The San Francisco call., 1906-10-06
OIL KING DEGREES
MUCK RAk|NG.
John D. Rockefeller Objects
to Federal Interference
With Private Interests
JEALOUSY OF EUROPE

CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 5.zFhe Plain
Dealer today printed an interview with
John D. Rockefeller, in which the lat
ter commented on the demand for Gov
ernu1ent regulation so-calied prtr
vate industries and made strong plea
for national development Rockefeller
Is quoted in part as follows.
If we limit opportunity we will have
put the brakes on our national deveI-
opment VIII the individual strive for
s i f kn9Ys o Tg his hafa nss we prize Ike
last BY his government? we are still
aowa W. must bu4Id FSs up Srv buIld aR'
in the schools should be taught the
need of our development
VIII Ths r5ss sna s RefPRs PRsy ssis @ us Tsss ana w ssy
our money. they want the patronage
Of our tourists But they hate u.s. Thsy
never let slip an opportunity TO take
Is struggle for supremacy. we must
win or they will, and there vii. be no
quarter for US II they win, And, now.
sr ssrs Is w agan fsf n the We Eass m
foretell what her competition will be.
We do not know the resources of the
new territory which she controls. We
dustriai possibilities of the Japanese.
At this critical stags ;. We are giving
Take the attack we made upon our own
packing business, for instance ! know
none of the men in the beef trade. i
associated even indirectly with their
business or themselves. But it is safe
to assume from the proportions of their
men. And it is safe to assume, too, that
no business could have been built to
such proportions on such, false. princi-
pies or by such unsound methods as
thew rharGAd with.
was in Europe when the attack
was made at home upon these men and
h IN Il tsre aaq m seua watch as
fellows abroad snatched at our own
charges at our own business with the
greatest glee.
tearing down. Our position is by no
means secure. 1t is like repeating.
A B C to say that we cannot consume
abroad or do less business. Reducing
the volume of our production means
less work, less wages, less business
eheeking our as Instead
furthering it, Is 1t common sense, then,
to handicap our export trade at home,
ness is for the ee bsaet @ Of our @ 0n foreign ds
rivals2
Is it common sense to tell our young
that they can hope for no other reward
for carrying our commercial flag for
ward than frenzied attacks at home
and all the handfcaps their own Gov
ernment can pile upon their business
to satisfy the violent prejudice against
them?
Referring 70 subpoena recently is
sued requiring him TO appear in court
in an action against the Standard Oil
Company, Rockefeller said
While / was in active business I
used to always respond. But now / am
not in a position TO give these inquir-
Ing people the information they want.
They know that as well as / do. / am
reluctantly compelled to conclude that
1t is notoriety they want rather than
information.
NEW YORK, Oct. John D. Rookie
feller, when asked in regard to the
Cleveland interview, stated that he did
not wish to convey the impression that
Frances attitude toward America was.
other than that engendered by intense
commercial rivalry. Rockefeller stated
that all of Europe shared this jealousy
of America.