Evening journal., 1905-08-02
JOHN ms EULOGY
BY UNCLE SAM
1t Tells What Great Man
the Standard Oil Mag
nate Is
BOOK BEING SENT 10 SCHOOLS
az william WoIff smith.l

Washington, d. CO Aug 2.-The am
|nouncement made few days ago that
1.-The United States government was dis
'tributing eulogistic sketches of John
|D. Rockefeller has attracted. a great
Ideal Of attention, especially because Of
Ithe fattering character OF the bio
graphy and the report that IL was es-
pecially prepared for. the Bureau Of
Education under John DIS eve. Per-
haps the most interesting paragraph in
the biography IS this 1T is of interest
that the training of the family is
|gelding results like those displayed in
his good character. His son, a gradu-
h Rte of Brown University. is already
walking in the ways of his father and
'he whole public enlists i'm the plan of
benefits which he is working out and
which IS promising more than is al
'eady accomplished
II the true character of John ID. is
anything like what the public believes
q to be. the intelligence that his son
5 preparing 10 follow in his fathers
footsteps is disagreeable indeed. The
4 nulcting of the people by means OF
he suppression Of competition and the
occurring Of Illegal rebates from public
arriers in order that a tithe Of the il
egitimate gains may be returned to a
portion Of the people n the form Of
educational benefactions does not
trongly appeal TO Americans who have
bot learned TO kiss the hand that
4 mites them. Nor VIII certificate of
ood character from the Bureau Of
4 Education be sufficient to Wipe out the
4 nemories of twenty years of law
4 reaking and the squeezing process yet
p vogue under which the poor people
f no burn petroleum are compelled to
lvoluntarily contribute 10 education
4 lums OF money for whose giving John
b. Rockefeller seeks to obtain credit
III IL is noteworthy that the attorneys
pr John d. who now seem to be maxi
4 ig q desperate effort TO secure for hini
more favorable opinion from sbe
eopie whom the Standard Oil Com
4 fary las so long and so thoroughly OPP
4 resaed are preparing 20 republist the
4 iograpny sent or by the Bureau Of
3 Education of me United States Gov
4 hnment ana to circulate the same as
sort Of official bill of health
Ii the sketch "A new version-and e
u bust be regarded as authentic Since IL
{ as probgby prepared under his direc-
T on and IS published by the United
n tates Government--is given Of how
II he Standard OIL Company came into
n E.stenoe. He early began TO appre-
Il atc 'ir efforts 10 secure cheap light
3 hlumlnation says this remarkable
t0eumcit. crude petroleum was Of
.nkive 10 the smell. He saw vhrt
i as needed ana ous o. his schoo; Of
! ieinisiry he was aided in devising
|N ethods Of purifying the crude OIL. He
ia 10 oic of n S teachers: J think
ln ielieve this substance Of its ofien-
v4 smell HIS efforts were success
~ IN. Whaie oil was disappearing from
ie market and the new Substance was
ron wiisiy demanded by the trade;
81 bulous results followed his efforts. -
rom this It viii be observed that the
iharees inade against The STANDARD oil
cnnany and John d. in particular,
ave been all wrong. He made his
ftune by eliminating the smell from
froleum.
Wishing 10 preserve In my nbrarS
e government publication which
pntains this touching biography Of
te worlds richest man, / sent 20 the
NJ 'dreau of Education. But alas. There
= no copies available for genera, dis
ibution. So great has been the de-
and from the public schools t7at
ere are not even enough to supply