The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01

succeed In securing control OF the OIL
Gals of the peoples government. the
machinery of justice and the channels
of publicity, they certainly will have
the people entirely at their mercy to
be ruled and robbed as the Standard
Oil company sees fit.
You will remember that Senator
Foraker declared that one of the secret
certificates of deposit which he re-
ceived, the one for $4,000. was sent
to him in order to secure control of a
leading newspaper in Ohio. That is
not my statement. 1t is his and is in
all PROBABILITY true
In addition to controlling newspa-
pers, however, I find that the Stand
ard Oil company influences certain
minor publications by contribution, as
this letter will show:
"26 Broadway. Oct 10, 1902
"Mr. H. H. Edmonds, Baltimore, Md:
Dear r:-Responding to yours of
the ninth it gives me pleasure to en-
close you herewith certificate of de-
post to your favor for $4,000 covering
years subscription to the Manufac-
turer's Record.
Truly yours,
JOHN D. ARCHBOLD"
I have looked up the subscription
price Of the Manufacturer Record
and find that it is 81 year. Conse-
quently Mr.. Archbold was either sub,
sidizing the Manufacturers Record or
he was subscribing for $50 years.
There is no mention of any advertis-
ing done by the Manufacturers Rec
ord or any legitimate newspaper bus,
mess performed.
The Standard Oil Company is lib
eraI subscriber Of this sort and the OBJ
ject of these subscriptions is to in
duce these publications to influence
public sentiment in favor of Standard
Oil as the following letter will show:
"26 Broadway, Dec. IS, 1901.
"Mr. Thomas G. Rasty, care Buck &,
Pratt, Room 1908, 81 North Will
liam Street, City.
Dear Mr.. Grasty:-I have your
favor of yesterday and beg to return
herewith the telegram from Mr.. Ed
monds to you. We are willing to con-
tinue the subscription of $4,000 to the
Southern Farm Magazine for another
year, payments to be made the same
as they have been this year. We do
not doubt but that the influence of
your publications throughout the
South is of the most helpful character.
With good wishes, l am,
VERY truly yours,
JOHN D. ARCHBOLD."
1 have looked up the subscription
price of the Southern Farm Magazine
and I find that it is fifty cents a year,
so that Mr.. Archbold's $4,000 was eth
err a subsidy or subscription for
10000 years, as Mr.. Archbold says
the $4,000 sis a subscription for an.
other year." we may conclude not only
that it was a subsidy but that it fol
lowed a previous subsidy of a similar
kind and amount.
The Standard Oil Company not on
ly endeavors to influence ublic senti.
ment through magazines and newspa-
pers, but it subsidies teachers and
lSCLul ~ LuuSdLC thO III
the interest of the Standard Oil. The
following letter is an example in
print: j..
"Educators" Used.
"To Professor Geo. Gunton, Al Union
Square, City:
"My Dear Professor Respond
to your favor it gives me pleasure to
enclose you herewith certificate of de.
post to your favor, $4,000 as an add.
tional contribution to that agreed upon
and to aid you in your most excellent
work. most earnestly hope that the
way we open for enlarged scope as
you anticipate.
Every truly yours,
JOHN D. ARCHBOLD."
1--WE have seen therefore that the
Standard Oil company endeavors to
influence magazines, newspapers, lee
turers and every medium of publicity
for their political and financial pur-
poses / will not read a letter which
indicates a still wider and more com
parative plan and one of even greater
damages to the free press and the free
speech which are the cornerstones OF
our republic.
SibIey Shown Up.
The letter is from the Standard Oil
company's congressional spy Joseph
c. Sibley. 1t is written on the letter
paper of congress and is headed:
Joseph c. Sibley, Chairman Com,
mittee on Manufacturers, House OF
Representatives, U. S.
Washington, March Z, 1905.
my Dear Mr.. Archbold, the illness
of a member of my family has pre-.
vented my coming to New York Sen.
ator B. was to have gone over with
me. 1 think he will go anyway, as he
has business there. l had CONVEX
sation with an important "Officiar'
yesterday and he told me there was
but one thing to do and that was to
start back fire. an efficient liter.
airy bureau is needed not for a day
or a crisis but a permanent and heal
thy control of The Associated Press
and Kindred avenues it will cost
money, but will be the cheapest in the
end and can be made self, supporting
The next four years is, more than
previous epoch, to determine the fu
ture of tI1e country No man yaJuos