The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-09
ROCKEFELLER'S WIDE NAME.
Interest in Oil King Extends All Over
the World.

A New York dispatch to the Phia-
delphia Ledger says:
Everybody in Europe, from empe-
rors and kings and presidents down
to the humblest Of peasants, knows
John d. Rockefeller by reputation.
This is the information brought back
by c. n. Doubleday, of Doubleday,
Page & Co., who went abroad several
weeks ago to arrange for the stimuli
taneous publication Of the Rockefeller
autobiography in England, Germany,
France, Spain, Itay, Austria, Hun
gary, Russia, Norway, Sweden, BEL
GUM. Switzerland, South Africa and
Holland.
Il was very much surprised" said
Mr. Doubleday, when 1 got to Europe
to find what great interest Europeans
generally have in everything that per-
tains to John d. Rockefeller.
zone very funny thing, if it may be
expressed that way, was the great de-
sire on the part Of every one that /
talked with to obtain a photograph of
the little house in this State where
John D. Rockefeller was born. Luck
i'y, was able to accommodate them.
When they had seen the photograph
Of the Rockefeller birthplace they
wanted to see the big Standard Oil
building in lower Broadway. It was
interesting to study them when they
saw the contrast between these two
pictures and the story that they told.
Mr.. Rockefeller's present home was
also a matter Of great interest to
them. and here again they were i'm
mensely impressed with the contrast
1t made with the house Of his birth.
I'm England the people were great
~ interested in Mr.. Rockefeller as a
man and his great gifts to pnilan-
thropic and educational institutions,
and they wanted to know what sort of
a man it is that can give these huge
sums.
II find that the stories which from
time to time have appeared in this
country. and which have 80 severely
criticised Mr.. Rockefeller, have not
as a rule penetrated other countries.
They only know him as the man who
has built up an immense business all
over the world. In other words, I
found that the name Rockefeller is
synonymous with oil everywhere"
In the Worlds Work for September
Mr.. Doubleday conveys his personal
impression Of Mr.. Rockefeller.
Under the caption, "Mr. Rockefel-
Ter on Business Morals" Mr.. Double
day gives the following expression Of
Mr.. Rockefeller in reply to the popu-
lar notion that Mr.. Rockefeller built
up for himself by pulling down others.
piling his edifice on their ruins:
1T would have been impossible to
make success by depressing people.
Big men who do things in a large and
effective way cannot be oppressed;
they may suffer a temporary disad-
vantage. and one might make a tenn
porary profit by pushing them at such
time,, but it would be only for
time.
II never was so foolish as to follow
these tactics; wanted abe men to
work with me and not agcinst me. I
tried to make friends OF these men.
and II l bad rot succeeded in getting
their friendship the whole plant Of
the Standard Oil Company would have
fallen to the ground. admit I tried
to attract only the able men: have
always had as little as possible to do
with dull business men.
LET US 90 step further and sup
pose that not only by getting rebates
from the railroads on our own pro-
ducts. but on the products of others
as well had ruined these able men
and forced them to come In with me.
Could any man alive develop from
such material the esprit de corps
which even our enemies admit we
have always possessed? Perhaps you
say, after being so near ruin, man
will go in with anybody who will
show him a way out. This can onl,
be answered by the personnel Of our
company. Strong men, who had been
ruthlessly shorn Of their self respect
would not fer thirty years work in
harmony and build up a great busi-
ness. The thing Is inconceivable.
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