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Show ' a review of evidence, the commission re- . ported, as follows: , ' f" 'It- has "' a cl-nrged na a irottr of fpneral -beli;f on -tna r"tt of "almost' all .of the. opponents of the Standard Oil company, com-pany, that these discriminations. la varl -ous. forms-have ber- coniinualiy -received, .even-up to date. . On the other hand, the charpes have been denlM most errphatl- otnyjy, every represeni Jve of -the Stand, ard Oil, company with reference-to all cases -excepting one, which - they' claim . was a'mlrt&ke, the aroouot of freight due being, promptlv paid on discovery of the error.'- The -Btendard--Oil 'company not merely challenged the opponents to bring , forth, wvof , of. any case,,- but . produced many1 letters from le-llng officials of rail-roads: rail-roads: to show .that the .company had In no. case received any favors or asked for thh.'."' --- ' ' " It became known today, 'that', prior to the final action by, the prudential commit, tee Of the American Board of Commission er-tf Foreign-Missions -In accepting the tl00.00 gift tendered by John D.. Rocke- , f tiler, a -number. of prominent members of the. board-at meeting held In Jvew .York, city, considered - the matter, at length. . As a result the parties to the con- ' terence Issued a statement, (n which they declared they did-not feel that the ac ceptance-'of the gift would' compromise the board In any way. Among Uiose who fclgned ,-th statement- were .Rev. J. W. Cooper, secretary of the, American MIs- 'elonary' 'association;.' . Luclen Warner, i chairman of the International T. M. C. A.; Rev. CA. BJchards, secretary of the International '. Congregational Church .Bulldipg society: Rev. A H. Bradford, formerly moderator of the National Congregational Con-gregational conference; Rev. Edward P. , Ingersoll,-secretary of the American Bible Koclety; -WiUiara H. Ward, editor of the New York Independent: Rev.' J. J. Merrill, Mer-rill, :'presldent of. Flak university. Nash. . vllJe, Tenn.; Rev. Frank K. Sanders, dean of , Yale University Divinity school; Rev. Lyman. Abbott; Rev. -Charles E. Jeffer. sen. pstor of the Broadway; tabernacle, ancf Rev. Ijenry ,W. HubbeU of Green- .lcb,.Conn.. s . , ' . The; statement Issued a a result' of the meeting waa as follows "The prudential committee of the American board -has been requested to refuse a certain gift for Its missionary work, .on. the ground that the giver la the president Of a corporation cor-poration -whose business methods are extensively ex-tensively criticised by the press- and the public. Compliance . with this request would put upon the board, which Is a corporate cor-porate trust created for the definite purpose pur-pose of maintaining missions in foreign lands, the very grave responsibility of refusing re-fusing money which has been given for the development of the work intrusted to its career in aid of particular objects for which it. is trustee. "it would also establish the precedent of subjecting individual gifts to a scrutiny not heretofore regarded as practicable for a mission board to exercise. We do not, therefore, consider that the acceptance of this gift compromises the board In, any way nd- we cannot recommend any . departure de-parture from the long-established usage of the board In receiving wiWi thankfulness thankful-ness the funds Intrusted to Its care for the protection of its Important work." - r f. . . ; ROCKEFELLER'S PARTNER I ' r REPLIES TO CRITICS irgton Gladden says that everybody knows that John,D. Rockefeller has obtained ob-tained his money dishonestly. With as much reason I could say that everybody knows that Dr. Gladden would not trust the ten commandments for ten days with the deacons of his church, because they would surely break some of them and bend the rest. Slavery in certain sections of the United States was legal until President Presi-dent Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.. proclama-tion.. Rebates on railroads were Just as legal until the passage of 'the interstate commerce act After an exhaustive examination' ex-amination' by the Industrial commission authorized by Congress June 18, 1898, la I H;EW 'TORtCi April L H. H. Rogers, virfc-presfdent and director of the Stand-' ar4 Oil. company made- a-statement as, to. the conduct of the Standard Oil' company which was evidently prompted i ... . - . ; by the criticism In the prudential committee commit-tee of the 'American Board of Foreign Missions for accepting a gift of SlOO.OuO from John D. ' Rockefeller. Mr. Rogers said: "Ministers say queer things. Dr. Wash- ! 1 |