The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08

ahead Of the times that it would wreck
the trust to keep up with him. Usually
the most complaiSant of men, Mr..
Rockefeller was nettled, and did not
endeavor to conceal his personal pique.
1t was the first time his policy had ever
been questioned.
And l may add, it was also the last
time. If he were to propose something
for 1850 to prove hat in that year the
world would be in such a condition
that it would be necessary to pipe Oil
from whales in the Arctic ocean his
generals would Immediately set going
the necessary machinery to corral the
whales n construct the pipe lines,
fully confident that things would turn
out precisely as Mr.. Rockefeller pre-
dicted. His Judgment is almost in
falIible.
Promotes Only His Own interests.
Rockefeller has neNer worked for
any one on salary or commission since
he was = boy. Al lof his monster pro-
motions were for himself and his COM
pany. Morgan, for instance, works for
both commissions and salary, getting
q rakeoff for whatever he does in the
way Of recognizing or promoting.
In this alleged Cassatt hunting ex-
petition l may say hat Mr.. Rockefeller
began to lay his plans to capture the
Pennsylvania railroad before the death
of President Roberts, and his alliance
with George Gould is only an incident.
What the nan likes is power, power
and ever more power. He has more
money than he knows what to do with,
and goes to Sunday school and lives in
retirement to keep from offending the
public.
Il saw Morgan the other day at the
Hanover station of the elevated road.
He had the hunted look. 1t was clear
to me that he was tailoring under his
enormous burdens. His nerves seemed
to be all u%nstrung. He loked this way
and that, as If expecting some calamity
to befall.
Personal Tastes All Modest.
I'm an ordinary man all the time"
the silent car once said.
He is as plainly dressed as any man
OF small salary in New York; frock
coat, dark ray trousers, calf shoes,
derby hat, black Waistcoat. Some
times this solemn habit is relieved at
the throat by a cravat with a bit of
color, preferably red. He wears no
scarpin and his sleeve buttons cost only
a dollar or two. His watch chain is
gold, and, crossing the vest, dips Into
both pockets, watch in one, pencil In
the other.
obS vi dShlIlS All r,
Rockefeller who his tailor is. Occa-
s1onally he wears gloves. Or Sunday
his hat is a London top of American
make. In speech he is soft and slow,
sweet and low. When emphasizing a
point he makes nearly a complete cir
Gle with his thumb II forefinger. His
lips are thin and close against his firm,
even teeth. When in a stern mood they
can press so hard as to urn blue.
rockefeller never drinks, and it is
SAID there never was a bottle Of wine
on his table at home. While less fond
OF corned beef and cabbage than Nor
gam, his tastes in food are simple. His
faVorite meat is bacon. He likes cod
fish balls and tomato sauce. Once in
4 While he yields to the cereals.
If he has kept q Scrapbook of all the
columns Of vituperation, abuse, villif-
cation, charges of bribery, suppression,
destruction of rivals, e~mbracery, in
tlmldation and robbery, arson, and
even murder that AVE been heaped
upon Standard Oil and it's owners 1t
must be bigger than the building at
&c Broadway.
skiIfuIIy Escapes Many Traps.
Yet the silent car has never beer
trapped He does not know if his COM
pany keeps books, but he acknowledges
lhat 1t sometimes keeps records. And
those records, unfortunately, sometimes
get lost.
There is not a court in the country
that has ever convicted a Standard Oil
magnate, though all the crimes in the
calendar have been charged. .Attor-
neys general and solicitors general
have toiled like madmen to catch John
d. Rockefeller in the meshes Of legal
nets, but he always has escaped.
When the great state OF Ohio sent g
supreme court by proxy to examine
him he quickly made himself so agree
able on the witness stand that he was
purged of contempt and the court with
drew with an apology, so to speak.
Il never remember more than six
years back" he says. But he sees
twenty-five years ahead.
Mr.. Rockefeller's house was burned
last year-the one at Pocantico Hills.
AS a thank offerings for the escape of
his family he contributed $500, 900 to
the teachers college.
He hates the town in which he was.
born, and has never given q cent to it.
Tatkin' of Sensations.