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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
Sheep.

Nothing fresh received in this division:
practically no trading; a few desirable
shorn ewes of local feeding sold at 81 So
Representative sales:
Killing Sheep and Lambs
No Kind. Weight. Price
10 shorn W. ewes ............105 81 so
Among the shippers on the market
We're: G. A. Mcconnell, Belle PLANE; s.
H. Pettis, st. Peter; c. w. Dodge, Ma
della; M. Skramstad, Goodhue; Fox &
Ward, Durand, Wis; j. J. Sturgeon,
Marshall; W. P. Tillman, Minneota; w
f. Feeney, Maple Lake; S. A. NetIand,
Cannon Falls; A. Lund, Cottonwood.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
SUMMARY OF THE DAYS TRANSACTIONS IN THE MARKETS
CHAS |. HAAS Commission CO.

Live Stock Commission Merchants.
Room 10, Exchange BLDG, Union Stock
Yards, South ST. Paul, Mimi, and
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, III.
All correspondence will receive prompt
attention. Liberal advances made on
consignments. Instrumentation Stock
Yards or any Commercial Agency.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
MINNEAPOLIS.

Minneapolis-All the gain Of Thursday
was lost in wheat after an hour Of trad
ing. Thursday May touched 925k a92a4c
and 91@918c was the trading figure at
10:45 yesterday morning BY 1880 it was
90Bc Every item in the news was of
weakening nature. The Northwest had
rains, and rain and warmer weather is
the prediction for today for Minnesota
and the Dakotas, Receipts, 116 cars SEN
that traders look for some price reaction
to come from excess of it. May closed at
1Bc, July 91hc. September size. Fol-
lowing was the range of prices.
Close
Open. High. Low. Fri Thurs.
May .........92 92h 9eM 911s 9z&s
Sept Sept tmbeir So s. six Sih s571ss
On Track-Wheat-No / hard, 93ssc;
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HAY, GRAIN AND FEED.
Quotations Established in Open Trade on
the st. Paul Board,

ST. PAUL, April 22-The following
prices Were established in todaX,s tradinee:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-23
Il. HOLBERT I SONS,
BANKERS and
BROKERS
Sal Robert ST. 81. Paul
HIDES, PELrs AND sUNDRIEs.

Quotations furnished by d. Bergman &
Co.
Hides.
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LIGHT HOGS sc HIGHER
RECEIPTS VERY LlGHT-QUALITY
SOMEWHAT BETTER
Cattle Receipts LIght-No Quotabie
Change in Any kind-Demand Good
Practically No Trading In Sheep.

ed receipts at the Union stock yards to-
day: Cattle, 95; calves, Is; hogs, 1920;
cars, 10.
The following table shows the receipts
from Jan. l.. 1904, to date. as compared
with the same period in 1908:
Year. Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars.
1904 =. 44.52O SOL 329, $50 232, no 6.7S6
1908 52,757 14,341 $50. 635 169,131 6,S4$
Dec. 1881 $40 800 49,. -.
The following table shows the receipts
thus far in April, 1904 as compared with
the same period in 1908:
Year. Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars.
1904 :. 1886 2,196 42,599 500 957
1903 :. 12,46S 1921 50, 1876 12,469 1917
Dec Dec; " 1852 1923 ''4os s.l99 $50
Official receipts for the past seven days
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But there are scores OF others who
are not so modest IN their estimate OF
their ability to enumerate the respeo-
tive items OF this rich mans possess
sions The most radical statements
concerning this gigantic boarding are
current In the daily press, Not long
ago a writer with very pretty taste
for detail made this estimate; To-day
the Rockefeller income rs S2.O6 Sec
ond, Sl23G6 a minute, S7,420.9S an hour,
SliS,OS2,0S a day S1946,57i.5O week
and S65,0O0000 year" 1t has also
been put In this ingenious way. cot an
the money In the United States today
there is less than S3,OO0.000,O00. II his
present income should continue for the
coming fouy-sX years Mr.. Rockefeller
would possess all this What Uncle
Sam would do In such crisis is not
even suggested
II Is not necessary TO depend on these
speculative lights IN order to arrive at
some appreciation Of this magnates
sound financial standing, Tho record
Of his returns from Standard Oh alone
for Tie alN years beginning with 1898
and ending with 1903 i8 illuminatlve,
IRON un Investment OF &lOO0OO00 Ia
that famous enterprise he received as
dividends SgS,200,0O0 not taking into
account the Increased value of his orig
iual investment. Then, 20 further the
attempt az approximation, Try to re-
ali1e that this Is only one OF many en-.
terprises which have hoeu profitable.
