The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-10-06
John D. ROCKEFELLER HAS AN IN.
CONE OF s3o,ooo,ooo A YEAR.
His Annual Receipts Nearly Equal to
Those Of All Europe's Crowned Heads
Solomon in All His Glory Had Hard
" Half the Americans Income.
INCOME MORE THAN KINGLY.

King of Greece ........... 250,O0O
King Of Norway and Swe-
den...... ........ ....... 3I0.o2J
KING Of Sayony 735 .000 |
King of Wurtemberg ....... $4,000
King of Roumani;. ....s 237,0OO
King OF Bavaria. .......... ,4l2,00O
King of Belgium. GG0.0O0
king of Denmark. .......... 221,ll3
King of Servia 240,00Q
Wealth has given John d. Rocke-
feller an income which any monarch
on earth might envy, for he comes
very near 10 receiving more money III
the course of year than all the
crowned heads of Europe combined.
That last princely dividend OF the
Standard Gil Company caused the
world If finance TO pause and think
how much the King Of Petroleum
really possessed. Andrew Carnegie
and that canny Scot has an income of
$2O,O00,000 a year himself-Says that
John D. Rockefeller is the wealtheSt
man in the world. 1t is conServatively
estimated that Mr.. Rockefeller'S in
come is S30.000.00 year.
1t is bold declaration to make when
it is said that Mr.. Rockefeller is the
richest man on earth. yet fnanciers
say that the figures will bear out the
assertion. IIe may be the richest
man WHO ever lived, for there was
Solomon. who, 10y controlling 4 con-
siderable trade in Ophr gold. Lebanon
cedar. granite. oils and such things,
as well rs by levying tribute and sell.
ing concessions. managed to get to-
gether an annual income of G6G talents
That is S1T.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 12,0C0 horsemen.
Then there was Midas, Il half myth
illogical parsonage, who ruled Phrygia.
Everything he tolched turned to gold,
including the vialGs which he planned
to eat. He. too suffered from indiges-
ti-sn. CEenspzh hose Mealtll has -ney;
S5eem e&iculasd, felt piqded whl
Solan did not enthuSe over his pros
perity. He had too much oil. The
fluid was poured over pile of fagots
on which he vas compelled to sit.
The kindly intervention of rain storm
watered it so thoroughly that the life
of the Lydian monarch was spared.
Queen Victoria is ordinarily sup
posed to be wellthy. Her income from
her private eSates is comparatively
small, for she gave away some Of the
most valuable Of her property upon
her accession o the throne. Her an
nuity. which Includes all the expenses
of her household, Is about two mill
ions of dollaB The members Of her
family have separate annuities which
are not incluGed in the estimate.
The income of the Car Of Russia,
which is derived largely from vast
private domains, is estimated at S12,-
100000. 1t hard to determine the
income of tlp Emperor Of Germany,
for, besides the nearly S4,000,000
on his civil lst, as King Of Prussia,
he has a lar:e income from vast es-
tates in various parts Of Germany.
John D. Rockefeller lives simply. His
table does MT abound in luxurious
food. His aodes are plainly fur
nished. Yet he has more money than
m0narchs wio are surrounded by gold
laced functDnaries aud are hurried
about in carriages ornamented with
solid gold.
This great man at whose fiat great
universities are called into being (and
schools and colleges take on new life,
has the wealth Of a Croesus, the touch
Of Midas AMI the worldly wisdom Of q
Solomon.
Those who wish 10 get an idea OF
the figures Upon which the estimate OF
John D. Rotkefeller's wealth is based
need first b turn their thoughts to
oil. Mr.. Rockefeller owns about one.
third Of the S100,000000 stock Of the
Standard Oil Company.
The stock pays dividends of forty.
eight per cent. year, which would
give him an annual income Of S1G,
100000.
Aside from that he has an enormous
income from iron interests in the
Messaba range. He has the control
ling interest in feet Of steamers upor
the great lakes. He has large an6
select blocks Of stock in gas and elec
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.. Rockefeller's interests in rail
road properties are extensive. He
practically owns the Missouri, Kansas
and Pacific Railroad The stock j.
cheap, yet the bonds pay interest. L
is generally understood that Mr.. Rock
feller has stock in the Missouri Pa
ciic, the Chicago Northwestern, tht
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul. thu
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 Nationa
Transit Company He also has stool
in the National City Bank, the Farm
! ers' Loan and Trust Company, tht
Amalgamated Copper Company, ant
gcores Of other mining properties arr
an his lists.
From study Of these properties i