Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
ROCKEFELLER'S VIEWS
He DISCUSSES SOME POPULAR
THEMES.

CLEVELAND Ohio. October 4.-The
Plain Dealer today prints an intedview with
John d. Rockefeller. in which the latter
| comments on the demand for government
| regulation of so-called private industries
and makes a strong plea for national de-
| velopment Mr. Rockefeller is quoted. In
| part, follows: -
| IF we limit opportunity we will have put
| the brakes on our national development.
| Will the individual strive for success il he
| knows that hard won prizes are to be
! snatchedy from his finger at the last by his
government. We are still too young a nation
| to begin tearing down. We must build up.
| build up, build up, for years to come. The
very children in the schools should be
| taught the need of our development"
Speaking of his recent visit to France. Mr.
| Rockefeller said:
THE French people hate u.s. and they
will crush us if they can. They want our
| money. They want the patronage of our
tourists But they hate US. They never let
slip an opportunity to take quick advantage
of our mistakes. This is struggle for su-
premacy. We must win, they will, and
| there will be no quarter for us if they win.
And now there is Japan rising in the east
to a power we cannot estimate. We cannot
foretel what her competition will be. We
do not know the resources of the new terri
tory which she controls, we cannot guess
the commercial and industrial possibilities
of the Japanese.
Giving Enemy Ammunition.
AT this critical stage We giving the
enemy ammunition to fire at us. He is
quick to seize this advantage. Take the at
tack we made upon our own packing bust
ness. for instance. 1 know none of the men
in the beef trade; l never dealt with them,
nor was l ever associated even indirectly
with their business themselves. But it is
nf
their industry that they are sound business
men. And it is safe to assume too that
business could have been built to such pro-
portions on such false principles. or by
such unSound methods as they were
charged with.
Il was in Europe when the attack was
made at home upon these men and their
! industry and 1 could watch the effect of it
there at close range. Those fellows abroad
,snatched at our charges against our own
business with the greatest glee. They used
them promptly as ammunition with which
to attack America and everything Ameri-
can. especially American manufactured
products and trade. l do not believe 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.
America Must Sell Abroad.
I'VE are too young a nation for this tear
ing down. Our position is by no means Sc
we cannot consume our total production.
We must sell abroad do less business
Reducing the volume Of our production
means less work less wages, less business
transacted at the very least 1t Is checking
our development instead of. furtherinR 1t.
Is it Common sense. then. to handicap our
export trade at home. to attack the good
name Of our business for the benefit of our
foreign rivals?
us it common sense to tell our young
-hnvva fba f,,f,,
they can hope for no other reward for car
ryng our commercial flag forward than
frenzed attacks at home. and all the handi-
caps their government can pile upon their
cited against them?"
Referring to a subpoena recently issued
requiring him to appear in court in an ac-
ton against the Standard Oil Company, Mr.
Rockefeller said:
while 1 was in active business used to
always respond But now I am not in a DO