The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-01

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Mr.. Hearst then read the following:
''26 Broadway. Oct. 10, 1902.-Mr. II.
Fl. Edmnnds. Baltimore.
NJ Dear Sir: Responding to your
favor ON the 9Th. it gives me pleasure
10 enclose you herewith certificate of
deposit 10 your favor for $4,000. cover
ing A years subscription to the Manu-
facturers' Record. Truly yours,
JOHN d. ARCHBOLD.''
Subscribed for $50 Years.
Il have looked up the subscription
price of the Manufacturers Record, ."
Mr.. Hearst continued, "and I find it is
81 a year. Consequently, Mr. Archboid
was either substituting the Manufactur-
ers' Record. or he was subscribing for
$50 years. The $1,000 is definitely stated
as a years subscription, so that there
is no possibility of 1t being anything
else than a subsidy.
THE object of these subscriptions is
TO induce these publications to infiu-
ence public sentiment I'm favor of the
Standard Oil, as the following letter
win show:
Farm Journal Got $4,000.
"'26 Broadway. Dec IS. 1e01.-Mr.
Thomas p. Grasty. care of Buck &
Pratt, room 1908. No. q William street,
City.
Dear Mr.. Grasty: 1 have your IA
vor of yesterday, and beg to return
herewith the telegram of Mr.. Edmonds
to you. We are willing to continue the
subscription Of $1,000 to the Southern
Farm Magazine for another year, pay
ments to be made the same as they
but that the influence of your publica-
tons throughout the south is of the
most helpful character. With good
wishes, l am, very truly yours,
JOHN d. ARCHBOLD'
The Standard Oil company not only
endeavOrs to influence public sentiment
through magazines and newspap ers,
but ii subsidies teachers and lecturers
to educate the public in the interest
of the Standard Oil The following let
ter is an example in point:
Check for Educator.
"'26 Observation-Disclosures George
Gunton, Al Union Square, City.
81" My Dear Professor: Responding to
your favor, it gives me pleasure to in
close you herewith certificate of deposit
to your favor for s.. 900 as an additional
contribution to that agreed upon, and
TO aid you in your most excellent work
l most earnestly hope that the way
will open for an enlarged scope, as you
Yours very truly.
JOHN d. ARCHBOLD'
In the following letter is mention of
a certificate of deposit TO a daily news
paper:
"'2s Broadway. Jan. 7. 1Sss.-Hon.
w. A. Magee, Pittsburg Times. Pitts
burg. Pa.
Dear Sir: As per understanding.
herewith enclosed find certificate of de-
posit to your credit for $1250, the re-
ceipt of which kindly acknowledge
Truly yours
JOHN D. ARCHBOLD.'
More About Sibley.
Il will now read a letter which indi-
Gated still wider and more compara-
ger to the free press. The letter is
from the Standard OH company's con-
gressiOnal spy, Joseph c. Sibley. 1t Is
written on the letter paper of congress,
and is headed Joseph c. Sibley. chair
man committee on manufacture, house
of representatives, u. s., Washington,
March z. 1905.
My Dear Mr. A-The illness of a
coming to New York. Senator Il. was
to have gone over with me. i think he
win go anyway, as he has business
there. l had conversation with an i'm
pOrtant Official yesterday and he told
me there was but one thing to do, and
that was to start ''back-fire." Like my
self, he is much alarmed and as a men,
Der of the reigning family his hand and
tongue are tied. He thinks the work
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