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the funds intrusted to It's care Cor tile
protection OF It's important work."
DIR. GLADDEN. REPLIES.

Oit bbAlpDEN NEfl4lES,
Columbus, o., March a.--Dr. WASH
lngton GLADDEN., moderator OF the gem
eral council Of Congregational church
es OF the United states. tonight gave
out the following reply to the state
ment Of IN, II. Rogers, vice president Of
the standard oil company:
Mr.. Rogers alleges that the vast
sums eNtorted IN rebates by the stand
ard OIL company from It's competitors
were legally taken because no law
explicitly forbade them. What | said
was that the money was 'llagltiously'
acquired. 70 cOorce the railroads into
an arrangement By which It received
large rebate on not only lts own oil.
but on all the oil sent by its competl-
tors, 10 force the railways TO rob It's
competitors for It's enrichment. was,
submit, nngitious policy. a shame
full policy. II there was no law at that
time by which that particular Kind or
robbery could be punished, the rob
berry was no less fragrant and out
rageous. IL was by this means that
this enormous power was created
II am not a lawyer but should
think II altogether possible that, even
under the common law such an In
iqulty as this might have been pun
ished, Railways which are chartered
under public law must be required to
render TO all the people an equal SER
vice If such use OF them as vas made
by the STANDARD on company could not
he punished. our legal machinery would
be very defective.
"The denial that rebates have been
extorted since the interstate commerce
law was PASSED Is not credible. |
know. from statements made 10 myself
by parties implicated, that such re-
bates have been o6acted by other cor
poratlons. I doubt lf the standard
oil company Is more ylrtuous than the
rest But II Is true that II has now
gained a power In the classification and
control of rates which makes II unnec-
essary to use the system of rebates.
Some OF the apologists OF the trusts
are now asserting that the money un-
der discussion has been legally acquir-
ed Legally, says a New York paper
there Is no question that the money
IL MIR, RoCkefellers 20 give If there
Is no such question, why is the United
States government now investigating
pany? II is not the morals OF the COM
pany into which the government Is
looking; II is the legality Of It's prac-
tlses Some OF us think that II lega' y
is the only test we have to apply TO
such transactions, II might be as well
10 walt and zee whether they are found
TO be within the law
COMMITTEES STATEMENT.
Boston March 3l.-The committee
which heads the protest Of CongreEa-
tionallsts against the action Of the
American board OF commissioners for
foreign missions I'm accepting a gift Of
100000 from John u. Rockefeller, to-
day issued a statement inviting all per-
sons, whether clergymen or laymen.
who wished 10 record themselves as "
sympathy with the protest, to send their
names to the chairman OF the commit
tee, Rev. Daniel Evans of Cambridge.
IL was stated that many letters indi-
eating sympathy with the protest were
being received by different members
of the committee, and that TO facilitate
the clerical work II was desired that
they should all come direct on a COM
mon center.
one of the officials OF the committee
said today that the protestants had a
plan 70 present to the prudential COM
mittee OF the American board, i'm view
OF the difficulty apparently presented by
the tact that the gift already had been
given and used in part, which would
be offered "at the proper time"
IL Is understood that II the protest.
ing clergymen fail to bring about n
return Of the money already used and
a reputation Of the gift, they will aim
to secure from the American board
such declaration as will prevent the
possibility Of the recurrence OF such a
controversy as the present one
AGITATION Is BENEFICIAL.
Portland, Or, April t.-Dr. Stephen s.
Wise spoke to large and interested
audience last night at the Temple Beth
Israel on "A Moral Boycott" Dr.
Wise took for his subject the recent
action OF the prudential committee Of
the board of foreign missions on the
gift Of money from John d. Rockefel-
Ter, designed by the donor 10 be used
In missionary work In Japan,
Perhaps" said DR.. Wise" none Of
you will agree with me when say that
there has nothing happened of more
Importance TO the ethical welfare OF the
lines than the act of DR.. GLADDEN. and
the prudential committee"
TT seems To me that there IN moth
ing more helpful, more tonic than what
Is happening now. Whether Rockefel-
Ter has his gift accepted or not the
effect will still be good.
Although II has been the universal
and immemorial custom for benevo-
lent and educational institutions to re-
ceive money without any thought Of its
origin II seems to me that the time has
come when this custom must be
changed,
But is it fair to single out Mr.,
Rockefeller as a target2 Why this
sudden rise OF righteousness? WASH
ington GLADDEN. says the money Is not
his TO give
but DR., GLADDEN. says we can use
the money 10 do good, How can you
match the little good II might do In the