The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-20

though years ago John D. Rockefeller
found it impracticable to speak for
publication and he has adhered strict
ly to this rule, he bears no personal
i'll will toward the newspaper frater-
nifty. He intimated as much today
when he admitted to his Forest Hill
home a reporter and talked to him a,
length. Indirectly ne said that all who
looked for the truth concerning him
would find it some day.
"All things come around in time"
he said on this subject. Time works
wonders"
At Peace with World.
Today the oil kings clothes were
neat of perfect fit; chosen with ex-
cellent taste and withal he was the
picture of a well-groomed old gentle
man. who was at peace with the
world, enjoyed life and one VINO lived
for all there was in life. In the lapel
of his coat was a pink rosebud, which
he had picked from a bush in his
dooryard at Forest Hill. In his cravat
reposed a large black pearl-a mag
nificent jewel, yet one that would not
be observed by one a yard away from
him as it reposed on the black back
ground.
Puzzle to Oil King.
When told of the pleasure and sur
prised expressed by the press humor-
lists who called upon MIN at Forest
Hill some time ago and who spent an
hour in his company, he said:
"Surprised? You say they were sur
prised? All, there is something 1 can
not and never could understand"
His hand passed nervously over his
forehead and although he did not say
so, it was evident that he thought OF
the popular impression of himself
clustered in his fortress at Forest
Hill, an impossible fortress beyond
the gates of which it is supposed that
none may enter.
Time Will Straiehten All Things.
Thine will straighten out many of
those things" he said after a brief
pause. And then suddenly referring
to the jokers again:
Yes, we mad a pleasant hour to-
also. In regard to what is called my
seclusion, it has been imperative that
l deny myself the associations with
people that l naturally enjoyed. New
ertheless, l have been much with peo-
ple-in fact, almost every day troops
of them come to see me, and it is a
bright spot in the lives of all of us as
we drive or walk about the yards. l
have never been clubman and nave
never frequented places where people
generally so for company. My friends
during hours of recreation are many
of them from my home church"
Infinite Patience Necessary.
Other topics came up, but as if re-
ferring to a remark about the newspa-
per knockers he added to his COM
ment that time alters and adjusts al
most everything" the following:
1T takes infinite patience and the
courage to compel men to have con-
fidence in you. l believe 1 have both
of these qualities and l also believe
that they are the secrets of my sue
cess. l learned to cultivate both of
them when l was 16 years of age. MY
first real test was when l was making
out bills of lading for canal and lake
boats here in Cleveland. There was
much to try the patience there and the
first opportunity in my life to take the
wrong course, to repel rather than
compel confidence from my associates
and employers.
Refused to be Corrupted.
often captain would want me to
put down the wrong figure. He would
assure me that it would never be
known, that it was the customary way
or doing things and that it was the
right thing for me to do. I reasoned
With him: If this and this is so, then
SO and so is right 1 insisted upon
what 1 thought was right, but had pa
thence with all who opposed me. Soon
my employees noticed my methods of
doing business; other employers knew