The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-01
ROCKEFELLER LEADS
ALL MEN OF WEALTH

A great writer and philosopher once
said that imagination is an inspira ton
OF divine origin. and that what the mind
create-. though II may appear strange
and impossible at the time. viii surely oC-
eur al some period in The worlds his
Coming events cast their shadows be-
fore.
When Dumas created his great charac-
ter. the Count of Monte Cnristo. the idea
that such man would ever live and
breathe that such a man would actually
49, IN me World, ana command sucn
id0ulous wealth probably never entered
ms head, but SUCH a man now exists. and
the creation of Dumas plles into insignifi-
canoe when cCntrasted to the creation
OF God, John d. Rockefeller.
Ihis uncr0wned American king. whose
touch Is gold. is the richest man in the
world history or fiction does not show
a man or woman VINO has ever accumu-
lated the fortune that this wonderful
man has.
John D. ROckefeUer's wealth is estf-
mated at the enormous sum of 81 co.,
UJ'- fortune greater than the total an
nGal imports and exports of the United
This wealth is 100000 and as this is
reinveSted and compounded in ten years
John D, Rockefeller, if he lives, will be
Here are some of the great fortunes
Of the world:
Croesus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000 O0O
Duke of Westminster. 500 900
Baron de RCthschild- 20g0O3.0G9
+AsLOf ------.--. --------.---.---.-. l5OOj3. 90
William Rockefeller ............ 200O00.o00
John Bet diamond king ...... ]. go 695. zoo
John d. Rockefeller ....-...--.. 2.G00OC 600
This uncrOwned kings income is three
times as great as tFat of all the crown
heads Of Europe Here are some in
comes;
Queen Victoria ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1.925. 600
Wllllam OF Germany -....-..-.....- 2,S52. 77O
Andrew Carnegie .....-......-.... "A S67 800
John ID. Rockefeller -.--.......... % O00, 900
-r,,fs eo-+,,,, 2 .,-.,
within few years. jay Gould made
Sl2000,O00 in forty years and the whole
world was astOnished. ROckefeileTs in
some IS greater than GOulds lifetime ac-
cumulations. His fortune has been ac-
cumulated within thirty years. A fortune
OF SZ-OJC93C00. It is One-fortieth of the
total estimated value Of all the property,
real and personal in the United States.
IL is more than five times the value of our
entire cotton crop six times the value of
our entire wheat crop and seventy times
that of our tobacco crop. four times
greater than the average value Of our
corn crop and five times that of the hay
of all the farming lands in the state of
Georgia, Alabama. New HAMPSHIRE Yer
mont. Massachusetts, Delaware and
Rhode Island.
What do YOU think of this. men who
till the soil2 Listen. and l win tell you
some of the kings habits. King Rookie
Teller retires about 1920 and rises at Z
a. m. When he gets up he is So, 76S richer
than when he retired the night before He
sits down to breakfast at 8 o'clock, and
az $50 rises from the table. his revenue
having increased $3.50 This king is piOUs
and holds as good kings ought. family
prayers During the time of his deVotionS
his riches swell $1,000. He goes to church
on Sunday. and during the two hours Of
service his fortune IS increased S1I.1z2.
This king. whose touch is gold. has ac-
cumuiated a fortune so immense that he
can buy, destroy and create governments.
His income is greater than the output
Of all the gold from Ill the mines in the
rnff "a -
His income IS equal to the average an
nual earnings of E0.600 wage earnerS;
or IL would supply each year .. 600 home
less persons with homes worth 81 900 each.
viii this American, who. like King
Midas, has a golden touch ever wear
a 1eweied crown and rule a king VIII
time and the American people finish the
throne of empire which, Hanna. NcKin-
ley Cleveland & CO.. has started2 If So
who will be more fitting TO wear the
crown than the American Monte Cristo-
John d. Rockefeller