Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-01-06
MAY Guido CARNEGIE
Employee of Rockefeller Tells Of
More Gifts TO Come.
OIL KING EAGER TO GIVE FREELY

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One of Hts Estate Managers Gives
his Employers View of the "Taint.
eel Money" Controversy-TelIs of In.
ctdenis of His Kindness to the Poor
and His Great Love For Children.
The following is John ID. Rockefel.
ler's side of the tainted money" con.
troversy, as given by one of the man
ayers of his estate at Pocantlco Hills,
In New York state, a man who has
been In Mr.. Rockefeller's employ for
ten years and has shared his confidence
during all OF that time, says the New
York American.
Mr.. Rockefeller is greatly distressed
over the criticism that was directed
against him by ministers of the gospel
following his recent gift of large sun
OF money to the board of missions. He
As determined, however, not to be dis
couraged from making further gifts to
religious, charitable and educational
institutions, and purposes transcending
In liberality and generosity all dona-
tons heretofore made by philanthro.
pists. He recently gave away $11 ,000,.
600. He will soon give away even lar.
ger sums.
why does Mr.. Rockefeller not an
swer his critics?' was asked. With en-.
thusiasm the Rockefeller manager who
stipulated but one thing-that his name
be not used-replied:
''Mr. Rockefeller has refused to make
reply to those who have criticized him
because whenever he has undertaken
to speak to the public his statements,
If not distorted in the first instance,
have been misconstrued and misinter-
preted
only recently, when Mr.. Rockefeller
and | were driving through the estate
together, he said to me:
"'Why do people abuse me so2 Can
1t be possible that / am regarded as an
enemy of civilization? | am willing,
yes, anxious, to give freely Of what
possess, but my money must go where
1t is intended to go and not line the
pockets of others
"Mr. Rockefeller is deeply interested
In road building. In fact it is one of
his hobbies. There are thirty miles of
macadam roads on the estate, and they
cost Mr. Rockefeller between $4,000
and $4,000 mile, according to the
amount of filling in and blasting that
had to be done. The work is still pro
crossing and when completed there
will be fifty miles of the best roads in
all. Between nine and ten miles of
these roads have been turned over for
public use. The town authorities have
never shown any appreciation of this
or of the other things that Mr.. Rookie
Teller has done for the community. On
the contrary, they lost no opportunity
TO critieise and abuse him because he
refused to turn over the money to them
and let them do the road building. Mr..
Rockefeller hired the men-400 of them,
ali skilled at road building built the
best roads that could be laid out and
then turned them over for public use.
That made the authorities angry. But
Mr.. Rockefeller is determined that if
his money is to be spent for the public
good or for charitable, educational or
religious betterment, he must know
where it is to go, how it is to be used
and what benefits are to be derived
from It.
when AIr. Rockefeller first came
here TO Pocantico Hills, the inhabitants
were actually hostile to him. They sup
posed his intention was to drive them
away, that he proposed to tear down
all their cottages and houses on his es-
tate and compel the people to look else
where for homes. As a matter of fact
be has not torn down a single house
and will not do 50 unless perhaps it is
a house that is beyond repair. Every
house on the premises has been repair
ed, painted and made as comfortable
as possible for the tenants.
The rents they are asked to pay are
smaller than would be asked if the
houses Were owned by any one else. In
many instances Mr.. Rockefeller asks
no rent at all, and | can tell you Of
families that he has taken care of for
years families that had met some mis-.
fortune and that would either have
<arved or become public charges had
not Mr.. Rockefeller stepped in, furnish
ed medical attention wherever 1t was
needed. purchased provisions, fuel and
clothing and supplied every want.
Last year Mr. Rockefeller bought a
parcel of property and added it TO his
estate. On 1t was house occupied by
a man named Mcintyre, a Scotchman.
who had a wife and five children. Nc
Intyre fell sick, lost his position, and
the condition of the family became des-
perate. Several of the children be.
came i'll from lack of nourishment and
neglect, and the matter was finally
called TO Mr.. Rockefeller's attention.
1t was l who mentioned 1t 10 him in Il
casual way.
GO to them at once, he said to me.
and see that they get everything they
need. Then report to me-.
Il told him that aside from food they
were most in need of physician. Mr..
Rockefeller sent to New York for the
best doctors he could obtain, and he
rarad for ,