The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-03
STANDARD Oil's System Has
Never Been Equaled.
Exerts Unparalleled Influence
on Financial Affairs.
INSTITUTIONS.
ITS
Men Who Conduct the Vast Con-
sOIidated Enterprise.
Their Fortunes Given and How
They Made Them.

New York, Jan. 3.-Never in history has
any group of men possessed power so
vast that of the coterie which has
just introduced itself as a banking trust.
John D. Rockefeller. with a private for
tune last estimated at sSl5. OOO, 900, his
brother and his son, leagued with men of
genius as well as wealth in the direction
of the massive machinery of thousand
millions of dollars in money, has the
strength. the knowledge and above all,
the courage to exert an unparalleled in
huence on financial affairs.
Through control of a banking system
extending to every corner of America,
and grasping the great nerve centers of
credit in the Old World, these men can
affect thousands of fortunes.
The men in the trust who exert this
power are:
John D. Rockefeller, William T. Ward
we'll, William Rockefeller, Henry H. Rog-
ers, Oliver H. Payne, James Stallman, S.
c. T. Dodd, John H. F1agler, John D.
Arehbold and John D. Rockefeller, jr.
Each of these has his particular talent.
All, or most of them, finding thet control
Of the product Of petroleum and the mar
millions, have invested profits in many
other enterprises which they control IA and nd
which involves cons family increasing
''- 9 'A R iHSotfsERiTiEsiLeLIliESRR'Ss RISE.
John D. Rockefeller is the nucleus of
not long ago that he could find a man
who would take out of his hands the
II would pay him s.. 900, 600 a year. said
the weary Midas. He has given away
for education. Clearly it is not his gen
ius that makes this money trust a fact.
Jo fGrf agR nS o one He ~Q was bopa
in 1ioga county, OHIO, July 8, 1899. A far
chcke nsn At Il he moved With dGi his 0 fam
lily to Cleveland he worked there for
had saved $1,000. he Went into the sS COM n
mission business.
b Was ~ ms ebry zos tnaf b ne go6 iar9
OIL company, which grew, in his hands,
America yields. He expects to own $1,000
600, 900 if he lives to his reasonable expec-
tation of life.
er, and John D. Rockefeller, jr., his son,
are rich because he is: They know much
shares in the detail of the great opera
tons their money requires.
William T. WaEdell is the financial gen
knows him as the Prohibition party's
or or mayor He pays $50, 900 at least yearly
to the Prohibition party and gives much
more to further the cause of total absti-
hence. He it is who has organized the
chain of banks which so disturbs the fin
the Operations Of the Standard Oil syn
to Investigate, to prevent leakage of
BANKS CONTROLLED.
s. c. F. Dodd is the able lawyer who
keeps the money trust within the law,
or drives, through the statutes with
coach and four. His genius is necessary
to the legitimate or questioned policies of
his colleagues. He is said to be the most
daring, as well as the most Prudently ju-
dicious of men. He is worth millions to
his friends and has earned money for
himself.
James Stillman related by marriage to
William Rockefeller. is the abIest banker
as Dodd is the ablest lawyer and WardelI
the ablest financier, known to the Rookie
fellers. He is president of the. National
City bank and expects to make it the
bank of the United States, performing
such functions as the Bank of England
does in the British empire
strength of the bank compelS attention,
and what looks like favor from the
federal treasury. Stillman, for the bank,
handled the war payment to Spain, aimed
tributes the money which the government
deposits in the national repositories.
The banks controlled by the Standard
Oil SyndicateS are the reinS which it
holds over the money market. It's repre-
sentatives are in eight New York City
banks and ten local trust companies.
Boston. Philadelphia, Chicago Including
the First National, of which Secretary
Gage was president), Cleveland, New Or
leans and San Francisco. In every state
are many minor banks tributary to the
great ones. In Texas, for example, the
trust controls eighteen banks.
The New York banks are the City. New
amsterdam. Chase, Park. Second, Union,
North America and Hanover. The trust
companies are the Union, Farmers Cen
trail, United States. Fifth Avenue, Guar
Trust, New York Real Estate and Trust
and the international Banking and Trust.
The combined capital of these eighteen
institutions is S!O,527, $50: their deposits,
1929 FOG 600. their loans. SAB 413. 600