The Washington herald., 1907-03-03
FACTS ABOUT ROCKEFELLER
Not Difficult to Get Them Nowadays
at Standard Oil Building.
Some Information Recently Given
Out There-JOhn DIS wealth
Compared with Others.

There has recently been change in
the attitude toward information seekers
at Is Broadway. says the New York
Times. Time was when a reporter sent
TO obtain news at the Standard Oil Build
ing went there feeling that he was about
as certain Of getting a reply TO his ques-
tions as he would have been had he asked
them about the Sphinx.
But now an inquiring visitor at the
Standard oil Building is almost vel
coined. And particularly II he seeks in
formation about Mr.. Rockefeller he is
more likely to get an answer than II his
query concerned the business Of the COM
pany.
Indeed facts about Mr.. Rockefeller have
been distributed literally in the last few
months. Mr. Gates has been willing to
answer almost any question about Mr..
Rockefeller that might be asked. That
1Ir. Rockefeller isn't the Standard Oil
Company, that he retired many years
ago; that he has no part whatever in the
conduct OF the affairs Of the company
and has not had for q long. long time;
that ne has not been in the building AT
g Broadway for ten years; that he de-
sires TO live quietly. enjoying the simple
pleasures OF which he is so fond and al
The same time do the most good to the
greatest number of persons that a judi
cious expenditure Of his money Will allow
all these statements have come from q
Broadway. Now comes the information.
repeated from his own lips, as TO the size
OF his fortune and of his income. All this
means. according to friends Of Mr.. Rookie
teller, that he believes he has been mis-
understood long enough and wishes i'm his
lifetime to correct the public estimate OF
him
The statement of Mr.. Rockefeller him
SELF as 20 the size of his fortune brings
it down to within hailing distance OF
those of several other Americans though
1T stIll stands above all others. accord
ing 10 the latest estimates As com
pared with Mr.. ROCkefeller's $500. 600 600.
Andrew Carnegie is reputed 10 have 1885,
c1GJJ, Mrs. Anna Walker. OF Philadel-
phia, $l30,o000J3, and James J. Hill, $780,
CJ.Uo. This estimate Of Mr. Hills for
tune does not take into account the ore
lands which Mr.. Hin acquired recently.
and which be is said 10 have given TO
the stockholders of his companies.
Sevcral estates approximate Sl01 G00. 900.
including those of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Marshall Field and the GOelets William
Waldorf Astor's Inheritance was s1JJ, 005. 20
900; John Jacob Astor's S90009.000. and
William X. Vande-biit's. So 500.000 What
these fortunes amount 10 now has never
been dlvulged. Mrs. Russell Sage is said
to have $75.Oo0O5G. The fortune of the
Guggenheim brothers, including, Of
course. their great holdings Of mining
properties is said TO be about 500. 900. 600:
figures on their individual wealth are not
obtainable.
OF Mr.. Rockefeller's fortune Of $4,000
900 or SS0OOJ0,000 as estimated By himself.
he has given away nearly $9400J,J90. ac-
cording to The figures compiled from
various sources II seems that Mr.. Car
Eegic has given about as literally. in pro-
portion to his wealth. his total contribu-
tioDs 10 institutions being estimated at
S2S,T15000. which includes Sl5.C000)0 90 the
Carnegie Foundation TO provide pay for
superannuated college professors. Leland
Stanford gave $20,oo9,0G0 and Mrs Stan
ford Sl0O0C eco To Leland Stanford, Jr
University; Marshall Field gave Sl3.UJ.0D
FOR the Field Columbian Museum.