Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-13
HOW THE GREAT THREE" GOT JONES MONEY

from Rockefeller and the paper bags IN
which they are wrapped from Morgan"
1t Is difficult to get away from those
three, isn't 1t ?" laughed his wife.
ut certainly is. Ali there goes Mrs.
Smith in a new carriage. She bought IL
from Thomas f. Ryan"
o our way home let US stop at MsdS-
son Square Garden and get those tickets
for next week. said Mrs. Jones.
IAN right, and pay j. p. Morgaa for
them
why, he doesn't own the garden. does
hep"
"Not exactly, but he is a director and
one of the largest stockholders In the COM
pany that owns 1t. And the same Is true
of the Metropolitan opera house"
Out in the country they paused at a road
house to get a bit of salad Jones turned
over the salad with his fork and turned up
his nose. as he remarked:
Cotton seed o%il-bought from Morgan
canned s~almon-also bought from Nor
gan"
THE lettuce is free from the faint, how
ever" laughed his wife.
Possibly. but 1t is not improbable that
1t came from his place. And the" cans In
which the salmon was put up pay him q
percentage OF profit also.
THAT jelly those people at the next
table are eating wasn't bought from Nor
| gan, was it?'' asked Mrs. Jones.
mo, but whether it be genuine jelly.
made from sugar, or fake jelly, made from
glucose, Rockefeller got a profit out OF IL.
and the favoring extract IN 1T was bought
from Morgan" replied her husband.
On the way home they stopped at a jew
eler's to have Mrs. Jones watch repaired
and her husband remarked that the watch
case was bought from Morgan. His wife
admired a clock in the store and asked
the Irice. The clerk told her 800.
paid to either Rockefeller or Morgan"
remarked Jones.
AS thsy crossed the Brooklyn bridge they
noticed some lumber-laiden barges being
towed up the river.
THAT lumber was bought from either
Rockefeller or Morgan" said Jones. and
tho barges and the tug were bought from
all three. Those docks along the river be-
long to Rockefeller; those ferry boats that
are crossing Ii are Rockefeller's."
Look at that cloud Of dense smok
pouring from those tall ~chimneys.' said
Mrs. Jones, what place is that which Is
violating the soft-coal ~ordinance@"
9TH electric works-owned largely by
| Morgan" grunted her husband.
II see that very soon they expect to
bring power from Niagara; won't that put
those works out of business"
mot very likely, but suppose 1t did 1t
would not bother Morgan, because he
would still be selling the power. He has a
lot Of capital invested in the companies
that are Harvesting Niagara. And he Is
| heavily interested in the companies that
want to supply the city with water"
did you zee the Browns Off for Europe
this morning." asked Mrs. Jones when
she returned with a package OF lacks
bought from Mr.. Rockefeller.
mo. I was obliged to see a friend of for
| San Francisco; but tomorrow l will pay
a few dollars more to Mr.. Morgan for the
privilege OF sending them our greetings by
wireless telegraphy."
Mrs. Jones laughed. And So" she said.
"since Rockefeller, Morgan and Ryan own
| practically everything and we have to pay
them for every cents worth We buy, moth
ing is free but the air"
1--WE can't even sail in that" said Jones.
| gloomily, without having our balloons
| filled with their gas"
Remarkable as this account of an
imaginary day of a New Workers. life
may seem, it exceliently illustrates how
universal is the grip that Messrs.
Rockefeller, Morgan and Ryan and
| their associates have on the industries
of the country. The facts about the
industries in which each of the three
is interested nave been painstakingly
compiled from Moody's Manual of Corr
| porations and from published accounts
of these ~magnates' undertakings.