Show I I BITTER ATTACK UPON y c WASHINGTON GLADDEN Solicitor of Standard Oil Company Makes a Statement St Declares That the Assertion That Rockefeller Made His Money Dishonestly is False and Vile All Charges Denied In Detail Defail 1 YORK April 6 C T Dodd DoddI NEW NEY I eWer chief solicitor of ot the Standard Oil OH company s ve out a Ii statement to today today today day with Ith reference to the recent dis cu on as to the acceptance of a gift gUt of or offered by b J D Rockefeller for Tor missionary work Mr Ir Dodd Jodd declares that the statement that Mr Rocke Rockefeller feller teller made his bit money noney dishonestly is a false i is vile and being made by br zulu min ministers l in the pretended interest of morality is doubly vile Ue Air Mr rr Dodd then says that the Standard OH on company does doea not own on a share of stock of any an railroad company Compan J does doe not control any railroad company and that since the enactment of the inter interstate interstate state commerce law has not received r eved lower rates than other shippers by b re rebates rebates bates arrangements devices or plans I of any allY character The rhe testimony of or Howard Page freight agent of the theand Standard and rd Oil on company before the In Industrial Industrial commission if Is quoted in this connection With reference to BUB ga and copper companies Mr 11 Dodd says JS Claims Prejudice No doubt many have been pre prejudiced against Mr 11 Rockefeller by b ie sensational writers whose articles ac accompanied accompanied companied by portraits and caricatures caricatures tures are lire intended to create creati the Im irn Impression that Mr 11 Rockefeller was principal in the affairs affaire relating to the organization of the gas gag and copper companies although no tact fact showing such connection is stated The he Stand Standard Standard ard Oil on company compan has already alread denied that It had any an connection or interest directly or Indirectly in the organization tion lion of these th e corporations and on ozi the hest best authority the same denial is now made for John D Rockefeller He had no connection with nor interest In di directly I or indirectly the organization of these lese corporations Statement in Full Mr 11 Dodds statement is as follows There may well wen be a difference of opinion on the abstract question whether the board of missions should receive gifts unless satisfied that the giver is honest but all will agree that if U he be who brings his gift to the altar mu must t come with clean hands still more should he who ministers at the altar and receives the gift be free from front stain There is no excuse for those who ho make money dishonestly and aud still J leas BS excuse for those who in the name of ot religion falsely accuse their fellow fellowmen fellowmen fellowmen men menThe The objection to Mr It Rockefeller K gift Ift ft is based upon the allegation that he made his money mone dishonestly This is false fahe is vile and being made by ministers in the pretended in interest interest interest terest of morality is doubly false The should not nut be made unless it itcan itcan Itcan can be readily read iI established by b specification cation and proof I have ha ve seen en no proof and no attempt even at specification except In the protest of Dr Gladden He says S ys Quotes Gladden In this case ease the investigation has been Iteen thoroughly made and the fact are re known The legislative inquiries the records of the courts have given the reading people of this country the ma materials for tor a judgment upon the methods of Standard Oil oh and never was 8 there a day da when their minds were as clear Ion on this subject as they the are arenow areDO now DO Then follows follow the specifications Mr lr Rockefeller nay may ma deny that re rebates rebates bates are now no given to the Standard but the Standard Stand rd now controls about of the railroads of this country and anI its power is exerted in liz inest establishing est classification of freights In su h a way WR that it can kill competition ti lion tion Rebates are arp no longer necessary Denies the Statement The assertion is not true Xo No such state stat of facts has ever been disclosed dl closed by hy any oy investigation nor n r supported by evidence in any court of law No So such facts i ts exist to IM be I proved The Standard Oil company does d tM not own on a share of Mock stock of any au railroad company nor nordoe nord does doe d 5 it control any railroad company I Stockholders Stockholder of the Standard un undoubtedly unI I invest inest in railroad as in other z shares but stockholders of the Stand Standard ard arti company are ale not a majority on th board Jard of directors dire tors of any railroad so fur fAr as a I 1 am aware and azid therefore can cannot cannot cannot not control Question of Rebates The question of railway rebates and Standard control of or railways was in investigated by b the United Unitt i States Stales in industrial in iii 1900 and they thE reported no such facts Members of the Standard and the railways railway were ques questioned questioned in relation to these subjects ts It Jt was shown that prior to the enactment nt of the interstate commerce law the re reate ate system was universal Railroads Hail roads made their