The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
ASSAILED IN SENATE
Members Refuse to Use More So
Called Blood Money to
Kill Boil Wcevil.
CARNEGIE ALSO ATTACKED
Agricultural Bill. Carrying
S20,OOO.000, Passes Despite
Smoot's Protests.

v,sutxGroN. May 23-Ths financial
,o,,,r,. OF John II. Rockefeller and
andrew Carnegie were bitterly attacked
;, the senate to-iay.
senator West uf Georgia had offered a.
,rsrd,roat 90 the Agricultural appropria-
,op bill 10 strike out the provision which
tr,,ted that no more funds should be ac-
,sr,ed flr farm demonstration work by
i, Secretary OF Agriculture q N the
Rock,ieiirr General Education Board or
49, other private source. Senator West
vas murn I'm favor Of having the Govern
rrs-t take all the money that Rockefeller,
carnegie or any other rich man might
choose 70 give.
"The Senator from Georgia should real
IL. tina, his own state OF Georgia could
,r.s7, this money II it wants TO from MIR.
rockefeller" said Senator Gore.
Yes. and ! am willing that the state
of G-1tli should accept II. and as a
senator of the United States ] am willing
mai the United states should accept II
from Mr. Rockefeller" replied the Sena
tor from Georgia.
How Money Would Help south.
'up Senator's realize what We could do
IN the south toward Graduating the cot
ION Buu weevil with few million dol
lars asked senator West The Senator
from South Carolina, Mr. Smith. said
few days ago that II he had 10000. 900
he could leave strip hundred miles
vide extending from Tennessee to the
Gulf free from cultivation and in that way
could prevent the boil weevl from in
yading the States to the eastward.
That would mean from s6O.00O,0O0 to
$4,000 900 year for the State OF Georgia
alone You may call this blood money
and hlthy money and all that sort of
thing but / would point to. one Nobel OF
Sweden VIII, has given 100000 a year
for the ne eft Of the people. and he got
hs money in the same way that John u.
Rockefeller got his"
Does the Senator from Georgia charge
that the phllanthroplst OF whom he is
speaking pursued the same course OF Grim
!rsl condtct that has marked the career
Of John - Rockefeller. AZ Is shown by
authentic history OF him and his times and
OF his litr7' a Senator asked.
Mr.. West Insisted that Nobel got his
money from Inventions Of high explosives
used 81 killing people IN war and from
investments IN petroleum lands in south
err Russia
THIS called into action Senator Gronna
Of North Dakota, who said that Alfred
Nobel made much " his money from in
yentl0ns. but that he was regarded as
patriot and that he never extorted a dollar
from the people of Sweden or any other
cou.try.
senator MARITIME got into the debate at
this point saying
L hope the United States may be
spared from living on contributions from
Rock teller and Carnegie. | regard money
obtained from that source as on an
eQuAy with the wages VI sin III We
cannot cXtgrmnHto the boil weevil win
out recourse t. Rockefeller and Carnegie,
then a thousand times rather let the in
sect destroy the entire cotton crop. and
God in his wisdom VIII provide another
source for clothing mankind"
Senator MARITIME was launching into
further remarks on the subject OF the
Colorado strike and MIR. Rockefellsr's re-
sponslbil,y therefor. when Mr. West
halted him with the suggestion that he
had not yielded for a speech.
Mr. MARITIME piled that he was so
full Of his subject that It would take
several hours for him 10 do justice 10 IT,
Senator Kern of Indiana, the Democratic
leader, and Senators Kenyon. Lane, Gore
ana Reed Joined In the attack on Rookie
Teller
Senator West defended the man whose
philanthropy has been employed In de-
vsloping southern agriculture. The Sena-
tor suggested that the Church frequently
received donations from criminals for the
use OF the poor.
would the Senator have the church
receive money from a train robber II the
church knew how the robber had obtained
the money! asked Senator Kenyon.
Senator West retorted that the Govern
ment and the State as well as municipal
tiles did not hesitate to take money frCm
rockefeller by way OF taxes.
Senator Wilson of Minnesota ventured
70 inquire whether or not Rockefeller's
dollars would not be just ss effective in
ehtermlnltlns the. boil weevil as any
other dollars
III the money OF Rockefeller IL used as
eNecuvely on the boil weevil as on the
wives and children OF the miners In Colo
rado undoubtedly IL would extermnate
me pest suggested Nj. lane OF Oregon
Mr Lane rcclted how women and chill
dren WAC had crawled into Dit In the
mine regions Of Colorado TO escape mine
guards "ere suffocated by fires started
BY the guards.
says Rockefeller pisgusted People.
IL II such things AS this that hav.
upset the stOmachs OF the American people
ana made them unwilling to enter into a
Senator Hoke Smith told his colleagues
MAT Nj Rockefeller's mOroy had done
mlfh good In the South, especially In the
COTTON belt, but that he believed II wise
10 conduct such work at government ex-
pehs' The Senator said that Mr. Rookie
l'I!ef s aid 70 the Government had been
s.'n TO modestly that he personally had
no' known Of 1t until recently. although
m4eh of the money mad been expended in
''s own state OF Georgia.
senator Galiinger closed the debate
WIN d statement That the House was
e'h'u'bng nm investigation into the Colo
Ie.' strike situation and that IL was UNI
toilaI''. that the Senate had started out
10 praipdgt the case.
u Us unfortunate that we should have
-. ~ 'ufd language as - been ~sed here
"'1A 'Nsl halt .our -ithout know
'hs tie facts" said Mr.. Gallinger.
senator West WAS induced by the Demo-
l'N % withdraw his amendment, which
u adopted would have had the effect OF
.'-'n''ois lie Agricultural Department to
continue ~ accept the aid OF the General
education Board OF the Rockefeller Foun-
sat.ou.
d, h' aI-'clttural appropriation bill was
men pa'-ed carrying appropriations ag-
Tssilng 100000, 900, Senator smoot