The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-06-19
Chancellor Days
Defence Of the Trusts.

Defence Of the Trusts.
The motives that have all along
prompted Chancellor Day, Of Syracuse.
University 10 defend the Standard Oil
monopoly are too well known to nee0|
explanation. He has now burst into
the limelight with a denunciatiOn Of
those who. according to his views are
defaming the Chicago meat packers,
which calls forth the following from
the New Orleans Times-Democrat
Il will be remembered that only a
short time ago Chancellor James B.
Day Of Syracuse University came out
in defense Of the Standard Oil iniquity
and in denunciation of all and several
the critics Of that predatory corpora
ton. A very superficial investigation
Of the causes that led to this outburst
developed the fact that the institution
of which Chancellor Day is the head
had received large requests from Mr..
J d. Rockefeller, and that the pa
triOtic chancellor was under contract
TO secure further requests with thel
condition that if successful he would
receive a fat pension from the UniveT-
sity. This disclosure naturally weak
eBed any effect which the Outburst
might otherwise have had, though
such effect would necessarily have
been slight, due to the intemperanCe 1
Of language used by the speaker and
other reasons.
Now the chancellor is credited with ]
another Outburst OF wrath and bad
language in defense Of the packers and I
in denunciation Of their alleged de-
famers. Such expression as foul har-
1ies Of SANDER" he hurls at those who
have had to do with the exposure of
the methods of butchering and Of pre- I
serving meats for human consumption
The orator would doubtless be much
surprised were his attention attracted
70 the somewhat slanderous character
Of his own language, TO say nothing Of
his indecent iutemperance. He holds
that the stories told by the govern
ment inspectors can not be true. be-
cause the human race is not yet ex-
t.nct. He assumes for the purpose of
his own argument that the charge has
been made that nothing but impuI 9
meat has been offered for sale,
charge that has not been heard from
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he open the foods Of his billingSgatei
Il. the form Of a baccalaureate address,
20 the students Of the university.
v hose educational advantages have
probably been advanced by the exist
ence Of the very evils of which CON-
paint has been made. OF course the
chancellor hurls his dart at the Presi-
cent also. and talks Of mOnarchies and
la J. fran- 1arsN nAsl -.
his opinion, to place the President in
the vOcative.
But his principal denunciation is re-
served for the writer's Of the country,
the Aforesaid foul harpies of SIAN
der" who have dared TO expose and
criticise the foUlneSs Of the packing
houses Of Chicago. There are vested
interests" il must be understood, and
those who become rich through the
evil conduct Of their business. are in
the habit Of making requests to rich
Institutions Of learning. Chancellor
Day is OF that class Of educators who
never inquire, how did you make it?"
but rather. how much will you give
the glorious cause?" Tainted money"
Is quite good enough for those who
hold his views. provided IL comes 10
sufficient volume. But &c is not neces-l
sray that the public shOula' accept his
view Of the case, and as matter OF
fact the public seems disposed to cred
Ct the foul harpies Of Islander" rather
than the paid agents Of the plUtocrats.
WhptheT conditions at the packing
houses have or have not been eXagger-
ated by the "harpies." which would
seem TO be a satisfactory sort Of bird
90 gather around the abattoirs oficial-
" described, the disclosures made are;
hound to result in good. Undoubtedly
some good has already been effected /,
for We are informed that already the
packers have begun 10 institute re- /,
forms from which the public viii bene- )
ID On the purchase Of more wholesome ;
food. though the fat purses of the /,
packers and some Of the plutOcratic
educational institutions Of the country;
nav suffer a decline Of profits. The :
yaup Of an occasional interested col .
lege professor. and especially those Of :
the class which indulge in bad Ian ;
guage. viii no more sweep back the !
lide OF public indignation that the )
broom Of Mrs. Partington helG in
check the food Of the Atlantic. As a
sample Of hysterical billingsgate. the =
address of the Syracuse chancellor is :
notable. Otherwise IL is not calculated
10 attract serious attention. I