Now recall some OF tho3e wealth pro-
ducng devices The trusts In which he
holds pre-cminence are the great mon
ey getters Of the country Look upon
che glitterlng array and It win not only
dazzlc but enllghten- Steel American
Cotton OH American Sugar company,
American Tobacco company the cop
per trust glucose trust Consolidated
Gas, United States Realty and that
greatest Of all banking schemes, the
city National u New York
II that Is not sufficient to make evil
dent the folly Of estimating the Rookie
Teller wealth there IS more much
more--to follow. AS a remarkable ex-
ample OF diversified interests the own
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he made the discovery that he was able
to secure as satisfactory results from a
sum Of money invested at a good rate
as he could from much greater eX-
penditure of time and strength at po-
tato digging The scheme OF making
money perform the service which must
otherwise involve great manual labor
has never been forgotten by Mr.. Rock
efeller.
In 1851 the Rockefeller family re-
moved to Cleveland. After few
years divided between the public school
and a business college young Rocke-
feler made up his mind to shift for
himself, His first essay was at the gro-
Gerry business. lie secured the position
Of assistant bookkeeper in the house of
Gordon, Mcmillan & Co., one OF the
largest firms i'm the country His rec
ord In this branch OF industry was re-
spectacle, but not brilliant. At the end
Of the second year he was able to COM
mand a salary of only 500. lie re-
solved to go into the commission busi-
ness for himself. He had saved $500,
and with that and a few thousands
which he borrowed from his father at
10 per cent interest he formed a part
nership with young man named Clark,
They prospered from the first The
profits for the first year were s4,4OO.
But better things were In store for
John d. Rockefeller,
In 1853 the first oil well In Titusvile,
Pa, was opened. At the close of that
year men in the contiguous territory
were discussing the possibilities OF for
tune making In the exploitation Of pc
troleum for commercial purposes, In
time the excitement reached Cleveland,
and young Rockefeller became inter-
ested, Although but twenty years of
age, he had gained a reputation In
Cleveland for shrewdness. A party of
capitalists decided to send him into the
oil regions to investigate. lie went to
the oil country and returned advising
against investment The risk seemed
too great and the tendency to deal In
speculative values too prominent, It
seems. also, that he had made another
discovery--th a great fortune might
be made In refining the crude petro-
leum. lie did not however, include this
discovery In his report to the capital
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that account. The business prospered.
Andrews was a mechanical genius. lie
made new processes for extracting the
oil and got better oil and more OF it
from the crude product than any of
their competitors. This made reputa-
tion for them Their business soon
outgrew their original plant. The
premises We're then enlarged. Andrews
continued to improve the quality OF the
refined product Their oil soon be-
came the best in the market and COM
manded the highest prices. Rockefeller
started another refinery and put his
brother William In charge Of t. H. Nj.
Flagler Joined the second enterprise,
and the new venture ilOurished so UNI
mistakably that "A house was opened In
New York.
In 1870 the business had assumed
such proportions that Mr., Rockefeller
resolved TO put into operation a scheme
which he had been revolving in his
mind for years-the bringing together
under the form OF corporation Of all
the Rockefeller interests. This was
done, and the original STANDARD oil
company was formed, with capital OF
SL0000O0. John y. Rockefeller was the
head OF the corporation. But there
were now at least thirty competing oil
retiners on Walworth run II is true
that they did not make as good oil as
the Rockefeller concern, but they sue
ceeded In offering some troublesome
competition. The demand was so great
that they found market for their
product at a slightly reduced rate. All
at once II vas made apparent that the
Rockefeers were selling lower than
the lowest Then Il was nosed about
that the new corporation was receiving
rebate favors from the railroads. This
discovery caused intense excitement
and protest from every quarter Time
made II clear that Mr. Rockefeller was
not altogether responsible for tho sys-
tenn OF rebate. y rate war was I'm
progress between the three great trunk
lines, and the Standard OH was the
one to profit by the frantic struggle OF
the railroads.
