Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-05

with which to attack America and every
thing American, especially American man
ufactured products and trade. do not be-
lieve there was a line OF American goods
sold abroad that was not injured, or an
American agent doing business abroad
whose work was not hampered by this.
Position Not Secure.
I'VE are too young a nation for this tear
ing down. Our position is by no means Sc
cure. 1t is like repeating A, B, 10 say
that we cannot consume our total produc-
ton. We must sell abroad or do less bus
mess Reducing the volume of our produc-
ton means less work, less wages, less bus
mess transacted. At the very least II is
checking our development instead of fur
thering 1t. Is 1t common sense, then. to
handicap our export trade at home, TO at
tack the good name of our business for the
benefit of our foreign rivals?
"Is 1t common sense to tell our young
men, on whom the future must depend,
that they can hope for no other reward
for carrying our commercial flag forward
than frenzied attacks at home and all the
handicaps their own government can pile
upon their business to satisfy the violent
prejudice existing against them?"
Referring to a subpoena recently issued
recurring him TO appear in court in an ac-
ton against the Standard OH company, Mr..
Rockefeller said:
while l was in active business / used
to always respond. But now I am not in
position to give this inquiring people the
information they want. They know that
as we'll as l do. II they really wanted in
formation II is other men they would sum-
mon, the men who have the information
they want They know that also so am
reluctantly compelled To conclude that It Is
notoriety they want rather than informa-
ton. l yield to no man in respect for
law. but ! am unable to see where the lit
tie notoriety an inqusitor might get from
putting me on the stand would serve the
ends Of justice. So | avoid the ordeal. with
its exhaustion, when l can, and preserve
my strength and quiet"
Would Correct Error.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-The attention OF
John d. Rockefeller was called to the
following passage from the interview in
the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
THE French people hate us and they
VIII crush us il they can. They want oul
money. They want the patronage Of oul
tourists. But they hate US. They never
let slip an opportunity to take quick ad
vantage OF our mistakes. This is &
struggle for supremacy. We must win
or they WILL and there will be no quarte
I for us II they win"
/ After reading it over. he said:
There is certainly mistake with refer
ence TO the above statement attributed 4
/ me. have no recollection of it. | cannot
OF course, recall the exact words of
running conversation during a game 0
golf. hut II the word hate was used /
was rather in the sense Of a natura
Jealousy, not on the part Of France alon
but of any European competitors OF tn
United States on account OF our grea
Industrial success In recent years.
cherish none but the most kindly feeling
toward France and have occasion to do SC
especially for all the courteous attention
shown me by the French people durin
my recent visit there, from the time Of m,
arrival until my departure; and my ex
pressions to them were only of the mos
! friendly character on the part of tn
United States towards France for the kind
ness shown US in the past, and especially
In our early history"