New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
-opstont Reader Tells What He
1r;esed in Last Week's Papers.


..o,+ Tsea5er as the latter looked up from the
-, e5ition which he had been intently perusirg
Tho wealthy of America have been con-
ic,,ousIy in the public eye in the last few days.
,f,c1 has come 10 light in regard to the colossa
s.--,,-a of John d. Rockefeller. and more is
.fsa5 70 be forthcoming in the probing which
= tefne done in the government proceedings TO
s;ssclvo the Standard oil Company a trust.
NJ Rockefeller is shown 10 be the owner of one
so,,--b Of the nearly million shares of Standard
M stock which now listed on the market at
s..a q share. and have been worth nearly double
-, Al cne time the dividends amounted to looO
,e~ cent The enormous sums involved in the per
so,al property and income Of the wealthiest
q, rbe world arost stagger belief and go show
-,ef The estimate Of him a Millionaire is not a
,o-e fement OF the imagination. On this basis. his
fts for educational and charitable purposes which
-o-a1 more than s1eoOo0Oc0, would be just the
s-intu-al tithe or tenth Of his property; or, his
tn,ome from his Standard Oil stock for years.
on the basis upon which it has been figured since
1Soa Of an average Of SIC minute"
What other rich man has been before the public
IN the week2~
Why Andrew Carnegie who shares with Nr
Rockefeller the distinction Of being 2 most liberal
benefactor Of the public and whose wealth is reck
onea ny hundreds Of millions. has been telling the
citizens of Glasgow that New York City is well
governed municipality and has made wise provisions
for the future il the management Of civic affairs
L SURPRISED the residents Of this municipality
more than il did the thrifty Scotch burehers who
essaved experiments III municipal ownership and
reform They would have been more surprised
had they known that Nj Carnegie. through his
lawyers. trying have reduced excessive
The assessments on his property in little old
New York Another of wealth who has been
brought before the public in the week prominently
IS Henry H. Rogers long the right hand man of
Mr Rockefeller in the Standard OIL Company. The
statement that he was I'll 10 appear in court
tn q proceeding in Massachusetts without danger
Il his life { confirmation of reports that he
had suffered a stroke Of paralysis early in the
summer and had practically withdraw from active
participation in affairs in which he had long been
prominent Then the reports that II he
who had thrown large blocks of gilt edged stocks
on the market which SO unaccountaby depressed
prices and took the water out of many invest
rlenrs IN the so-called rich mems panic Still
later came revelations that Mr Rogers was heavily
involved the deepwater tideWater railroad
scheme in Virginia and that 70 per cent OF his
fortune had been devoted 10 this enterprise. the
success o. which is deemed chiuericaL on top Of
all This came the revelation that TO the credit Of
the name Of H Il. Rogers stood only 1900 shares
Of Standard Oil stock. 10 247o0 held by Mr. Rookie
feller. and that there are four other owners who
hold from three times as much as Nj.
Rogers Since Mr.. Rogers has been unable TO give
his attention TO the affairs Of the great trust as
formerly Nr Rockefeller. who retired to preserve
lis own health four years ago, has again renewed
his activity a degree but the younger men
have taken a much prominent part in the
affairs OF the colossal corporation of late than
previously
rs the President ready 10 resume his strenuous
Hte2"
Yes. His lorg vacation at Sycamore HiIl which
has only been vacation il the sense Of a change
Of work is and he is about to return to the
White House. whence he will journey West After
taking part in the dedication of the Mckinley
memorial at Canton, Ohio. he viii go the Mis-
sissippi Valley and join the members Of the In
ternai Waterway Commission at Keokuk. Iowa.
OF October :. and then go down the Father of
Waters 10 Memphis From that point he proposes
make his annual hunting expedition. and will
spend two weeks and half in the canebrakes OF
Louisiana hunting bears peccaTies. deer wildcats
and squirrels in the almost impossible sWamps.
Then he 1il return 70 Memphis and make speeches
at Vicksburg. Nashville and Hermitage Tenn, be-
fore going back 70 Washington
"A thrill OF alarm was created il all parts Of the
country by the reports that the only living ex-
President, Grover Cleveland, in precarious
state Of health but the first statements proved 10
Be exaggerated. although his condition has been
such that he remained at his home in Princeton
al summer. instead OF going. had been his Gus
ton IN recent years, 70 Bu2zard Eay and ne
gravated by failure 20 comply with his physicians
President there are three ex-Eice- Presidents who
Merton u ho e is eIghtyttree if Years oid Adiai E
Stevenson vho is eleven years younger; and
President ard ex-V!ce-President just as John
Adams. Thomas JEFFERSON Martin Van Buren,
John Ty-ler Milard Fillmore Andrew johnson and
Chester A Arthur were
Governor Hughes has resumed his talks TO farm
srs ane others at great gatherings up ne state and
& 6ST 0Sy @ programme m & IgT e ee the rev ~
popular enthusiasm for him. The name Of Straight
his admirers who added that a straight line was
the shortest distance between two POINTS, as for
tod cnc Of his audiences that in his widest youth
fGl dreams the idea of ever being Governor never
hsc mini and EG safe tn he ~
being President. New Jersey is TO elect chief
executive this fall. and the candidates have been
Franklin Fort, and tho Democrats Frank Katzen-
bach i is curious that New jersey had Gov
ernor. George Franklin Fort. in 1S5i-'5i, and the
Is ne9 I0T the fe R bobev of ff % Tgaded by hs
TRENDS As for his opponent There ar are are sTeadg
TANNER
The peace congress is dragging along its inutile
for October 5. with recommending that another
meeting be held in 1915, when the Carnegie Peace
anything more will be done for the peace Of the
world By that time is of the secrets Of the
future. The efforts to secure a permanent court
ot arbitration do not promise success. and the re
strtcton in The use of mines which would prevent
danger 10 peaceful commerce have failed Even
the optimistic Mr. Choate only that he be
leyes seed has been planted which will produce
fruit in the future. and that on the whole, the
One of The feafres of the week was the utierance
Of q Russian delegate that Japan. the enemy OF
friend. General Luke L. Wright, former Governor
General of the Philippines. says Japan is the
friend and the foe of this country The racial
differences AT Vancouver not expected TO IN
terrUpt the amicab bic relations OF Great Britain and
the island Empire Of the East The disaster TO the
Japanese batGleship Ksshima involving the loss or
thirty-one lives and similar 10 those on our battle
Ships. hes called forth many expressions OF ma
tonsl svnpathy loss of lives in time OF peace
u the big fighting machines seems more dreadful
than il they we're given for their country In time
Of conflict.
The popular interest in the big liner Lusitanis.
which is English even If her name is Portuguese.
was shown in the fact that six thousand passes
% visit insufficient II supply the dena nd.
and many other thousands Of persons had 10 be
satisfied with view of her exterior While she