The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-13
lust pay for the loss the trust suffers by

must must pay for the loss the trust suffers by
Since the blaze at Bavonna tho tr,,.,
has advanced the price of oil 10 consum-
eFs' ana during the rest of the year the
public Will have TO make good the 50 nm
600 eaten up by the flames.
At the first Of the year 1t was pIanneI
by the Rocket Hers to earn a 50 per cent
dividend during 1900. Only seven and a
Quarter months have elapsed. and 50 per
cent mas been earned. notwithstanding the
Sz'OJo'%O loss. Ii Is regarded as a certain
6yS Seat the rema ming u per cent. or ST..
VOO'VOO, VIII be earn during the next four
and three-quarter months.
Inc wealth OF John ID. Rockefeller. the
head OF the trust, is growing at a rate in
comprehensive to the average mind. He
Is DelhS submerged in his downpour of
rlches. he could not dodge tho steady
persistent influx of wealth IL he wished
EVERY instant the clock ticks off n second
gay and night. Sundays and HOLIDAYS. h.
gets more money than the average man
earns in q week
ana he Is dyspeptic. He cannot enjoy
MS wealth. Fine viands are never served
to him. He has to content himssIf I,,,tI,
rood palmer than that which the dav la
Dorer eats. Crackers and milk COMPRISE
his chief diet.
lie cannot take the time TO seek pleas
ure. lie has to work harder than the sal
aIleu employe with big family to sun
port. his anxiety is ceaseless. He Is tied
| down hand and foot by the Immensitv Of
his wealth and the incaIculable businesq
interests OF which he IS the guiding spirft
he gives away s1.000,00O or 200 900 10
some educational institution. but II means
less sacrifice to him than It does to the
nara working man who drops a nickel
INTO the hand of beggar.
John d Rocl<afaII o,,,,, 81 -
OF the capital stock of the Standard
| OH company of New Jersey. This "a
| merely the parent corporation of the in
Vulnerable subsidiary companies which
compose the trust. Each of these com
panies makes its own profits. and the
trust gets its share from the ownership
Of stock in them.
The trust owns 81 per cent of the stock
IN all these subsidiary companies. and
1t has made $3S. 900, 900 so far this year ont
of that ownership. The remaining 40
per cent Of the subsidiary companies fs
owned by John D. Rockefeller outright
IN ADDITION to his 81 per cent interest in
the parent corporation.
His share Of the dividends an Far DO
clared this year by the parent trust IL
$ll,7SO,OO0 His 40 per cent share of the
profits of the subsidiary companies ia
SS65lO.OOO making In all $48, 200. 900 that he
has received so far this year from his in
| terests In oil.
But this mans wealth Is so great that
the oil industry. immense as It Is. Is NOT
| large enough to employ his riches. He
| owns an interest In innumerabIe rail-
roads, banks. insurance and trust com
panies, mining corporations and indus
| trial enterprises.
He and his brother William control
| the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad, the Missouri Kansas &
Texas railroad, and they are large own
ers In the Chicago & Alton railroad, the
Federal Steel company. American Sugar
Refining company, American Glucose
! Sugar Refining company, American Cot
! ton Oil company, National City bank,
! Hanover National bank, First National
Bank Of Chicago. Second National bank
OF New York the National Park bank,
Bank Of Metropolis, the United States
! Trust company, the Farmers Loan and
trust company, the Chicago Terminal
transfer company, the Amalgamated
copper company, the Anaconda Copper
Mining company, the Delaware Lacka-
wanna & Western railroad. the Consol-
| dated Gas company, the Standard Gas
| company, the Brooklyn Union Gas com
pany, the New Amsterdam Gas com
pany, the Union Gas company. the Har-
lem River & Portchester railroad. the
Leather Manufacturers National bank.
the Mutual Life Insurance company, the
III SioiAN' <AniOi q COiuIHDuS railroad
company, First Municipal Bond Insur-
ance company, the international Banking
ana Trust company. and the Kern In
candescent Gas Light company
HIS investments In these corporations
will bring his total income this year up
to at least S60.0O0.O 900. and perhaps to S75,-
100000. Based upon $50 900 his daily
income for every one of the 965 DAYS In
the year Is $l64,3S3. one fourth of which
would be deemed an independent for
| tune by the average family.