The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-27
- OIL KINGS TEARS FLOW
Rockefeller Emotions Stirred by Citi
.j.-....,.. zens' Praise. -. ..s.. -
New York Sun Special Service.

slew York Sun Special Service. 49,
- Cleveland, Ohio, Sept e7:-Wheni
John D. Rockefeller came to Cleveland
hfty.tWo years ago, a youth without
money, education or experience in the
ways Of this world, he sought out sew
Sity and asked for work. He got it.
Yesterday the sons and grandsons
and few Of the men who were the
companions Of his early days, to the
number of 400, stormed the heights of
Forest Hill and swept down the bar
riers which wealth and position have
built around the richest man in the
world and joined with him in the cele-
bration Of the ffty-second anniversary
IN IN h III. arrival in ole7el"nd-0f his start
The affair was informal, and yet the
message Of good will and respect and
the best wishes for the future were
conveyed to him with such sincerity
as to move him to tears. Few men in
the country have received such a del
egation as Mr.. Rockefeller was host OF,
and it left him without words, he said,
to properly express his qualification and
done him.
r.: FIR Business Men as Guests.
The oil kings guests were merchants,
bankers and manufacturers. For the
old men, the friends and former asso-
GATES in business Of MI. Rockefeller,
and for the young men, toward whom
Mr.. Rockefeller said the whole world
was looking for deeds that would bet
ter civilization and further the ends
of Christianity, Andrew Squire spoke
the hope that Mr.. Rockefeller would
live long in Cleveland and the world
that the people, might profit by his
magnanimity and generosity toward the
educational and Christian institutions
and that Cleveland might continue to
tejoice in the possession as citizen Of
the foremost man in the world.
Voice Broken by Emotions.
To these words Mr.. Rockefeller re-.
piled in voice broken by his emotions.
His eyes slowly filled with tears and he
walked uneasily forward and backward
last, but it was strained and forced. He
told an incident Of one of the first
friends he made when he came to Cleve-
land, Stillman Witt, and how he offered
all his personal money and property to
support the young man then embarking
In the oil business, while other men Of
finance refused to assist him. From this
advice. . .r.
''Money Not All.''
ssDon It think that money is all there
Is in this world, for it is not, he said
slowly, and clearly enunciated his words.
You have other things to which you
may devote your mind and some Of your
attention, things that will make your
last days enjoyable to you, days such
as l am enjoying now here in Cleveland
among you, my friends. For your com
ing to see me this day I thank you, I
thank you, I thank you ALL and he
looked earnestly and somewhat wistfully
into the eyes Of the men about him.
The addresses were made on the yer.
anda after each guest had been pre-
sented to Mr.. Rockefeller. Mr.. Squire
referred to the question of railway rate
legislation, saying it was a question
which, like many others, had been dis
cussed ghbly, and that the largest dec.
larations came from those who knew
least about the subject.
Monuments or Slurs.
He asked If it was not a question
whether the men engaged in great com
merclaI enterprises were not more en-
titled to monuments than to indiscrim
mate condemnation. Mr.. Squire sale
the principle of the question Of Hsur
yival of the fttest' is law too firmly
established to be overturned or Ions
delayed, even by legislative enactment
He said that since the organization
of the Standard Oil company there has
been no water in its stock. Its advent
and history, he said, have taught 9
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