St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-03

are lying idle. MIR. Rockefeller is pay
ing a big sum for wharfage. but when
asked what his plans are he only smiles.
No talker Is MIR. Rockefeller. He keeps
up thinking just the same.
There are no meetings Of directors
among the Standard Oil magnates. Half
a dozen men control the great machine
and the Rockefellers control these.
During the day some of these men drop
III for chat upon some matter of more
or less importance, but none of them
interfere in the actual management of
affairs. They know that while the
Rockefellers are in the saddle there is
no need for any one else to interfere in
J the management of the Standard OIL in
terests.
Both these men are hard workers.
They were brought up 10 work for a
living and to work hard, and they have
not got over the habit. None of their
clerks work more hours than they do,
and yet if you should see either of
them at his desk, even at his busiest
time, you would be led to think that
they do very little. They have that
rare quality, the ability to get through
great deal Of work without making
any noise or fuss about it. 1t is quality
| that may not be Overvalued.
These men lmoSt always work eight
hours day, and sometimes more. Not
detail of their vast business Is over
looked. They know its every twist or
turn. Their army of employees, of course.
|. they cannot know, but they know their
| division commanders, and are fully
| posted as TO every move.
| No one knows what the politics of the
| RockefelleIs are. Jay Gould used to
| say he was Republican or Democrat,
| just as the railroad interests dictated.
Some of the colleagues are Democrats of
! national fame, such as William G. Whit
ney, and some are Republicans. But
! the RockefellerS seem to have no poll
tics. The Standard Oil company is their
politics, and that it Is of the profitable
sort no one will deny.
| The Rockefellers are as quiet in their
tastes as in their dress and business
methods. Neither they nor any of their
respective families appear to take any
| special interest in society, although
they would be cordially enough re-
ceived should they wish to enter the
swim. William G.. Whitney's connec-
| ton with them would be a sufficient
| passport. But they do not care for So
! ciety. The early part of their lives was
| spent III other than social pursuits and
now when they have money and
leisure they do not care for
the glare of crowded receptions.
The daughter of John d. Rookie
felleI. was married some years ago, but
she has not figured in New York's So
cial world, and probably has not cared
| to. Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller now and
then appears at some public function
| that she cannot well overlook, since her
| intimate friends are connected; and
when she does she can, If she wishes,
outShine every other woman present so
| far as Jewels are concerned, for her COL
lection is said to be second only to the
famous Astor jewels that are the WON
der and envy of the fair sex. But. as a
matter of fact, the Rockefellers cut
no figure in society. You may
see them now and then at the theater,
| scarcely ever at an opera. and when
they do appear in public in this way.
only few persons know them. The
oil kings keep horses and carriages as
a matter of course, but it is for their
| women folks, not themselves. AS has
been said, John d. Roc lefeller is tire
less pedestrian. as many of New York s
business men have latterly become In
addition to walking to his office each
morning he takes tramps in Gen.
trail park every evening. Twenty
miles day on foot he does not think
excessive exercise. Formerly he had an
exercising apparatus in his Office, but
since he has taken up with walking he
has found that sufficient
The RockefellerS have magnificent
houses on Fifth avenue. but their mode
OF lire is simple in The extreme. John
ID. lives on fifty-fourth street, inst west