The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
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81 Always Insisted on.
Wha1t,l lat Thought, Was as:
Right V.
BEARS NO lLL-WILL
TOWARD PAPERS T 4.
Declares That Secluslon Has Been
Imperative Discusses Chances
Of Young Men OF To-day.
The Standard Oil Kings
First Authorized
Interview.
Especial to The Times-DIspatch

N~l>"S''~A D..
CLEVELAND, Ohio, September ii -
John D. Rockefeller IN his first author
lied public Interview to-day, said that
notwithstanding all attacks on him that
have appeared In n5print, he bears no III
4 Will toward the newspaper fraternity.
Il He added that all who looked for the
truth concerning him. would find 1t
come day. i,
'.All things come around in time, s,e
( said, on this subject Thine works won
fders." t5 555s FAX 5F$5 {si5 Il
When told Of the pleasure and sur
prise expressed by the press humorists
who called upon him at Forest Hill last
week, and spent an hour in his COM
pany. he said:
Surprised You say they were sur
prised? All; There Is something can
not. and never could understand. In
regard to what Is called my secluslon,
1t has been Imperative that I deny my
self the associations with people that I
naturally enjoyed Neycertheless, i have
been much with people. IN fact almost
every day groups Of them come to see
me and 1t is a bright spot In the lives
OF all OF us. as we drive, or walk about
Wthe grounds. have never been a club
man and have not frequented places
where people generally go for company.
My friends during hours Of recrea ton.
nre many OF them from my home church.
ut takes infinite patience and the cour-
age to compel men to have confluence stn
you. / believe I have both OF these quail
Ties. and believe that they are the
secrets OF my success. ss2 learned
to cultivate both Of them when
II was sixteen years o age. My
first real test was when 4 was making
out bills OF lading for canal and slake 4
boats here in Cleveland. There WIS much 4
Ito try the patience there and the first
opportunity OF my fe to 4 akc Il ne wrorlE Z
4 course, to repel rather than compel con sa
fldence from my, associates and employ
ers.
"Often captain would want me to
put down the wrong figures. He would
assure me that II would never be known,
that 1t was the customary way u doing
things and that 1t was the ri6ht thlns
for me TO do. / reas soned with MIN: If
this and this Is so, then 80 and so is
right INSISTED upon what Thought
was right, but had patience with all
who opposed me. Soon my employers no.
tlced my methods OF doing business: other
employers knew that ~ wanted to do
the right things bankers then came to
have confidence in me, and then success
followed step by step.
What are the young mans chances to-
day?" was asked.
8';Far better to-day than when was
a boy here"
IN those days this was small city.
and the industries that flourish here to-
day were unheard OF then. There were
very limited opportunities for the young
man who wanted to make substantial
figure ina.llfe. But soon afterwards Mr..
Chisholm began to develop the iron and
steel industry here; we went into the oil
business; others branched out along dlf-5
ferent lines: all were successful. and to-
day every young man OF Cleveland de-
riyes great benefit from those early en-
aterprlses, The city grew up around them,
and 1t seems to be onlyia matter OF choice
with the young man himself to day; the
city Is full OF opportunities.
The conversation drifted to the weather.
Mr.. Rockefeller said:
~ never regret the coming OF fall +, al
though 1t marks the close OF the outdoor
season. and | have found outdoor exercise
wonderfully beneficial to my health, 1
like to lrde my wheel over the golf links
best OF all, perhaps, and winter puts a
stop to that.
Each winter take a party OF my
friends South to spend a month, This is
for the purpose os getting into the open
air more, rather than for the purpose
OF getting the mider climate Mrs.
Rockefeller always admonishes me against
too long stay In the South because
she maintains, and rightly, believe, that
all Of us who belong to the North need
q the cold winter"