The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-10
How Rockefeller Lives.
The Muti-Miooare Doesn't Distribute Cash f1aDhazard

, world and would probably be denied
by Mr.. Gates. Even the great fortune
of Rockefeller could not meet the de-
mands that would be made if the actual
method became generally known
Like all the Rockefeller gifts. the
principle of helping those who help
I themselves applies in all these cases.
/ The recipient of aid must show some
disposition to do his share. And 10
this end gifts are often made on condi-
lions.
/ There have been cases where loans
/ have been made TO persons in actual
need Of the money TO tide over difficult
| ties The borrower has in these cases
been held to a strict accounting for
every cent and made to pay it all back
to the salvation of his self respect
Many respondent men have in this way
( been given a new start in life and have
! been helped to help themselves with
I out the loss of any manhood.
Charity pure and simple is applied
wherever it is needed, but in these
cases it is mostly women and children
/ who are aided. Helpless cases are
| found every day where the help is
given outright and without question,
as the need is obvious.
The rule that guides Mr.. Rockefeller
in his business is applied to his charl-
tleS-cOnSolidatiOn of forces to reduce
/ operating expenses and a thorough
I knowledge of details. Over it all must
be that secrecy that shrOuds all the
operations of the giant concern and
which alone makes it possible
! Public charity has always been
! found to defeat itself. Those who are
/ willing to accept public charity are not
worthy of it. and those who are worthy
viii not accept aid when it comes with
blare of trumpets and a display of
( its purpose.
/ 1t is therefore necessary to the sue
cess of the enterprise that its opera
tions be kept from the public If the
books could be shown the entire Struc-
ture would fall.
4 And if the books in the office of Mr..
/ Gates We're made public they would be
I a revelation The amounts set down
/ for various purposes would be simply
amazing. The sums given away would
| constitute. a comfortable fortune for
/ even a rich man.
The whole thing started in the most
/ simple way. Mr.. Rockefeller had for
/ years been giving money where he
/ thought it would do good. His mail
! began to row, and soon he found he
/ had not time to attend to it, so Mr..
/ Gates was engaged to read the letters
| and dispose of them. This he did until
1 he in turn had to engage assistance,
/ Then a regular bureau grew ID until
/ the establishment reached its present
proportions.
/ Now. aside from the purely charitable
work it does. the department keeps
/ track of all the gifts and endowments
! to colleges and other institutions to
which Mr.. Rockefeller is giving a help
4 ing hand Many of these in order to
secure the promised gifts, have to raise
/ certain sums themselves. The progress
/ of these funds is watched by the bu-
reau and if the conditions are fulfilled
! the endowment is sent on without fur
Their difficulty
The extent of this task can be under
stood when 1t is known that in the
1 last few years Mr.. Rockefeller has
/ given away thirty or forty million dol
lars to colleges. schools and other in
stitutions. Among the gifts are funds
/ the income of which is paid out regd-
larly to the beneficiaries. and all thest
] have to be looked after and managed
Taken in its entirety. the task of Civ
ing away money is not an easy one, ana
I demands almost as much skill anC
business ability as does the accumuld
tion of it.
| To keep the huge fortune of Mr.
Rockefeller flowing out by the proper
/ channels requires ali the attention o
Mr.. Gates and his trained STAFF of as
| sistants. N