Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-30
TAFT WILL RETIRE NEXT WEDNESDAY
He Will Be Succeeded on July by General Luke E.
 Wright

NEW YORK, June 29-John D. Rockefeller is writing a series of au- tobiographical sketches of his life and
 business interests which, as he will state in his introduction to the pub lished work. is designed ito shed light on matters that have been somewhat discussed"
 The Worlds Work, which is to pub fish this series, will make an editor ial announcement of the scope and character of Mir. Rockefeller's conrri-
 button to contemporaneous biography
 in it's July number, which will be put out tomorrow.
 Some Random "Reminiscences of
 Men and Events" is the title of Mir Rockefeller's forthcoming autobio- graphy It will begin in the October number of the magazine and run for six issues. One of the editors of the publication said that his stan had been working with MT. Rockefeller over the articles for the last three
 months, and the author had taken
 much pains in revising and rewriting
 the proofs of his contribution.
 Will Give Motive of Work. The series is about all written now. said the editor of Worlds Work, and
 Mir. Rockefeller has given his final ap-
 proyal to the portions first to De pup lished.
 In his openlng article MT. Rocke- feller will state frankly the motives
 which led him to give to the public
 his own views upon much O. his busi- ness life which had heretofore been
 a subject of comment by others. 'I have come to sec" his first ar ticle will say in the introduction. that if my family and friends want ] a record of the things which may shed light on matters that have been 1 somewhat discussed, it is right that I should yield to their advice, and in
 this informal way go over again some
 of the events which have made life
 interesting to me-
 To Tell Little of Boyhood. Mir. Rockefeller's articles will not follow the close line of autobiographi. cal sequence. Of his boyhood and early life he will have little to write. nor does his series adhere strictly to consecutive narration of events. He will discuss his knowledge and
 appreciation of golf and of travel, as
 well as what he thinks of the Stand ard Oil company as a model of exc
 cutive perfection.
 Much of what he writes has to do with an appreciation of the men who | joined with him in building up the company, and he will not overlook l an appraisement of many others in I public life who have in one way or another come into business or person al relations with him.
 ! To Show How Standard Was Born. In the opening chapters of his con- | tribution MT. Rockefeller will tell of | the first hazards that surrounded ven | lures into the oil trade and recount ! the history of the first amalgamations i of the oil refineries into what has be- come the Standard company. In writing of the latter phase of the Standards business and the long i struggle between the company and ] the courts the retired head of the trust will discuss frankly. so it is said by the editors of Worlds Work, | the question of rebating. the ethics
 of forcing smaller competitors out of
 business, and the principles of rail 1 road control and economy of energy
 and materials.
 1 Shows Real Humor in Story. 1 Several abstract discussions will be | included in MT. Rockefeller's series
 of articles He will have something | to say on the philosophy and conduct
 of business in general, and will give high praise to the integrity and ear nestness of the American business man.
 On the subject of philanthropy he
 will expound his ideas about giving 1 effectively, and set forth his stand
 ards for efficient charity.
 The author of the "reminiscences ! will not omit some of his personal
 foibles. He will tell why he takes pleasure in road building, surveying, tree planting and golf.
 The latter sport he believes to be
 a great training in the moral law. It is said by the publishers of the series that Mir Rockefeller exhibits through out a quality with which he has never
 been credited by his several biograph- ers-real humor.