The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-18

business affairs. If they are not the
sort to stand publicity, we shall dis
continue them. If the Standard Oil
Company is not great enough to be
| above board in it's methods, no other
concern in the world can.
LIFE sHQRTENs.
Il am getting to be an old man. We
are all getting on in years. In ten
years or less we shall not be here. I
want to feel that when I leave, there
will be people who will be grateful
| that I've lived and sorry that I've
gone. 1t is not pleasant to think that
now, after fifty years of business life,
I stand convicted in the courts of half
a dozen States and that the organiza-
| ton I have built I'D is the most dis
trusted and detested concern in the
world. This company stands convicted
of breaking, in nearly every possible
way, the laws of the country whose
mercy and protection have made its
success possible.
IF I should die tomorrow I should
feel that the crimes of my right hand
terity than the benefactions of my left
hand.
THREATS OF PRISON.
st am in the evening of my life,
where man wants to feel that he has
the affection and good will of his fell
low men. And yet at this time the
papers and the sentiment of the nation
are ringing with threats of prison. A
judge has inflicted the greatest pos
sible fine and his action wins the ap-
prevail of the country. The only dis
senting opinion comes from those who
say that the verdict is excessive or
that it may not stand the test of the |
higher courts. No one thinks we are |
innocent.
''They say we have crushed competi- |
ton. That is true, as we all know. |
They say we have had secret dealings |
with the railroads, and have thus gain
ed advantages not enjoyed by ours less
powerful rivals. That is true, as we
all know. It seemed that success was
best gained in that way, and success
was the one goal we were seeking. We
got success. We felt that the end JUS
titled the meanness.
CROSEED
1--WE have crushed everything and
everybody that stood in our way. We
have not respected laws that inter,
fered with our success, for we employ
ed the best of legal talent to shield us
from the penalties which the violation
of these laws entailed. There has not
been a legal trick that we have not
used nor a technical loophole that we 4
have not squirmed through. Our rec
ord is not a pleasant one for an old
man to contemplate.
I'VE have pleaded technicalities in
stead of innocence, and until last Sat-
urday we have managed to escape
every penalty except the hatred of our
Hereafter, my friends, the Standard
Oil Company shall evade no laws nor
violate any. If there are methods or
conditions that are illegal or heart
less, these must be remedied or re-
We must not strangle the lit
tie competitors, our weaker brothers,
for such cases can be appealed to a
higher court than the United States
Supreme Court, and technicalities viii
not avail US. The creed of Standard
Oil must hereafter be submission to
law and justice"
The effect of Mr.. Rockefeller's speech
and the inauguration of the new policy
In Standard Oil affairs is certain to
have a tremendous effect on Ameri-
can business methods. It is believed
that the example he has set will do
untold good in cleansing the business
life of this country, for the connection
with nearly all the great industries and
railroads of the nation makes his infiu-
ence for good in this direction greater
than that of the President OF the
United States.
THOUSANDS OF TELEGRAMS.
Thousands Of kilograms of congratu-
lation and good will were sent to Mr.. .
that evening, and he feels
that his efforts are already bearing
rich rewards.