Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-10-04 | Page 1 | Defender for John D. Rockefeller Arises in Person of Dr. Pearson

DEFENDER FDR JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER ARISES IN PERSON OF DR. PEARSON CHICAGO, Oct. 4. "I would rather be John D. Rockefeller today, divested of his wealth and with his lovable personality, . than any of the crew, saints or sinners, who are attacking him." The foregoing is a quotation from an Interview published today by Dr. D. H. Pearson, a Chicago millionaire nationally known as a philanthropist. Mr. Pearsori continued: "To the popular pop-ular mind, excited Just now by socialistic socialis-tic outcrys, there Is no wealth that Is untainted. This cry of 'tainted money' is no Jest. It is unfair and not American. Amer-ican. It has' become the rallying cry of the Socialist, the drone and the discontented dis-contented member of society who hates those whose talents or wealth exceed his own." Mr. Pearson, after talking in this strain with vigor for some time, showed a recent letter which he had received from Mr. Rockefeller. Divested of personalities, per-sonalities, it concluded: "Thank you for your kind words, good friend. I appreciate them. Life is short and you and I have too much to do in the world to be diverted from our purpose, to try to make things better. bet-ter. Let us keep right on and do our best In our day and generation, rejoicing re-joicing in the beautiful Fentiment expressed ex-pressed by our lamented Lincoln. 'With malice towards none and charity for all.' Sincerely your friend. "JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER."