The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-09
JOHN D. ENTERS
HIS 10Th YEAR
CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY ANN
vERSARY YESTERDAY ON
THE GOLF LINKS.
The ONLY MILLIONAIRE
In the History of the World--oiI King
Stands at Head of List OF
Rich Men in Making
Big Gifts.

Cleveland, Ohio, July S.-John ID
Rockefeller. Millionaire, monarch o
all the smaller Standard Oil potenta
ties and president OF the most power
full and resonrceful corporation in the
worlds history, celebrated his birth
day today. He enters upon his seven
tieth year the biblical three score
and ten apparently sounder and in
betetr health than ten years ago, and
with fair prospect Of reaching the
century mark. Mr.. Rockefeller is not
given to sentimentalism, nor is he in
the habit of feasting and revealing on
his birthdays or other festive occa-
sions. He invariably spends the ami
preferably on the golf links, the wea-
Their permitting and he made no eX-
certion this year
Ten or twelve years ago Mr. Rookie.
Teller declared his ambition in life
had ceased to be the accumulation of
the greatest human fortune Still in
constantly increasing ratio the dol
lars in the Rockefeller strong box
have piled up. Even if Mr.. Rockefel-
ler's worldwide reputation for beneyo-
lence to educational institutions, his
beneficence to the Baptist church his
keen insight into the underlying rea.
sons for human endeavor. his mastery
of men. do not make for him a place
in the gallery of great characters Of
the world. he viii 90 down into the
records as the first Millionaire since
its creation.
The original Rockefellers came
from the German Rhine provinces.
From settlement near Plainfield, n.
j.. four brothers, immigrants in the
middle Of the eighteenth century sen
arated and the branch from which
John ID. sprang. went to New England
His father was physician, who was
born In Connecticut, and who moved
to Oswego. Tioga county. New York,
where the worlds first Millionaire was
born in 1899. His parents moved to
Cleveland Ohio, while the son was
very young. He received a good com
mon school education
1t is fact that mir Rockefeller
stands at the head OF six or seven men
In the United States who have show
cred their wealth on charitable and
pbilanthropic undertakings. The Uni
versity Of Chicago stands at the heal
OF tho institutions which have re-
ceived large individual gifts from Mr..
Rockefeller. II has always been a
favorite with tho Standard Oil King
and the magnificent endoWments by
him have enabled that institution t.
develop with comparatively shor-
time. from a poor and rather In
efficient institution OF learning into
one of the finest universities of tn
country, modern in its methods, pro-
gressive and highly efficient as to rc-
suits.
II has been estimated that Mr.
Rockefeller, in addition to being the
head of the Oil trust, is the con
trolling Influence in more than fifty
banks and trust companies Of the
United States, and in sixty per cent
of the railroad corporations Of the ma
ticn: that the control Of the steel in
dustry is practically withia his GRASP
In addition to all that Mr. Rockefeller
is reputed TO be interested in about
five hundred other corporations It
is. Of course. extremely difficult to Oh
tain an even approximately correct
estimate of his wealth. In 1905 it was
estimated at s550.000O00. while at
present his wealth Is probably b.
tween 500 and 900 millions During
the last few years the annual increase
of his wealth was estimated at ab IT
sC5. 600 900 At this rate tho Rccfo-
Teller fortune would reach, ON lis
10Odth birthday. in l939the fabulous
total of nearly SOC, 900 .090.a dra~-
ing an income of about s95o0 a Sc
ond. This is more than many mil
lions of men ever accumulate in a
lifetime. Even in 1901, when Nj.
Rockefeller did not nave much more
than half a billion of dollars. his in