Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-13

er. rather than a proprietor. But any
4 values to me-"
The grocery. man may not feel 1t
| if the coal business liz bad, or the
wheat grower suffers. or if the rain.
| roads lose, but the man with wider in.
trests feels phase Of depression l do
not mean that am in the grocery or
coal, or wheat business, but | am
using this illustration. It is fact that
hardly any sort of business can expert.
ence dull times without loss to me. 1t
should be plain, then, that / have the
best right to be anxious for good times
all around. Would permit, then, any
harm to come to any line Of business
if could help it?
| Harnessed to Peoples Cart.
| II am harnessed to cart in which
the public ride" continued Mr.. Rookie
Teller. Whether l like it or not 1
must work for the rest. cannot evade
this responsibility If | would. But |
do not complain of this. I am willing
to draw my share of the load as long
as am able"
"The first step I took" he said,
meant obligating myself to working
men who henceforward looked to me
for employment and to investors who
put in Their money and looked to me
for results. At every step forward the
load was heavier. The worzingmen
numbered a few score first, then a few
hundreds, then thousands.
There was similar increase in
the number of investors who could
help me to account. While worked
for myself, | had to work for them,
whether or not
To-day, retired from active business
retired, that is, from business for
myself-the capital have invested
makes work for thousands and opens
opportunities for thousands of others
to place their savings profitably. No
man with money can escape this re-
sponsibility, or loosen this yoke from
his neck
1--WE are servants, and no masters,
We who are or have been engaged IN
large business affairs. 1t is to our VI
that the people prosper. They can
destroy us, or our business, or, at
least, destroy our power of serving
them. We would probably suffer the
least.
1.-The richest man can eat but three
meals day, anu it does not take a
fortune to dress very well indeed or
to provide real luxury in living.
Tolls for Love of 1t.
1.-THE natural ambition of every man
to make good provision for his family
can be satisfied far short of the point
reached by the big men of the in
dustrial world Of today. But they con-
tinue to toll at their desks because
they love achievement, for the keen
delight in creating where nothing was.
and some time l believe people will be
convinced that they are toiling for
love Of country as well"
When it comes to the attacks upon
him and his associates Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter shows himself the philosopher.
He does not pretend to like the as
saults, nor does he pretend to naughty
Indifference, and he is not affectedly
flippant in his comments.
But he is not bitter toward those
who assail him. He says it is a n1isun-
Outstanding that will right itself in
time. He frankly regrets it, but he
he considers the danger Of losing a
good opportunity to capture the LAO
of the world than over the personal
phase Of the attacks.
I'VE are proud OF oar national sense
Of good humor," he said. IF we must
have little family jars among ourselves
why should we let the outside world
laugh at our angry faces. Why should
we waste the energy we need to build
up the country in tearing each other
to pieces? If evils have crept in dur
ing the periods Of marvellous develop
ment since the civil war, and it is not
impossible that some few have crept
in, can we not do away with them
without destroying the whole fabric?
Admitting, for the sake of argu-
ment, that the business world is pa
tient that needs medical treatment,
must it be said of the result that the
operation was successful, but the pa
tient died?'
Won't Expatriate Himself.
Mr.. Rockefeller was asked why he
did not run away from the hue and
cry that pursued him. He laughed.
Perhaps because my favorite music
is Yankee Doodle" he suggested.
Then, more gravely:
II suppose l might have conveyed
my interests into gold at one time and
have taken my money to England or
some pleasant part of Europe wherer
life Is organized to make things COM
Portable for the man with money to
spend. But, do you know, that way of
escape from the responsibilities and
endorsements that wealth brings to
an American never occurred to me. The
United States cannot develop enough
drawbacks to make me lose the feel
ing that therer is no place like home,
and that this is home in what firmly
believe Is the greatest country Of the
world"
BoNAPARTE.