From this time on Mr. Rockefeller's
executive ability made possible the I'll
ant corporations policy OF absorption.
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John ID. Rockefeller the Richest Man IN the World

In an Incredibly short time the army Of
Independent renners was reduced TO
insignificant proportions Cancellation
first was the method, and II that failed
coercion. OF course fresh difficulties
arose from time to time. one Of the
most troublesome TO surmount was the
discovery Of remote oil fields and the
establishment of new refinerles at other
points, But Mr. Rockefeller's generals
ship was sufficient TO steer clear OF
these dangers In 1878 the STANDARD
OH controlled 95 per cent of the rehn-
ing interests I'm the country Now an
other fierce contest arose. It's close
marked the supremacy Of oil and the
subseryiency of the railroads The
struggle was caused by the determ-
nation of the state of Pennsylvania TO
prevent railroad discrimination. The
Pennsylvania railroad had gone into
the refining business on its own ac-
count. II owned "A pipe line and several
reflnerles and began reaching out to
secure trade. Mr.. Rockefeller protest.
ed. The railroad was dbdurate. The
Standard withdrew its business from
the Pennsylvania and made use Of the
fact to obtain further rebates from the
New York Central. The oil corporation
was rich. It had just declared a div-
dend OF 80 per cent. The Pennsylvania
was having trouble, and a general
strike was In progress The STANDARD
all at once began TO lower the price OF
oil. This was further than the railroad
company cared to go. 1t yielded By
1850 the Standard had a monopoly
Mr.. Rockefeller had one more battle
TO fight before the trust which he had
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consequence Of his intimate conno..
with party affairs in the Emplre s.'h
as we'll as his well known poIitic.S .sle
personal friendship for prosi, aug
Roosevelt, win attract much at,sh1
when the New York delegation uoR
its appearance. Like many sno,s Ss
man of note, he comes from Maino NJ,
native village being Limlngton ana W, nN
date of HIS birth March 5, iss9 W u
was graduated from Dartmoufh ie
chose journalism for his first nros s'u
sional venture. He WAS a renor,,,' ~,
awhile for the Troy tN.Y) Whie ~ 'or
a clerk in the Troy postoflice. In H ,ssa
he was admitted to the bar ana ~
successful from the first. He w,s saa
to congress in 1895 and became So" '
ernor in 1897. e'''
George Bruce Cortelyoi. tho ~.
chairman of the national conr,,'" 10y
WIN be pointed out as a remarkah,o
illustration OF the good fortune WIFI
once successfully invoked, follows oha
diently In the train OF the asnit,n-
politician. lie was born I'm Ms
York on July 2e. 1852, He has d,,
plomas and is the legitimate our.
OF degrees from several instlttinna
among them Georgetown uulver.,,,
For two years he was a law reporter IL
New York and for several years thA..
after principal Of city prepara,o,.
school. Mr.. Cortelyou entered the mn,
lie service I'm 1889 and served as Sta.
nographer and private secretary to sev.
eral officials. lie became stenograrhsr
to President Cleveland In Noyembsr
1895, executive clerk the next year and
two years later assistant private secre,
tary to President Mckinley From Mao
/, 1900, until February, 1903, ne wa,
private secretary. At that time he WAC
named by President Roosevelt as tba
head of the new bureau OF commerce
and labor, an office he still holds.
Elihu Root, ex-secretary OF war win,
win probably be one of the presldn.,
officers OF the convention, was born In
lSi5 at Clinton, N. Y. His father was
professor of mathematics IN Hamn.
ton college, and Elihu was gradual
ed from that institution In 1864 and
began the practice of law In 1867. ue
removed to New York and soon achiev-
ed great success as a corporation law.
yer lie was counsel for the sugar
trust, for the New York street RAILWAYS
and for many railroad companies. He
represented William NJ Tweed in tho
famous ring trial and was also retained
In the Stewart and fayerweather VIII
cases. From 1888 to 1886 he was United
States district attorney, In 1899 Mr..