nominal rates higher than lh they y expected t tO i obtain from regular I shippers shipper and the amount of actual freight ire ht to be paid was wat a matter of con contract on tract Each shipper made the best terms he be could The Standard did not Invent this system but it found it ex fOX existing and could not Hot do business with without without without out submitting to it Like ail all other shippers it made mad the best terms it was able beto to make with the railroads Its It refineries re were located at points where here hereit it could take advantage f of every com corn competition petition It also strove stroe to give equivalents fOnt for tor reductions in freight It shipped not only carloads but train toads It provided terminal and other facilities facUlties and assumed all aU risks of loss Public opinion more enlightened enli in these e days das than in those may have hae discovered that this was all wrong but At that time the business man who ho did didn didD n D not vt t a rpt that method would better have bave closed c his shop Standard Rebates Not Enormous The stories onel told of the immense ag a of the rebates paid p ld to the theS S were shown by that Invest investigation gation to be untrue A large I rge portion 01 ot the tile rebates paid were ere not discriminatory They The were ere paid to all ship shippers shippers pers pets who shipped exclusively by rail rull Jt it J t was wa impossible for any an shipper to know knew with certainty what rates his competitors were paying The Standard often found that Its Itse competitors e had lad been be paying less rates than It paid Furthermore the public obtained the advantage of the thelow theloW low Jew rates received A reduced d price for tor refined oil kept pace with the re reduction in rates rated rAt whether this reduction reduction tion was by way of rebates or other we And the price at which the pub public lic Uc for many years has 18 been obtaining oil would simply have baye been Impossible bad l ad sot not shippers forced the railways 8 to 10 reduce their rates which they did by rebates and later by open schedules Welcomed the Change Th Phe system of rebates hao lasu uw happily ree the thI tl condemnation of or law The Standard St I the tutt th change a as aa a t to say now that if jt t should ho ld not bare haie obtained the best beet rates under the old system which Its Us I J position enabled e bled it to obtain is an al n im tm impossible possible counsel co M l of perfection I The evidence before the Industrial commission lon shows very ver clearly to t finy uy unprejudiced mind that since the en enactment enactment of ot the interstate commerce law la w the Standard has obeyed it in ine every e ery particular The evidence of the the tilt Standard managers and freight fleight agents was corroborated by b the certificates of managers and freight frei bt agents of or all an the leading lending railways of the United States to the effect eff t that th t by byno b bno byno no rebates arrangements devices or plans of any character had the tb Stand Stan Standard Stanard Standard ard received less rates than other ship shippers peru pers pe 18 Impossible to Prove It is true that allegations to the contrary were made before tin the corn com commission mission but these were founded upon surmise and aud wre not hot sustained by bi proof Neither Keither did the commission find them to be true Any candid man man who will read the evidence must b be satis lied tIed of the truth of the facts act sworn sorn to toby tob toby by b the Standard Oil on company corroborated corroborated corroborated rated as they are by the officers and agents of ot the roads themselves On the subject specifically alleged by Dr Gladden Howard Page the freight agent of the Standard ard Oil com coin company compan pany pan testified as us follows Is it a fact as has been fre frequently frequently stated that over lines of rail railroad railroad railroad road where the Standard Oil has very yer large shipments the rates on oil are re frequently made relatively speaking lower than over oer other roads where the business rivals of or the Standard Oil interests are relatively small and that this difference in rates to the advantage of the Standard Oil on onis is brought about by b the influence of the Standard Oil company officials Agents Denial A That is absolutely not true sir In the first place I do not know any an railroad on which competitors c oj of the Standard Oil company ship that we wedo wedo wedo do not ship on ourselves and the oil rates of the United States from the various oil shipping points are on a aI basis In other words the same rates I apply appl from all aU of or the Pennsylvania oil oilfields oilfields oilfields fields both east and west and anil the same is true of the Lima IrId and while we may not be located at the very ver point some competitor is i he has the same rate from front his shipping point in that field that we have from front our shipping point in the same field Q Are the Standard Oil on company officials or stockholders ever in a po position position as railroad officials where they can give ghe favors to the Standard Oil company in its shipments No Official Connection A AI I am sin glad you asked that tb t ques question QUEStion tion sir I do not think it but I