The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-26
II PAYS
TRIBUTE TO FATHER.
Inc "Ienderest And Most Democratic
OF Men," He Tells Denver Assem-.

Inc "Ienderest And Most Democratic
OF Men," He Tells Denver Assem-. |
blage
New York Times
John ID. Rockefeller Jr. received |
an ovation lasting several minutes at
, ,he ciose OF an address which ne de-
hVered today TO 500 business men AZ q
iuncheon of the chamber Of com
merce. His address was largely de-
voted 10 defense OF his father whom
he eulogized as the "tende-est and
| most democratic of men"
Ihe reception you have given me
today is the finest thing | have en-
countered since l came TO your state
three weeks ago" Mr.. Rockefeller said
IN acknowledging the applause follow
ing MS introduction. Il accept YOUR
hospitality gratefully-not alone for
| myself, but also for my father. whom
| | represent.
Gentlemen. my father has been
criticised, nahgned. and condemned
for years for his business success
achieved through his ability TO gain
the confidence OF men, TO harmonic
conflicting interests, and to effect
| economies in production-even be-
cause OF his philanthropic enterprises
, But he cheriSheS no bitterness toward
{ those who have condemned him. and
t mas nothing but good will for all men.
Y He then described his fathers home
HE and his democratic ways.
My father does not know the
f meaning Of fear" he continued, and
lyet he has all the gentleness OF q
S woman. Some time ago an aged ne
i / gro caretaker died at his little Gotta ge
e on the estate. The very first person
|. to the old negrO'S house was my
f father. and he was just as sympatheti il
+ with the widow as if the dead mar
had been his brother He assisted ir
3lys
: and followed the coffin TO the grave
- where he stood with tears streaming
II down his cheeks until the coffin hat
% been covered.
~ That old negro meant as much t,
20 him as nearly any man living. Tha
is the kind Of a man my father is
AZ Any democratic ways 1 may posses
ra are due to the training he has give
me. | wish that every man here coul
r. meet him. Had he come to COlorad
40 three weeks ago you would have los
~ all sight of me.
e MY father has been for many year
~, a. good friend of the State OF COlOra a.
to His confidence in the future Of u
ne State has been shown by his placill
"a of considerable sums Of money in tf
10 Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. @
i the common stock Of that company l
- | never has received one cent in div
:. dends, but he has not lost faith in Il
or future Of Colorado
The speaker then referred to Il
" testimony in 1914 before the Congre
~ sional Committee which Investigate
~ the Colorado coal miners strike.
80 The inference sometimes dra1
20 from it that father and / were Tight
organized labor was untrue he sa
1 a Mr.. Rockefeller read extracts fro
~. ~ his testimony before the Federal Cor
10y mission on Industrial Relations
a. which he expressed his belief in lab
"a .' unions, provided they were so orga
1. lied as to leave "every worker free
7n' associate himself with such grou
~ or to work independently"
The extracts concluded with a sta
.,r ment that the interests Of both tab
and capital must be conserved or be
would suffer.
1T is upon that last declarati
'eo that the industrial plan accepted
. our company and it's employees 1
il ia been developed" Mr.. Rockefeller ad
'i'S ed. "a spirit of democracy underl
~ ~ our industrial plan, as contrasted w
p: ~ the plan common among other ofga
:, ~ !. izations of labor. where only the
, l, who elect to join the organization :
~. entitled to it's benefit.
III" "There is one thing that must ne
-. happen again-a strike in the co
Us pany in which my father is interest
VI | have so instructed the officers OF {
iu company and to that end my fatf
ac- and myself ask The cooperation
Ai!6 every citizen OF Colorado.
is '
tHe TURKS RUE THEIR COMPACT