Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-26

men their number IN proportion 10
the total number 81 militia IN the
held al any one tune ID inslSnin-
| cant.
1T has been charged" adds the
memorandum. that the cmployes IN
the mines or Colorado are no better
than slaves oppressed by Their en-
ployers and ground down 10 the last
extreme, In order that arser divi-
bends and more profits may be reap
ed by the companies The utter TAI
sity and Injustice Of this charge are
sclf-evident insofar as the Colorado
Fuel Iron Co. " concerned, With
which company alone ] am IN any
way connected. In view Of the state
nent which has been widely publish
ed namely. that during the past
| twelve years since our relation 10 u,
that company has never paid single
cent on It's common stock and has
paid only one dividend on its pre-
Tered stock, which was a portion or
the large accumulation Of dividends
which had accrued and q portion OF
tho dividend due for the current
year"
PaDpcrty Does Not Pay.
Mr.. Rockefeller's memorandum
then says that the total amount mus
paid was only $7S0,000 and that at
the same time the company Voluntar-
lily increased wages of miners and
steel employees by $4,000 a year.
Here again." the memorandum
states. the effort to digcredh this
company and those connected with
Il for Interior and selfish purposes
is obvious"
A, II is added that the writer above
referred to stated It as undisputed,
that $4,000 men left their Jobs and
only 200 or 900 remained at work
and that the $4,000 Joined the union.
This is entirely ana absolutely
false" The memorandum declares.
The statement OF Mr. Rockefeller
issued tonight then takes up the
charge of Chairman Walsh TO the ef-
feet that the correspondence between
Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr.. Bowers re-
veals that he (Mr Rockefeller), had
a plan for publishing a string oil
daily papers.
Charge Absolutely False.
This charge Is absolutely false,
Mr. Rockefeller declares. 4 never
had such d plan. Mr. Walsh's only
basis for his Statement is contained
in correspondence between Mr.. Lee
which / had received from man
had never heard or and which had
forwarded to Mr. Lee. That letter be-
gan as follows
This note is from perfect
stranger TO you. making a suggestion
which the writer thinks IL carried out
would do more good generally Tor all
time than all the universities IN exist
ence." and went on to say that the
suggestion is for q string of fearless
honest newspapers across the coun-
try
''Mr. Lee, in his letter referred TO.
expressed his disapproval of the sus-
gestion and added, | do not believe
that I will ever come TO the point OF
thinking that you should establish and
become responsible for "A string of
daily newspapers
Il may add that propositions to
or establish newspapers
have for many years been made to my
father ANA myself, but have, without
been rejected.
Avoids Publicity Enterprises. |
Answering the charges Of Mr.. Walsh /
that Mr. Rockefeller had n plan OF
financing the publication of the offi- 1
cinl organ of the National Chamber |
Oh Z commerce. MI lNV'h'ANifit W Z
clarcs that the paper referred to IS |
'rrhc Nations Business" and is dis |
trihutcd without charge to members
Of Chamber of Commerce of the Unit |
ed states. lie says that the president |
Of the chamber discussed with him a |
financial plan for charging the pub !
licntion but that, although ! c0nsd- |
cred the proposition entirely legiti- |
mate, ii was never favorably acted 1
upon"
Mr. Rockefeller says
MIR Walsh falsfes the record in |
referring to an interview between |
Ethelbert stewart. representative OF !
the department Of labor at Washing /
ton. and Mr.. Murphy of his (Rocke- |
fellersl office Mr. Rockefeller de-
elares that n his formal statement Mr. |
Walsh SAYS; The same day of his |
Mr. Murphy wrote a fun I
account of it to Mr.. Bowers at Den
yer and Mr.. Bowers wrote back
highly praising Mr., Murphy for his |
In not giving the govern !
ment agent any information
"The correspondence, Mr.. Rookie |
fellers statement says, CLEARLY shows (
that the government agent did not
ask for information, that no informa- |
ton was withheld and that Mr.. Bow |
ers made no reference in his letter
TO the withholding Of Information
Attempt To Deceive Alleged.
Mr., Rockefeller then charges Chair
man WALSH with attempting to create
the impression 10y direct statement
and by innuendo that my associates
ana | were Indifferent TO the distress
Ing conditions in Colorado,
Commenting upon statement In I
QUO OF Mr. Bowers letters written i'm
medately after the beglnninS of the
strike. in which Mr. Bowers stated
Several OF our mines are working
from one-half to two-thirds capacity
aud Il We can continue undisturbed.
We can keep our steel works run
ming ana supply our railroad friends
with coal to keep them going IN good
shape until the strike Is over Mr.,
walsh says
This was at time when the peo-
pie of Colorado were suffering for
coal and the price mad been advanced
until thousands Of families were with
out fuel
Here again Mr.. Walsh's failure 20
make inquiry has led him into false
Assumption The fact is that when
the strike was called the price OF coal
was not raised by the Colorado Fuel
A. IRON Co., and most energetic mea.
sures were taken by the company to
insure that the supply OF coal for do
nestle use should not be curtalled"
Mr. Rockefeller adds that in re-
sporse 10 an inquiry. President Well
born, Of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.
forwarded TO him yesterday the fol- /,
lowing statement concerning that
point
GIt.s