Show l. l COMPLIMENTS PAID r J. J B. B ROCKEFELLER I in f. f Justice W. W J. J Gaynor Expresses Pointed Views on Great C Crime rime DISCRIMINATION ASSAILED Swollen Fortune Not Result of ol Prosperity Says Says' New NewYork York Jurist Kansas CIl City CUy Mo ru May 21 W. W. W J J. J h Ga Gaynor nor justice of or the appellate division divi ri sion slon of oC the tho court of or News New s- s York In an address here hIe made John D D. Rockefeller the object of an attack without specifically mentioning his name He lie pointedly called atlen- atlen Ion tion to his gift anti and told how the be great fortune had been heen built hullt through I rebates bateR and unil dl discriminations hy railroads Ho lie characterized these thee theseas fl as tho thu greatest crime crime- of the thc century r jj He Ho al also o criticised judges who had used Im passes Cs Turning to tu tho the railroad I. I situation he declared that thai government go ownership was not such uch a Jun long step citing that under the law the railroads were public highways He lie said If then certain Individuals In a short shon lifetime become possessed of so much property that they can make mako abnormal gifts to charity If one man Lk can cnn get so much out of the division dl of or the tho total products of or prosperity while others are an getting so little that ho JIO can ron give awn away avay for or Jn Instance tonce the Iho vast sum of without feelIng eel eel- eelIng eelIng Ing It or mis missing ing It so 80 colossal colo 1 Is his E wealth any more mor than you ou would mi miss s five fi dollars we WI ve make a i fatal atal mistake If we wo ascribe such a n condition to pros pios- yf let lei u us pause pauso and In Inquire hl- hl quire whether I such uch colos colossal 1 fortunes could ho he acquired In n n. state of prosperity pros pros- tj which on a 0 just division 5 of uC the product of Industry i If It wo we find lind the dIe public highways of the country tho the railroads of or the country country coun coun- i try being used to allow a a. few ew to ac acquire ac- ac t quire such fortunes at the expense of or fellow men nion their freights car 1 ell e ric lied cl at nt a a. rate raio lower Jo than than others cz's have ie I to fl pay pa and anI so 80 much lower that they thoy nr enabled to undersell and destroy destro Ii- Ii their theft rivals ri in business and thereby I. create creato monopolies In themselves es our t. t condition Is not only not one of prosperity pros pros- perU but it is dangerous to tho the perpetuity o of our free ree government Just think for a a. mInute of these public highways being used to enable a few men to destroy their theft bu business iness rivals by means menus of at favoritism In freight rates It Is the basest baest crime of out our generation I All 4 o of our legislatures and public v. v f from constable and a assessor cSor up who whoso shoso o aid and amI good will vill were serviceable ser ser- ser ser- to those who controlled the e railroads and who vito would accept I passes ses were g given cn them for themselves themselves them them- selves sel and friends and corrupted by them And even cn some ome of our Judges tell tell It not nol in Gath Oath publish It ft not nott t in the tho streets of A had kalon h had their pl passes ces or rode rodo In private ate cars |