Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-02-13
LAY ooulp.s POVERTY.
he IL Not SO Well or rs kr. John u.
Rockefeller.

He IL Not SO Well or rs Mr.. John d
Rockefeller.
The N. Y. Noy,l ING Journals golden
Interview with Uncle Russell Sage. in
which the genial hnancier said that his
friend, Jay Gould, WAS far from being
n poor mnn. inasmnch rs he hail an in
come Of $40. 900 600 n year. attracted
great attention In Wall street and was
eagerly discussed ~ the brokers.
Il know man who is not nearly as
poor as Jay Gould" said petroleum
broker.
Il should like to hear of somebody
who is farther from the almshonse
than MT. Could" replied a leading
bear on the stock exchange.
John ID. Rockefeller. He Is be-
lieved by brokers who are we'll posted
TO have IL fortune of $2O0 900, 900 and
an income of $50 600. 600 year"
1.-The salary of the president of a life
iaFrrance company is small change
compared to that.
1T is four times the income of the
czar 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 tho income
of any four monarrhs in Europe. He
could paw Queen Victoria's salary and
scatter 500 900. certified checks among
all the little pncelets without miss.
ing the money"
Twenty million dollars n year? 1t
takes ones breath away. 1t makes a
millionaire feel like n panper in IA. free
soup house. Let me see how much
that TSP"
"Why.itis 81. CSC. 666 66 % month";
Leave out the Genus, Mr.. Rookie.
teller can afford to lose them."
well. it is 1884 6l5 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 80 40 every hour he
works. 1t is $l05 for every minute in
the ten hours aad little more than
Sl.76 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 $3.50 an hour. $44.50 minute and
about "A cents a 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.. ROckefeller's income would,
you say. be s.. CO. Then if he should
come down town in the morning ia "A
street-eSr. and should be three-q quarters
Of an houc on the way, he would earn
- h., l. A
cents fare and would save 81, 002. 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
pay dime for the service and be
1922. 30 richer when he got mp from
the bootblack's chair than when he sat
down in it,
And if he rushed into a barber
shop for n quick shave his income
would be $667.60 during the fifteen
minutes he was in the BARRIERS chair.
He would give the barber % cents and
rush out of the shop SS6725 richer
than when he entered it,"
"A Turkish bath would come cheap
to him."
'Why?"
Because it costs only s., and he
would earn 81, go in the hNur he was
taking 1t.
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 S.
O0S. so richer than when he entered il.
'And just think of the beneficial
effects of n UOau nights alapn on n man
with an annual income of $50. 600 000l
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 n good bookkeeper for
twenty-one years or the salary of
twenly-one good bookkeepers for one
year,