Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1906-02-23
STANDARD OII's Eminent Virtue.


magnates is that none Of then
was on the list Of notable million
aires who have been involved In
the Town Topics scandal. The
list Of prominent men, principal
ly society leaders, who paid Of
LOANED" 10 the publishers o.
"Fads and Fancies" sums rang
ing from 81, 900 to $1,000 cmbra-
ces such distinguished gentlemen
az w. K. Vanderbilt, j. r., .sl-
gan, the late w. G. Whitney, tAe
late G. p. Huntington, James X.
Keene, G. M. Schwab, one OF
two Of the Goulds, X. p. Flower
and John w. Gates.
But the Pockefellers, II. II.
Rogers, Henry NJ. Flagler, John
D. Archbold, y. r. Bedford and
other Standard OF directors
managed to keep out oI it. That
is an item in their favor, although
people familiar with the retiring
disposition and sphinx-like pro-
pensities Of Standard Oil will not
wonder that these eminent finan-
ciers were not seeking any kind
OF publicity. Standard OILS So
cial aspirations are subordinated
to more practical motives.
The discoverer of the fact that
Standard OILS representation
virtuously kept out Of Tawn Top
les is an ingenious writer in Les
lies Weekly who smugly offers
this tidy bit of defense in addi-
ton TO the great point he has al
ready scored: He says that on
the very day while the sensation
al disclosures in what has now
become famous libel suit we're
being made, Mrs. John D. Rock
efeller and Mrs. Henry II. Rog-
ers were, with many other phi
anthropic ladies of quality, oc-
,upying boxes in Carnegie Hail
1t a great meeting called TO fos-
er the educational interests of
he poor and needy colored peo-
Die Of the South. AT the same /
ime-a curious and delightful I
,oincdencel.-Jonn ID. Rockefel-
err was adding 81 ,500,000 to his
.lready magnificent endowment
If Chicago University, II. H.
Rogers was establishing on his
Visionary liberal scale a new
institution for chill
rem" Henry II. Flagler was
tanning to extend his wonder
al projects in Florida which
ave brought wealth and pros
Gritty to that State, /" and John
}. Archbold was continuing his
.enerous and quietly conducted
God work in behalf of the SYRIA
use University's welfare. ="
After scoring the "yellow
ress" for its mean way of "fly.
lg at the threats of anybody and
verybody who has happened to
lake money out of Standard
Ill, the writer INDUCES the hope
nat his little comment will raise
n interesting train of thought in
he minds Of those who still be-
eve in fair play, and he winds
p with the feeling and plausible
.atement that, whatever else
Jay be said about the Standard
il clique, nevertheless "they
ave not permitted their skirts to {
e trailed in the nasty mire of /
oral pollution"
They are without doubt gener-
rs in Their contributions, but we
limit that at the very least they
ave one fault-thal Of letting I
eir right hands know what I
eir left hands are doing. The {
lnds that are busy juggling :
.andard Oil projects-nobody I
lows what they are doing. But I
e hands that give and the
lnds that do charity so beaun-
is permitted 20
e how they work. Either the
uching tribute 70 Standard
rs charity was in some way in
ired by Standard Oil, or the !
'ntleman who wrote it must be