The San Francisco call., 1906-04-17
THE LIMITATION OF FORTUNES.

II HE growth of Rockeelers wealth and of great
stimulating of such accumua
The New Times started symposium upon the subject
which OF all classes invited contribute When the
published expected that guidance public
opinion in diverse will given.
The history OF the past furnishes cew a solution of the
problem The nations OF antiquity which great fortunes
made and the forms OF government under which they were accuu
lated differed widely from their that
light from analogy Those nations passed away either by internal
by left
guess upon revolution
what extent temptation to the invader or how much
responsible for the weakness of defense. Getting little
light past work the problem for ourselves
II has been accepted generalization that wealth and its
power nnca This being wealth stands
destroying protects growth and
makes possible its enjoyment.
Just President Roosevelt under discussion because he
gests system shall limitation the
seem fiat this is IN line With Terson ideal abou entail and pr
mognure In Jeerson day the prominent form of wealth
landed Under the system inherited by the colonies from
Great Britain these estates descended to the eldest son and were
naenabe by entail Jefferson abolished that system in Vr
gna compelled the equal division wealth land among
the members of family and permitted them ALLEVIATE
example Virginia followed by the of the
country and equal inheritance and ALLEVIATE have become
familiar that but few think of the that made them
In view of this quite possible that an application Jefer
of wealth
much of 1t the usual thing de
supposed now to have reached billion dollars But 1t known
few that he has given much troubled thought Indeed
said that the problem presses upon him hard does upon
se who are appalled, by the prospect OF unchecked accretons to
his fortune
The President accused the politicians sounding
1908 Others charge him with undue fear of the growing
of socialism Still others declare that his proposition itself
socasc. We do not accept of these conclusions The
of such fortunes Rockefeer the and
Of the people may well the octude of Surely
The President OF the republic should dumb the
that soCtude. If public the socialc solution
that everything everybody and the of the republic be
IN the hands OF the equazer who the conscaon and d
vision Of all property Rockefeller will be only individual su
policy The weight upon the
millions small property holders whose thrift gained
uces their reasonable These will
division with the thftless and idle who have made acctmula
tiQns all.
attacking and ascribng sinister mo-
his will be we'll upon thorough
animation OF the that he has put focus One result
renewal OF the discussion OF Circumstances
submitted Great Britain without question
has made payment habit In this country different
always accustomed taxation the by which
income, cheeruy paid Beyond
they inquiry the they make
That has always been their feeling Has
During the Civil War had the income the press
full disputes accusations of and charges of
The attack that Mr.. Tden his party 1876
eVadd his share OF the of
fighting life Steps reopen his
OF income and there threats of prosecution Nothing
and the charges having served their partisan purpose
permitted be forgotten.
In the present discussion there very interesting
bliy 1t is that Mr. Rockefeller himself
position has become angular public sentiment and he has beer
long subjected eXecraton that believed he has that
might the Mr.. Carnegie also be
record in the expression that dsgraceu
President evidently desires find solution
individual enterprise industry
people from rushing into the revolution that openly promoted
by leading socialists In such revolution
that all property will be involved The French revolution
definition OF the arsocrat.
the landed nobility, and last
Of shirts.