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Show COLD-PLATED SIN DEFINED. Among Protestant ministers, there- have b-found b-found champions of Rockefeller and of his "hdii-. .1 moiuv.'' One of these, tho Rev. Dr. Pear-..,;. . C-hiciiro. lias been taken to task by tii-' Cine;,-... Daily .New for asserting that talk about "tain-,..; mcney" comes from "the Socialist the dr.-ne. discontented number of society wh' hate-whose hate-whose talc-Tits or fortunes exceed his own." ... mcnting on this attempt to p!oe a brand on cv- - . j one who criticizes Rockefelle-risin. tlv Chicji- , ; Daily News says: I "To many thousands of America :i citizen- v.! .. I have watched the course of the Shipbuilding Ti n . the operations of the Standard oil combine, t;-, j rebate-giving railroads and the great New Y.,. Life Insurance companies and the persistent !e- ) bauching of state legislatures and city council-. the venerable Dr. Pearson's theory that tin- p.-.- f test against 'tainted niovy' is merely a rallying f cry from Socialists and other agitator- will ? seem wholly sound. To most of these America higher standard of conduct in the business ;u:! ; political worlds and a higher conception of individual individ-ual manhood and integrity are the crying need- r the hour. The protest against "tainted money' i-in i-in the mouths of honest men, a wholesome expression expres-sion of the fact that this need is recognized.' We bglieve. says Rev. Dr. Lambert in the N'ew ; York Freeman's Journal, that this criticism of Dr. Pearson will meet with the approval of all who unconvinced un-convinced that the mere acquiring of money ought not to be the chief aim in life. Wealth honestly comes but docs not provoke hostile: crifici.-m among the American people. No one hears Edison, the inventor, denounced because by his indu-try and by the exercise of superior talents he has b. -come a millionaire. Rich men of this sort are benefactors ben-efactors of their kind, and are deserving of hone;-. Not so those who have gathered unto themselves millions by shamelessly tramping upon the laws of God ami of man. Criticism of them is a healthy sign, as it shows that "sin plated with gold' docs . not cease to be repulsive to the generality of men. The talk about "tainted money" is then an in- ' . direct evidence that there still exists a reverence for those moral laws the observance of which constitutes con-stitutes the real strength of a nation. |