The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-01

great departments. Mr., Rogers i
head OF the executive. and William
Rockefeller The head Of the financial
department. All new schemes, wheth
or suggested by outsiders or initiated
within the Institution, go to Mr. Rog
ers. II good enough 10 run the gaunt-
let of his tremendously high standard,
the promoter, after he has set forth
i his plans and estimates, hears with
asronshment these words;
"Wait until | so upstairs III say
YES or no upon my return
when a matter in Mr.. Rogers de-
partment Is awaiting his return from
upstairs it means that he has gone
to place the scheme before William
Rockefeller, on the thirteenth floor.
Mr.. Rockefellers strong quality Is his
ability to estimate quickly the pfac-
deal value of d given scheme, and his
npproyal means he Will finance il, and
William Rockefeller's 'say-so' IS as
absolute in the financing Of things as
| is Mr.. Rogers In passing upon their
feasibility. 1t does not matter whoth-
or 1t is an undertaking calling for the
employment of $4,000 capital OF $780,
| 900 900, of $500.000,000. Mr.. Rookie
feIers yes or no is all there is 10
/ II He having passed on it, Mr.. Rog-
ars superyises its execution"
Mr.. Lawson also relates an incident
in which Schwab, the deposed presi-
dent Of the United States Steel corpo-
ration, learned that Rogers was a
man of action The story goes
"At i meeting Of the directors Of
financed steel during the brief reign
Of its lass vacupmized president,
Charlie schwab, an episode occurred
which exhibited the danger OF inter
fpr,ng with Mr. Rogers iron-ciad
plans;
in advance Mr.. Rogers made his
inyariable plea for quick action on
matter before the board. when
schwab. with the tact generated by
tba wabhling OF d misiit Wall-street
crown chatting a generous pair Of
ears. blurted out: Mr.. Rogers VIII
vote on this question after We have
talked on it.
In a voice that those who heard Il
saw sounded like a rattlesnake's hiss
in a refrigerator, Rogers replied: "At
meetings where | sit as director vote
first and talk after am gone
1T il said, and from my knowledge
Of these and after events believe
with truth, that this occurrence was
the spark that started the territic eE-
plosion in United States Steel, for
hot long afterward some unknown
ana mysterious power began that Tor
midable attack on Steel stocks which
left Wall street full OF the loose ears,
ewes. noses, breastbones and scalp8 OF
hordes of financial potentates and
their flambeau-earriers
Here il the code OF STANDARD Oil as
given by Mr. Lawson:
u. Keep your mouth closed, az
silece is gold, and gold is what we
exist for
- Collect our debts today Pay
the other fellows debts tomorrow To
day Is always here, tomorrow may
never come.
g. Conduct all our business so thai
the hpver and the seller must come
10 MS. Keep the seller waiting the
longer he waits the less he'll take
Hurry the buyer, as his money brings
us interest.
"A, Make all profitable bargains 10
The name Of Standard Oil dehatahie
ones in the names of dummies. stand
ard Or never goes back on bargain
Is. Never put Standard OH trades
in writing, as your memory and the
other fellows forgetfulneas will al
WAYS be REINFORCED with our organi-
ration. Never forget our Legal De
partment Is paid by the year, and our
land is full Of courts and judges
&c. AS competition IS the life OF
trade-our trade; and monopoly the
death of trade-our competitors trade
employ both iudiciously.
~ Never enter into a 'butting' con |
test with the government. Our gov
eminent Is by the people and TOR ina
neople. ana we are the people and
those people who are not us can be
hired by u.
IS. Always do rlalt Right makes
might, might makes dollars. dollars
male right. and we have the dollars.
The penalty for any infraction of
the foregoing rules is instant dis
missal Of the offender.