The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-04
Still Bombarding RockefeIIerism.

The ammunition OF the thirteeninch guns
which the secular press have been training on
ROckefellerism as manifested in the acceptance
of his gift by the American board of foreign mis-
sions is apparently exhaustless and the discharge
Of heavy artillery continues almost all along the
lire. The New York World has just fired this
shrieking shell of sarcasm:
1.-THE Rev. DR.. Macarthur asserts that John ID.
Rockefeller is one OF the gentlest and sweetest
and in his private, well as his religious life
the noblest of men, This goes to confirm III.
Fl. Rogers statement that Mr.. Rockefeller is
just as nice man as am Mr.. Rogers being
VIGOROUSLY one of the sweetest and gentlest souls
that ever sheared lamb. The Rev. DIR. WASH
ington GLADDEN., however, is still harping on the
criminal operations OF the Standard Oil crowd,
and is asking the esteemed Outlook what it thinks
of the court record. But DR.. GLADDEN. obviously
had not seen DR.. MacArthur's defense Of Mr..
Rockefeller in the Sunday World when he re-
newed the attack Standard Oil methods. DIR.
Macarthur said:
The genius of Mr. Rockefeller, as seen in
the organization of the Standard Oil company,
has set a standard for the organization of scores
OF great enterprises and has practically revolu-
tiOnized the business methods of progressive men
In all parts Of the world. In this respect Mr..
Rockefeller has made gift to civilization in the
preset and to humanity in all the future whose
value can not be overstated : This is as
distinct gift to the world as any discovered by
Laplace, Newton, Edison or any other man Of
modern or remoter times
IF this is true Mr.. Rockefeller still has mis-
sonary work OF his own to perform and his
money should not be diverted to the saving Of
casual heather. There are business institutions
that have not been educated up to Standard Oil
methods Some Of them can not even command
rebates. Many OF them would not know enough
to burn their books if they got caught. They are
woefully clumsy in hamstringing competitors.
They can not even head off Investigations. Clear
ly Mr.. Rockefelers money belongs to the great
cause OF humanity as represented by Standard
Oil methods In the interests of civilization he
should take back the 100000 he offered to the
Congregational missions and teach the beef trust
how to avoid being pestered by the government"
Professor Starr, OF Mr.. Rockefeller's own
Chicago university makes the topic the occasion
OF an audacious burst of ridicule of the whole
system or notion Of converting the heather He
is particularly caustic on the commercial phase
of missionary work. A Chicago paper quotes
him thus:
Professor Starr told the students that the re-
ligious rites of the heather were more tolerant
than the Christian religion, which he termed too
"intolerant, thereby working injury to the nor
NAL state of primitive peoples Fancy drinks
rum shoes, stih shirts and alarm clocks he named
as the only benefits Anglo-Sax0n interference had
given to heather nations. There is not barba-
rous race in the world that we have not tried to
.enlighten and convert. said the professor "There
IL hardly to be found population SO small that
we have not carried the torch of learning to tt
never falling to bring back the cash. We wish
to convert these barbarous peoples. Therefore
our religion, which is an intolerant religion, hold
ing that there is nothing but everlasting damna-
ton for those who do not happen to have heard
of it, sends its missionaries to foreign shores
1t is all a mistake. An African living in an Afri-
can hut after an African fashion is likely to be
a better man than he would be after the Anglo
Saxon introduced his religion, his surface civiza-
ton and his rum. We think we are the chosen Of
God. It is my belief that the real worth of the
different races is one and the same. But be-
cause we think we are in the lead we teach the
heather great number of new drinks, for which
they probably were pining. We are the most
meddlesome race that ever existed. We NEEDLE
at home, we NEEDLE abroad and we NEEDLE every
where, and it is the almighty dollar that is the
reason for our meddling That is the watchword