Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-02-13
Jay CoULO's POVERTY.
He 10 Not so Well or ss Mr.. John H.
Rockefeller.


Rock.fell.r.
The N. Y. Morning Journals golden
Interview with Uncle Russell Sage in
which the genial tnancirr said that his
friend, JAY Gould, was far from being
a poor man. inasmuch as he hal an in
come OF $40 600. 900 n year. attracted
great attention in Wall street and was
eagerly discussed ~ the brokers.
Il know a man who is not nearly as
poor as Jay Could" said petroleum
broker.
Il should like to hear OF somebody
who is farther from the almshouse
than Mr.. Gould" replied leading
bear on the stock exchange.
John ID. Rockefeller. He Is be-
lieved by brokers who are well posted
10 have fortune of 5000, 600. 900 and
sn income of 500 000 900 n year"
1.-The salary of the president OF life
insurance company Is small change
compared to that.
1T is four times the income of the
car of all the Russias. Besides.
NJ Rockefeller doesn't have to
spend his money IN supporting an
army of dependents. The king of the
Standard oil has more than the income
of any four monarchs in Europe. He
could paw Queen Victoria's salary and
scatter 800 000. certified checks among
all the little prncelets without miss
ing the money"
Twenty million dollars year? /,
takes ones breath away. 1t makes
millionaire feel like n paupcr in free
soup house. Let me see how much
that s?"
why, tits 81. 666. 666 &C 2-3 a month";
Leave out the Genus. Mr.. Rookie.
Teller can afford 10 lose them"
We'll. it is 1884 els IA week. AS
Rockefeller is Baptist. and doesn't
labor on Sunday. it is SOL, l02 for every
work day in the week. Assuming that
| he tolls like many other men, ten
hours day, it is Sc 40 every hour he
works. 1t is sos for every minute in
the ten hours aud IA little more than
$l.7G for every second.
Every time the Standard oil king
breathes he earns an ordinary days
wages. Counting twenty-four hours
in the day his income. asleep or awake.
is 81. $40 an hour. $44. so "a minute. and
about "A cents IA second. The precise
! figures are little more than those
which have given. for have dealt in
round numbers only.
Counting every hour in the twenty
! four, Mr.. Rockefellers income would,
YOU say. be 81 GO. Then ii he should
come down town in the morning in n
street-.2r. and should be three-quarters
of an houe OF the way. he would earn
81 002 % on the route. He would pay
cents fare and would save s., Co., As
on the journey"
Yes. and if he were to spend five
minutes in having his boots polished
before he went into his office he would
paw dime for the service and be
1920. 30 richer when he got up from
the bootblack's chair than when he sat
down in it,"
Aud ii he rushed into barber
shop for n quick shave his income
would be $667. 80 during the fifteen
minutes he was i'm the BARRIERS chair.
He would give the barber % cents and
rush out of the shop $667.25 richer
than when he entered it,"
"A Turkish bath would come cheap
to him"
"Why?"
'Dccause IL coSts only %, huu ne
would earn 81 GO in the hour he was
taking it.
And the theater cheaper still. for,
after spending three hours at the play,
at cost of $3.50 for an orchestra
chair. he would leave the theater So
00S 80 richer than when i've entered it.
"And just think of the beneficial
effects of II good nights sleep on a man
with an annual income of 500 600. 900!
He would rise in the morning refreshed
and $2l, $50 richer than when he went
To bed. In the eight hours he was
snoozing or dreaming he would earn
the salary of Il good bookkeeper for
twcbty-One years or the salary of
twenty-one good bookkeepers for one
year."