Root was appointed secretary Of war 10
succeed Russell A. Alger. lie distin-
gushed himself at once by planning the
war college and by establishing new
rules of promotion He is also respon-
sible for the general staff. He remained
in Office during McKinley's second adj.
mlnistration and continued under that
of President Roosevelt until the sum-
mer OF 1908, when he resigned. Among
his greatest public services Is to be
reckoned his work as almemher Of tho
Alaskan boundary commission.
JAMES l., TREVATHAN.
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diplomatic and consular services. He
has opposed antl-Chinese legislation
which violated treaties and has adyo-
Gated reciprocity with other republics.
Charles Warren Fairbanks United
States senator from Indiana, has
been porsstently mentioned in oonnec-
ton with the vice presidential nominal
tlon. Born near Unionyille Center, o.,
May II, 1852, Senator Fairbanks was
graduated from the Wesleyan uniyer-
sty at Delaware with distinction. He
was Associated Press agent at Cleve-
land for a year, during which he began
the study of law and was admitted to
the bar. In 1874 he removed to In
dianapolis. There he continued the
practice of law and rose speedily to
prominence, In 1898 he was the Re-
publican oaucus nominee for United
states senator, but was defeated by
David Turpie In 1897 he was sent TO
the senate and was reelected IN 1908,
bis present term expiring In 1903.
Joseph q. Cannon C'uncle Joe') will
have warm reception, He is a native
Of North Carolina. his birthplace being
Guilford and the date May T. 1886. lie
removed TO Illinois at an early age and
when he reached manhood adopted the
profession Of the law, He was member
of congress from the Twelfth Illinois
district from 1873 to 1891 He was
then defeated, but after a rest OF one
term he was returned and served the
same district from 1898 to 1903. For
the term 1903-05 he was elected from
the Eighteenth district. Mr.. Cannon
had the unique experience of being
designated as the choice of majority
of congress for speaker before organ
izption had been effected.
Frank SWEET Black of New York In
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goodly quantity Of the stocks OF sys-
TENS like the New York Central Penn
sylvania ,Lake Shore Chicago and
Northwestern, ST. Paul, Union Pacific,
Burlington, Rock Island, Santa Re and
many others that he might make any
one Of them his plaything II the whim
should seize him,
Since the problem OF his riches cam
not be solved nor The secret Of their
accumulation be transmitted, there re-
mains only the absorbing study OF the
magician himself Is there, then, In
the story of his life thus Tar lived any
marked deviation from the normal man
anything that may explain in hui
man WAY and from material stand
point why this man has been able to set
himself so apart from his fellows2
John Dawson Rockefeller was born I'm
1899 at the little village Of Rlchford,
Toga county N, Y. Ills parents were
In comfortable circumstances, owning
a farm and getting living by tullng
1t, Mr.. Rockefeller regards this fea-
turo of his early life as important. since
It has been stated perslstently that he
was born In poverty His boyhood was
singularly free from pronounced symp-
toms OF coming pre-emnence. Accord
ing to his own statement. life WAS d.
yided into two grand divisions work On
summer and school I'm winter He aid
not at this period manifest amy tend.
ency 10 create values whore none had
previously existed. He was not even
accredited with phenomenal shrewd.
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under various forms In the Bible.
Nevertheless Il lost nothing OF IT'S force
upon the lips OF the Midas of the twen-
teth century, Since there is nothing to
show that Mr. Rockefeller considers
himself a poor man of any description,
the inference Is that he has laid up
treasures Of greater value than money
1t is true that man Of unlimited re-
sources may mako as much of mys-
terry OF himself as be chooses. He may
transform his personality into ver-
table sphinx and make his daily walk
MS hidden a thing as Is the lama at
Lassa nut he seldom chooses. II de-
tracts from the value OF his accom-
plishment 10 turn his face against pub
llclty IL is not on record that Mr..