know Mr 11 Rice wishes to give that impression impression impression sion and nd I can say sa in reply that since I J have had any knowledge of f railroad rates on the Standard Oil on business no official of the Standard Oil company compan who is connected with Avith rail railroads railroads roads roada has ever made a rate or ar arrangement arrangement arrangement for the Standard Oil on com corn company comI Daily pany I nor have any of i these gentle genUe gentlemen men inca who ho are connected and have ha e in interests interests interests with railroads over ever asked ask d me meto meto meto to give ghe any undue or unreasonable or orin orin in Iii fact any an share of the Standard Oil business over oyer such a rail railroad railroad railroad road In other words the Standard Oil business stands on its own merits and as I before said none of these gentlemen who may ma or ormay orma ormay may ma not have interests in these vari vinci various various ous railroads have ever made a rate or 01 made an arrangement for Standard Oil company business That business is done by bv me or by the proper party part partIn in iii hise territory or 01 district the ques question question question tion may arise Q should you be sure to know I whether that was as so or not net Would Be Sure to Know A AI I should know If It any of the gentlemen who have hae large railroad in interests interests interests aa as 4 alleged made a tariff or arrangement with a railroad for our OUI business I certainly should know of I it I should be advised of it as RS I am the proper department that has a rec roe record record ord of those rates and nd should have to know necessarily Q Do you understand that ship shipments shipments 1 ments of the Standard Oil company have hc not been influenced ced toward certain taint lain lines Jines by the fact tact that the of the Standard Oil on were reputed to be belarge belarge belarge large owners of the stock of these lines linesA A AIn Am In no way ay sir andi andl you Jou can call readily see that if the Standard Oil OilI business b sines was ivas run on the I 1 I basis of favoring the individual inter interests 4 ests of the different stockholders stockholder of oft the Standard Oil company the th com coin t business itself its l would necessarily ily suffer suffel Q Is it true that officers of or the Standard Oil company have offices in indifferent indifferent different railroads A AIt it is true that Mr lIr William Villiam Rockefeller for instance e is a director in some of or the railroads He lie probably also siso is a bondholder of the United States but there is no connection be between between tween such su h interests and the interests s of the Standard Oil on company or the business of the Standard Oil com corn company compan pan pany Rakes Dr Gladden Such evidence should satisfy any an anI candid mind of the incorrectness s of I Mr lr Gladdens assertion It will probably probAbly probably ably not satisfy a mind like Dr Glad Gladdens Gladdens Gladdens I dens who subsequently made the statement that the denial that rebates have hae been extorted since the interstate commerce law was passed va sed is not cred ered credible credible ible I know front from statements made to myself my elf by parties implicated that such rebates have haye been extorted by hy other othet corporations I doubt if the Standard is more virtuous than the rest In a mind mba so prejudiced evidence is it lost Dr DI Gladden seems to know something of cases in the courts on the subject of rebates and should 8 know of several everal important cases tried in inthe Inthe Inthe the courts of Pennsylvania against a prominent railroad to recover penal penalties penalties ties tics for granting rebates in which whichever every ever r effort was made to prove proe rebates paid to the Oil on company No o such proof could be produced but it was vas proved that rebates rebate were allowed and Phd paid to two of the Standards j i prin principal cipal competitors This may ma sarve s re to toI I remove Dr Gladdens doubt whether the Standard Is IB more virtuous than the rest Shut Their Eyes Those who contend on tend that the Stand Standard Standard Standard ard has lies been built by b means of or rail railway railway railway way discrimination wilfully shut their theire eyes e to the real causes of or the Stand Standards Standards ards success and are poor students of or the problem of or modern industrial combinations If It this the only specific allegation made mad against John D Cl U is proven to be h maVe m ahe p public and J Sus public more careful ana azid ati charitable In its allegations No doubt many have been prejudiced against Mr 11 Rockefeller ler by sensational writers whose ar ticks accompanied by portraits and caricatures are intended to create the impression that Mr Rockefeller was the principal in the affairs relating to the organization of ot the ga gas and cop copper copper copper per companies although no fact tact show showing showIng showIng ing such s ch connection is stated Denial for John D The Standard Oil on company compan has al already already already ready denied that it had any an conner conne t i tion or interest directly or indirectly I In the organization of these corpora t i and on the best beet of authority the 1 same denial is |