The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-20
MASK FOR STANDARD OIL
Hartman May Handle Big Deals for
ROcI1efeile.' and Rogers.

Wall street is where Hartman is
best known and where the shrewdest
estimates of the man emanate- But
even in Wall street they cannot tell you
of a certainty whether Hartman is
Hartman or only the mask of stand
ard Oil.
1t is said that his courage lies in the
fact that he has the Standard Oil at
his back and that he never takes up
campaign unless it has first been con-
sidered from all viewpoints and sane
toned by No. 26 Broadway.
If that is true. it means thai Nct
only the Hartman intellect ans. @5O~A-
etbook and the purse of Kuhn. Loeb
& Co. his bankers. are behind him
but the treasure chest of the Stand
ard OIL group and the resourceful in
genuity of Rogers, Rockefeller, and
their band of financial tacticians-
Backed by Standard Oil.
In fact, it is asserted that all the
great moves of Hartman, since he
electrified the financial eenters of the
world in the spring Of 1901 by waging
war upon J. PierpOnt Morgan for the
possession Of the Northern Pacific
road. thereby bringing about the cor
ner and panic Of May that year, were
really the moves of Standard Oil Har-
riman is only the Standard Oil dis
guised. these men declare. Rogers and
Rock efeller no longer believe it policy
to figure in the open, SO Hartman goes
to the front and does the work
That's the way some men look at il.
They ask where on earth could he get
all the millions to carry on his schemes
if Rogers and Rockefeller were not be-
hind Him His supply seems inexhaus-
tible. He no sooner accom- plishes some
great enterprise than he imme diateiy
pitches in and takes up something
bigger.
A few weeks ago. for instance, he
bought up all the electrici light, power
and railways of Salt Lake City, which
from their inception had been owned
by the Mormon church. This was
deal which required a cash outlay of
Incidental. mere bagatele, which
probably didn't even ripple the surface
of the Hartman resources.
Even Counts Postage Stamps.
A veteran of the street giving an es-
innate of Harriman's personality since
he achieved his grea test successes
said:
Success has made considerable of
a change in f. H. Harrimans dispo-
sition. From a mild hammered, soft
spoken man he has developed into
brusaue. dictatorial even brutal,
manipulation of meI.-a veritable mar
tinet. He has quarreled with a score
of high-salaried subordinates because
ne viii tolerate no independence of
thought or back talk. Work is his
fad. and he bOthers by looking into
every detail.
Railroad men say the reason Har-
riman could not get along with Horace
G. Burt as president of the Union Pa
cifc was because Hartman insisted on
counting the postage stamps used in
the cOmpany's business"
Dances Highland Fling.
In Wall street there are afioat plen-
ty of anecdotes Illustrating the per-
sonality of the man in later years
Whenever the impenetra BILE reserve of
the fnaucier is mentioned the story is
invariably told of the only time on rec
ord when Hartman ever showed any
animation in public 1t was in the
fall OF 1903, when the great Lucin cut
off, pet project Of Harriman's, was
completed at Salt Lake City.
On this occasion Mr. Hartman
danced. Al the close of the ceremon-
les Mr.. Hartman. who had been grave
and digniied throughout. entered his
private car to leave the scene. The
band struck up Yankee DOODLE A
faint smile dawned on the Hartman
features and began to spread. Pres
entity he began to balance gracefully
and soon, in the midst of a circle of
ing the Highland fling in the most
abandoned style. Suddenly the band
stopped playing and Mr.. Hartman
gravely sat down
Takes HydrOtherapy Bath.
In the spring of this year Mr.. Harri-
man thought he was getting too nerv-
Gus from smoking cigars. and he went
to Lakewood to take the vapor bath
cure.
First they wrapped him in bandages
mp to his ears. then locked him in a
little cabinet with his head sticking
out. Steam was turned on in the cabi-
net and soon Hartman was stewing IN
q temperature of 202-
Say. what is this darn business -
he demanded. after he was nearly
cooked through.
This IS our famous hydrotherapy