The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-21
The WEEKS TALK
IN NEW YORK CITY
Henry H. Rogers and the Late
Marshall Fled
TWO COMMERCIAL TYPES
Field Was Popular Rich Man-Ros-
ers Is Desplsed-The Keep Of
an Auto-PersonaI Tax
Farce.
RY sEWELL HAeeARp.

New York. January % -(speeial) THE
world knows little about Henry II. Rog-
ers. the man whom the supreme court
has commanded 10 tell the secrets of the
Standard OIL company in the litigation
brought against the trust by the state OF
Missouri The world of course, knows
him in name. It knows that he Is one
of the captains OF finance. but 1t IL not
acquainted with the real Rogers, the
man of whom Thomas w: Lawson, who
was once his business associate, said;
Away from the Intoxicating spell of
dollar making this remarkable man is
enc OF the most charming and lovable
beings | have ever encountered. a man
whom any man or woman would be proud
to have for brother, a man whom any
mother or father would give thanks for
as son, a man whom any woman would
be happy to know as her husband and a
man whom any boy or girl would rejoice
to call father.
"But once he passes under the baeful
influence of the machine he becomes
relentless, ravenous creature, pitiless as
a shark, knowing no law of God or man
in the execution of his purpose. Between
him and coveted dollars may come no
kindly human influences-all are thrust
aside their claims disregarded i'm min
istering to this strange, cannibalistic
money-hunger, which, in truth, grows by
what IL feeds upon
above all things. Henry H. Rogers is
a great actor. He knows the human ami
NAL from the soles of his feet to the
l..
blade to the breast bone, and like all
great actors he is not above getting down
to every part he plays"
He Is All Business.
For the most part Henry II. Rogers
keeps to himself. He is all business. He
occupies an office at Broadway, the head
quarters of the Standard Oil company
No one gets IN to see him unless his mis-
sion be something so important that COM
munication cannot be carried on through
underling. Some of Mr.. Rogers most
important matters are looked after by
his secretary, Miss X. !. Davis. known
one of the most accomplished business
women in Wall street. If any one outside
of a select few calls on Mr.. Rogers his
business must be explained TO Miss Har-
ris, and in ninety-ninne cases out of a
hundred she Is able to dispose of It, All
day Rogers is in his office and his even
ings he spends at home. Very few of
the millions of persons in New York have
met this man face to face-very few even
of the millionaires of Wall street where
he engineers deals involving fortunes
have had that pleasure. Most powers OF
finance go around the clubs in the even
Ing and thus have a chance to meet their
fellow millionaires but MOI so with Rog'
ara 10 nGtn n
thing.
Rogers is a business machine. The
shrewd. the cunning Rockefeller Is the
pilot who stands at the wheel and steer!
It Through the storms. Today he is th'
most important factor in that stupend
Gus organization. His methods are rather
odd looked at from the standpoint of the
willy. slippery, secretive business man
Rogers is astute. hut bold, aggressive anc
defiant. He Is not secretve In the sense
thet = diplomat would be. He does no
know how to parry a question. No par
leNinS with him. His answer Is a blum
mo. will not answer" as was showi
IN his exa'nination on the witness stant
by Attorney General Hadley of Missouri
The Standard gets all its aggressivenes
from Rogers and its methods of sly trick
cry from Rockefeller.
The Standards employes-those who
have been with the company long enough
to remember his management-lilxe Rock
efeller better than Rogers Rockefelle
was more considerate. less mereiless. III
Increased salaries sometimes. something
very rare under the Rogers regime Rock
efeller had board to manage this enc
of this business before which the en-
ployes could go once a year and present
their claims. When Rogers took the helm
this board was abolished. all such mat
tiers were referred to him and salaries
have remained stationary
Mark Twain His Friend.