Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-01
IIis Annual Receipts Nearly Equal to
Those of All Europe's Crowned Heads
Solomon In All His Glory Had Hard.
~ Half tho Americans Income.
INCOME MORE THAN KINGLY.

Wealth has given John ID. Rookie
Teller an income which any monarch
on earth might envy, for he comes
very near to receiving more money In
the course of year than all the
crowned heads of Europe combined.
That last princcly dividend Of the
Standard Oil Company caused the
world of finance to pause ana think
how much the King of Petroleum
really possessed. Andrew Carnegie
and that canny Scot has an income Of
S20,00O.000 year hlmsclf-says that
John d. Rockefeller is the wcalthicst
man in the world 1t is conscrvatively
estimated that Mr.. Rockcfcller's in.
.uiIle Is S3U,UUU,UUU Il !cui.
1t Is bold declaration to make when
It is said that Mr.. Rockefeller is the
richest man on earth, yet tihnntiers
say that the figures will bear out the
assertion. He may he the richest
man who ever lived, for there was
Solomon, who, by controlling a con-
siderable trade in Ophir gold, Lebanon
cedar, granite, oils and such things,
as we'll as by levying tribute and sell
ing concessions, managed to get to-
gcthcr an annual income of GGG talents
That is S17,502,4S0. Out of the saw
ings from the king and voluntary con-
tributions the temple was built. In
the course Of seven years the Hebrew
king was bankrupt He maintained
out of his income 10000 stalls of
horses and $1,000 horscmen.
Then there was Midas. Il half myth
illogical parsonage, who ruled Phrygia.
Everything he touched turned to gold,
including the viands which lie planned
to eat. He, too suffered from indiges-
ton. Crocsus. whose wealth has new
or been calculated, felt piQucd when
SOlan did not cnthuse over his pros
pcrity. lie had too much oil. The
fluid was poured over pile of fagots
on which he was compelled to sit.
The kindly intervention of rain storm
watcrcd it so thoroughly that the life
Of the Lydian monarch was spared.
Queen Victoria is ordinarily sup
posed to be wealthy. Her income from
her private estates is comparatively
small, for she gave away some OF the
most valuable of her property upon
her accession to the throne. Her an
nuiiy, which includes all the expenses
of her household, is about two mill
ions Of dollars. The members of her
family have separate annuities which
arc not included in the estimate.
Tho income Of the Car of Russia,
which is derived largely from vast
private domains, Is estimated at $12,.
100000. 1t is hard to determine the
income of"the Emparor of Germany,
for, besides the nearly $4,OO0,O00
on his civil list, as King of Prussia,
he has large income from vast es-
'ntcs in various parts of Germany.
John d. Rockefeller lives simply. His
table does not abound in luxurious
food. His abodes are plainly fur
nishcd. Yet he has more money than
monarchs who are surrounded by gold
laced functiOnarics and are hurried
about in carriages ornamented with
solid gold.
This great man Mt whose fiat great
universities are called into being and
schools and colleges take on new life,
has the wealth Of Croesus, the touch
Of Midas and the worldly wisdom of a
Solomon.
Those who wish to get IN idea of
the figures upon which the estimate of
Tnhn n Observation-Disclosures, t,
need first to turn their thoughts to
oil. Mr.. Rockefeller owns about one
third of the $1OO,OOO,OOO stock Of the
Standard OIL Company.
Tire stock pays dividends of forty
eight per cent. n year, which would
give him an annual income Of $1G,-
100000
Aside from that he has an enormous
income from iron interests In the
Mcssaba range. He has the control
ling interest in fleet Of steamers upon
the great lakes. He has large and
select blocks Of stock In gas and cleo
trio companies in the principal cities
of the United States. The Standard
Oil Company helps him to control gas
and electricity In almost unlimited
quantities.
Mr.. Rockcfellers interests in rail-
road properties are extensive. He
practically owns the Missouri, Kansas
and Pacific Railroad. The stock is
cheap, yet the bonds pay interest. 1t
is generally understood that Mr.. Rock
Teller has stock In the Missouri Pa
cilic, the Chicago Northwestern, the
Chicago Milwaukee and st. Paul, the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
the New York Central the New York,
New Haven and Hartford, the Penn
sylvania, the Union Pacific, the Chi
cago and Alton, the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy, and the National
Transit Company. He also has stock
in the National City Bank, the Farm
crs' Loan and Trust Company, the
Amnlgamatcd Copper Company, and
scores Of other mining properties are
on his lists.
From study of these properties 1t
will be seen that Mr.. Carnegie's esti.
mate is conservative one.-New York
fIcrald.
Tho Vanity Of Syrian Women.