Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-27
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At the Baptist missionary union IN
Pittsburg the missionary from China
created quite a furry by assailing John
D. Rockefeller. the multi-millionaiN,
and advising the union to reject his
offer of a quarter of a million dollars
unless Mr. Rockefeller should frs;
mike a confession TO the American peo-
ple.~ Cossum is the name Of the mis-
sionary from China and. of course, Mr..
Cossum was severely sat down upon
bv the brethren. He was goOd-natur-
edly advised TO tarry longer in this
country and learn TO take a more mod
crate view of our trust milliOnaires.
He was given TO understand that his
notions were clearly primitive and not
up to date
In this country the trust boodlers
square things up by making magnih-
cent benefactions with a small portion
of the money wrung from the people
by ex,ortion and rapacity. But the
returned missionary from China can't
see il in that light and appears to be-
lieve that the recording angel Doesn't
give a receipt in full Tor every trust
benefacton.
Mr.. Rockefeller is said 10 own 81 per
cent Of the Standard stock, which has
been recently selling at the highest
figure known in its history. The Chi
caeo Chronicle" commenting on the
advance Of the stock to 314. gives this
information.
This represents a doubling in value
sf~,s tne uari- Of 1888. I'm The lattf; part
- 80. yllr ,yh.u An other values wee
OIL RE down grade ana depression '9WeIe'
evstNfhirg on the Est. S,1acagc Oh srcutl-
lis hsclu 90 rise. ard tfs CpWaru move,
m ~ crrt,-ued u0M ,o-5ay the capl'u
,,s n. 81 Old go is worth the enormous
ear, ~ 500 10000. AID row Il IS said '9"J.
.r D-3er 20 couSumnAt@ me purchase y'
certain European o! properties. ms ms, C1l.
ia. stock Will De- aouo.eo IN INo me
sb,r-roidsrs of the Organization re- >sNrQ
ltyfzo~as oF 8, utr GEM. aud air.l ~ IT
ms year CD per GEN. las been d'NSt9u-
tet The TOTAL amocat ~ ne so CIV e ,,,-
distributed iu the years from lS'5 10 ~"
{~.-.s,y. fs sos 2,-.a.l. This organization.
controlling OF FIELDS. pine anes, coal IRON
God copper. 1.it ---'et ~II itaN 4I,-'--9'
h f~ -ra lr~es 1r -.as men. ore or them,
J-So b. E1ckct-..er. owning Il per cent.
~ a. -1-..., Stock. H. as Is conc5mpla-
.-F 4 secures control of the Russian and
,.-er al property. Il Will then nave a real
-1rcUo'y. perhaps the only one IN the
On this showing Mr.. Rockef%ler's
lalf Of the Standard stock has in
,reased in valus over SlO,OOO,OOO since
1893. and he has drawn in dividends
from this one source of his boundless
wealth in the same time over S5O,OOO.
100. This Increase in values and profits
5 not represented by watered stock or
scrip dividends. but stands for solid
,ash-money in bank.
Ii is easily seen that the Standard
1as reason to be satisfied with the ex-
sting order Of things, and it is ex-
planned why the same giant monopoly
gave so literally of its millions TO pro-
mote the election Of Mckinley. Il
wishes 10 continue present conditions
and Mckinley is Just the kind Of man
L wants in the White House.
6ut while the Standard stock in
creased in value $203.OO0.0CO since 1898.
ana it has paid cash dividends in that
lime amounting TO S1O4,225.oeO, how
have other American interests pros
pered? Take the farmers. for example,
who constitute one-half our total pop
ulation. In 1886 they raised 60,000,0 900
more bushels Of corn than they did in
1898. and vet received nearly S10o,0OO,-
600 less for IL. Thus while the farmers
o. The United States were losing $780,
100000 between 1898 AID 1896. on but