Rockefeller has ever made a well or
ganized attempt to keep mankind ia abb
somte ignorance Of his efforts to provide
against the proyerbial rainy day Il is
not unlikely that his dissemination to
discuss his methods arises from the
magnitude of the undertaking; he
knows best Of all the hopelessnoss OF
the attempt
lt Is a stupendous achievement tor a
man 10 heap up treasures untll, looking
up from the earth where he stands the
value of the mountain he has raised
becomes speculative even TO himself
such enormous accumuiations are for
the most part intangible and invisible
to the human conception. MIR. Rookie
feller's power 90 grasp details and hold
them may be unique. but he must have
lost the power of keeping count. Sew
cral years ago NE declared upon the
witness stand that he was unable TO
gauge his holdings within several mill
lion dollars In view of the constant
tendency OF these holdings to expand. It
IS not likely that be has acquired since
then new capacity for Keeping track
Of them,
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also, ~ has been found good politics TO
name a man who has achieved little po-
lltical distinction and is a comparative
newcomer The seyerest criticism that
can be launched against such a candle
date IS his obscurity and that may
prove less damaging than would the
reitoration OF his well known weak
nosses, In land such az this the per-
sonnl element cuts 70 most conspicuous
figure In the presidential campaign.
Though a man may be am unknown at
IT'S beginning he Ia certain TO be pro-
vided with a reputation at it's close,
occasionally the nomination is con-
ferred as a consolation prize. In such
instances, though the disappointment
may have been cruel indeed, It il not
matter Of record that destinations have
been frequent II may be observed,
also, that there IL an impression OF
more or less general acceptation that
the Office is really Of no remarkable sig
niicance- hardly worthy, In fact, Of the
consideration Of man of especial note,
Men Of national prominence have made
q show OF lodging IT. once named by
either of the great parties however,
refusals have been extremely rare.
Robert Roberts HIT, the choice OF his
state Qllinois) for the vice presiden-
tial nomination, was born I'm urbana,
o.. Jan, 49, 1884 AT the age of three
his parents removed TO Ogle county,
H. He was educated AZ Rock River
seminary and De PAW university.
While SIN very young he exhibited
a budding passion for politics, and
the geuuineness Of the vocation has
been demonstrated by half century Of
political successes In 1853 he reported
the debates Of Lincoln and Douglas,
those famous exchanges Of political wit
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created after twenty odd years OF con-
slant oversight could rest secure IN l's
supremacy. Rival interests had long
dreamed of the construction OF plpo
line from the producing regions TO tno
seabonrd. In the course of time tNis
gigantic scheme was accomplished ~
was serious matter for the SlandaIu'
OH could be carried by pipe to me sea-
board at a cost OF IL cents, whlle ths
lowest railroad rate was 80 cents Ihe
dominant genius OF the Standard up'
the crisis promptly. lie organized 'ou
National Transit company and became
absolute master OF the oil franc ~
America.
The history Of the rise Of Standalu
on, marvellous as it Is, makes u poss'.
BILE to understand how the creation aua
absorption Of trusts became one man .
master passion. IAN
GEORGE II, PICARD
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ness lie has declared frequently that
at this time he possessed no distln-
gushing virtue except frugality
When John was about ten years Of
age the family removed to Owego, Here
in due time the Rockefeller children
there We're six OF them--ontered the
academy which was an excellent school
The future Colossus was a good stu
dent, but not as promising as was his
brother William Both were graduated
William with high honors. These boys
had at the academy two schoolmates
who have achieved distnction-Tho
as G. Platt and Benjamin +. Tracy,
Both Of these embryo celebrities We'd
with John y. Rockefeller in respectable
mediocnty
IL was mt home that John received his
most valuable business training, His
parents wisely began to teach him self
reliance at very early age. He takes
pride In relating that when he was sew
an his father taught him to milk a cow
AT the age of eight he could drive a
horse as well as man. To accustom
him To the feeling of responsibility he
was charged with various commissions
Among other things, he was sent to buy
curdWood for the family After he had
become older his father lntrusted him
with some undertakings that We're a
severe test for any lad, one of them TO
build a house, Then he was provided
with considerable sums Of money to
invest in loans and other interest bear
ing security II was about this time