The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-26
ROCKEFELLER WILL RETIRE
FROM ACTIVE BUSINESS
Having Made Enough to Keep Him in Comfort
the Rest of His Days.
Think of Income of Would You Like
100000 in Your Envelope Every Saturday Night
terestng Comparisons With Uncle Sam S Expenses.

neapolis. st. Paul. Milwaukee, Wash
ington, Denver Indianapolis, Louis
vile, New Orleans, Atlanta, Columbus,
Omaha, Toledo, Los Angeles and
Richmond-in all 26 Of the largest
post offices in the United States.
Or the government could say to Mr..
Rockefeller: there are 1925 post
masters in this great republic. Take
their. united salaries for one year for
your income and call it square"
AS a good business man Mr.. Rookie
Teller would be obliged to decline, or
suffer loss of nearly $15,O00,O00. 1t
is an astounding fact, not capable of
comprehension unless brought forward
in. sharp contrast, that Uncle Sam,
accorded a liberal paymaster, gives
annually as salaries to the 1925 post
masters-thru whose offices each year
pass eight billion pieces Of mail mat
-$20,7S3,919, which is only four
seventh Of John D. Rockefeller's in
come.
Again the government could say to
the Standard Oil millionaire: 1.-The
nation pays annual interest on a pub
interest on the public debt for your
income and give a receipt in full
Again Mr.. Rockefeller would be COM
PEELED to decline to save himself from
loss of over $5,0O0,000, for so colos-
sal is the golden sheave which flows
ceaselessly into his Golfers that the
interest on $s00,00O,O0O of government
debt falls short by $5,250,00O of meet
ing one years flow. f.E.
Turning to it's trade with foreign
governments, the United States could
| offer to turn over to Mr.. Rockefeller
it's entire exports of all products to
Venezuela, Ecuador, Korea, Bermu.
da, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Haiti, Mic
aragua, Costa Rica, Honduras AND
Guatemala, and it would still owe him
about 100000. And yet in 1902 its
exports to these countries was over
$3O,OOO,00O.
If Uncle Sam should say to the
silent man Of millions that it would
the entire production of silverrin al
its minis during the year 1908, the
public would be inclined to nudge his
elbow and whisper in his ear, 'Take
it, He would be obliged to decline
| however, for a life of bargaining
would tell him that such acceptance
| would mean the loss of more money
than all but a few men ever see in 6
| lifetime.
It is not easy to grasp the abstract
proposition that there can be in the
| oAAASSo OIdSSS O1lC 1l1oll Will q ySd1l ~
income SO large a twelve months out.
| put of silver Of all the mines in the
| country would not meet it. The mar
exists in John D. Rockefeller.
Last years production Of silver
from all the mines turnout the United
States aggregated $30,520,6S8, or over
! 100000 less than the Rockefeller
| income. It would take, as an illus.
| tration, the entire silver production OF
| Montana, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho
and Arizona to equal the Rockefeller
income from one property alone, the
Standard Oil company.
Excluding Alaska and Colorado
| 1903's production OF the United State.
was: California, $16,535,O00; Arizona
! $4,784,000; Idaho, $2,067,0O0; Mon.
tana, $4,134,367; Nevada, $3,576,210
Oregon $1,364,341; Utah, 5000, 600
South Dakota, $2,889,000; Washing.
ton, $434,OO0; New Mexico, $372,OO(
about $1,500,000 more than the
Rockefeller income.
! It will doubtless be a shock to the
advocates 5of silver standard to re-
alize that the entire output Of all oul
silver mines is less than would be re-
quired to pay one mans yearly income
if he should ever be IN position to die.
tate how it should be paid.
It is equally astounding to consider
that the golden state Of California is
turning out in a year less than one
half enough gold to cash Mr.. Rockefel-
ler's income check il it should be pre-
lsented. while tn centennial state Of