges might
better be permanently closed"
Bradford Favors Acceptance.
The AmericaA board has also re-
ceived communication from Rev. A.
H. Bradford, d. D., of Mont Clair, n.
j., formerly moderator of International
Congregational congress and president