The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-23
IN1MENSE FORTUNE O COMBINE
CNew York Cor. Pittseurg pispatcF9

/ New York Cor. Pittsburg DIspaich)
A Wall street banker who was asked
DIV the writer 70 make an estimate Of
T the wealth Of the leading members % the
iStanoaEd on group Of capitalists, colapiled
John D. Rockefeller ........... 81 Goa. o00003
william Rockefeller .-.--.---.-. 204,O10 0tJ
Henry H. Rogers announcement. 150.0o000J
Henry N. Flagler .............. 10e.o00U8
! John ID. ArchbOld ...-...-...... 50.00005U
charles III. Pratt ............... 25.08a 0.fJ
wesley Hunt TIIfGFd .....-.. 25.00gWg
mere are numerous other Standard oil
people. said the banker with wealth
ranging between $1,000 $50 and s. .000.
glt me total wealth controlled by the
STANDARD OH interests / should estimate.
IS oet Ween Sl5e5.0A09 and SZ.00000-
CO., Z do not believe that this is an over
estimate. 10 is without question the great
est concentrated aggregation of wealth in
the world. This wealth Is increasing q { a
really alarming rate. Ii is managed by
the dDle6t group OF TnanCiers the world
( mas ever seen. The brains of the entire
group however, Is John D. Rockefeller
lie Is unquestionably in many respects
/ the most wonderful Individual the world
mas ever seem
With the gradual. but steady WithdrawaI
from active participation in his various
enterprises John D Rockefeller is sun
tut lheF seciuoins himself from the pub
lie eye There has been no man in q cen
Jury az least. who with suCh enormous
interests subject to his control has mau-
ageu with so much success to keep him
self I'm the background
How much John ID Rockefeller IS worth
20 one but himself knows. That he owns
Jne largest fortune ever accumulated by
a single individual is certain. Wall street
1dnkers declare that DE Is the worlds
Iirst blllionaire, that he is actually WORTH
enc thousand million dollars. II he
chose TINS man could uuQueStiO8ablE
corner the worlds wheat supDIv and
bring an international war to a speedy
emo. lie could close the greatest banks
~ lAe country ana precipitaJe panic
ne could ruin thousands of individual
enter pIloes D1 suddenly increasing the
cost OF the commodities ne q absolutely con-
trOis. POtentate of D0tenIates this man
Is really almost unknown, not only to the
general public. but also to the world of
ttllailce1 Wnlcn ne absolutely controls.
otler men Of great wealth have some
[ connection with the great world outside
. OF their immediate business. There is no
9lher private individual in the United
states Who exercises anything ike as
Huch power as John ID. Rockefeller. and
yet ne IS never seen in any public way
[ except iil attendance az church, He takes
no open part i'm any public movements or
[ IN the direction of public institutions
Andrew Carnegie is deeply interested in
dIls literature and music, and has himself
written books and made public speeches
j. T. Morgan often takes conspicuous
part nm matters outside the financial mar
kets; but John ID. Rockefeller Shrinks
serves with Mr.. Morgan and Mr. car
liesle as q vice president OF the New York
{ -ltaillott Oh commerce DuE While ne gave
$4,000 toward the erection of the splendid
/ new building he has never entered 10 nor
I has he ever attended a meeting of the
chamber. He has been q member of the
I New York stock exchange since 1850 but
I ne has never once been on the floor OF
/ the exchange. He pays his dues regularly,
/ but it IS safe to say thai tncre are not
+ twenty members of the New York ex-
change that know John -. Rockefeller
I by sight. Mr.. Rockefeller has always sur
/ rounded hinselt with this atmosphere OF
mystery. He seems by nature to dislike
I the public eye. He never fTeQuents clubs
[ theatres or public meetings. Cleveland
was his home for twenty-five years anu
rev or his rOWnsmeu ever kIleW him By
/ sight During the last ten years he has
made New York his home. and he is even
a less familiar figure here than ne was I'm
/ Cleveland He seems TO love TO work I'm
I the dark to keep himself in the back
ground, He is satisfied with the sub
stance the realty OF power. he leaves to
others the glitter and distinction of office
lie controls more banks than any other
single individual I'm the world. but his
name does not appear as the director OF
single bank In the country
/ Chauncey NJ DeDew is a director of