The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-07-17
Mr.. Rockfellsrs Philosophy.

On the day after he had given away
another tl0,000,0OO, Mr.. Rockefeller
talked with a reporter about his phil.
osophy Of living. lie said that making
money Is not the main thing. Doubt.
less II In not, 10 q nan who has made
enough money to begin giving Il away.
The philosophy In the observation Is
the philosophy Of n man who has
reached that point, who knows that he
Is there, and who Ia letting the world
know that he knows II. Such a man
can feel his philosophy but can not
speak II In the plain terms necessary to
make II understood. A man who has
reached the point whore be can afford to
give away 30 cents can not speak as
much Of this hne philosophy as he feels.
The man who can afford TO give away
$l20,0OO,OO0 can not afford to speak
any of IL. The one can afford TO loose
his 80 cents better than he can afford to
call attention to his loss. The other can
afford to loose his tl20,000,0OO better
than he can poin, his philosophy about
the vanity Of money getting by Of.
fering himself as a personal illustration
Of the JOY OF giving.
Here a question arises. "The JOY Of
giving is u relative expression. There
is doubtless more Joy in giving ti2o,.
900, whom there IL half . billion
left in the bank, than there Is In giving
80 cents out Of a dollar and q quarter,
though the percentage is approximately
the same in each case. We are not told
IN the Scripture story that the widow
who contributed the mite got much joy
out Of the performance. We have every
reason for believing that she suffered
pangs in the performance Of what abe
felt to be a religious duty, and the Bible,
true to Its concisene's in narration,
does not follow the story to show us that
after the contribution OF her mite, her
luck turned, and things began to come
easy for her. We are left to infer that
she had to shiver because Of her sac
rifce, but that her money was drawing
an interest rate which would eventually
lead her to 30 much gold that she would
have to walk on IL, in golden streets, In
going to the golden ramparts which, ac'
cording to Jonothan Edwards, the
| righteous who SILVER in this life will
look down with increased enjoyment,
upon those who are looking for al al
teratiye which can bring on q chill.
The case Of Mr.. Roc kfeller Is made much
clearer for US. The reporter found him
on the goiY links, radiating Joy and
good cheer, and bubbling over with re-
peated assurances that tho work Of q
man is not to pile up money for him
self but to mako himself and his work
useful to his fellow men.
II would not be lair to ask If Mr.,
Rockefeller would give away 80 cents
IL the total sun Of his holdings was a
dollar and n quarter. II Is fairer and
will be found better for mankind, 70
spread his philosophy Of the duty Of a
man to use his money to promote the
interest aud welfare Of his fellows
whom he hnds that he has money to
spare. Only a deep philosophy can ever
bring a man to the place where he will
feel that he has money to spare. With
ont such u philosophy a man could pile
up wealth 4 hundred times as great a.
that Of Rockefeller now, and the powers
Of concentration Of purpose needed "a
do II would react eventually upon his
nervous organization, giving him hal
~Iucinations Of possible loss and poverty
making the philosophy Of seeing things
in their just proportions impossible to
him. Mr.. Rockefeller may have stood
at one time in tho borderland between
philosophy and pessimism. 1t must
have been at that time no sat for the
photographs which Miss Ida Tarbel
has since printed. II may have beer
the sight OF one Of these which gave
him philosophy, that sublimation OF
all the sciences and golden cloud which
bears the soul to heaven. They wer,
bad enough to nov any man, Of whom
they might be ILLNESSES, to pay some
thing for getting away from himself
Mr.. Rockefeller has paid the price anC
now he is getting away. His cheek IL
ruddy, his eye bright, his movements
quick and active, and he a play
golf in ways To win from athletic younl
persons who never preach to him abouI
the wiodow's mite. His philosophy /
u wise one, aud we have no doubt 1t vii
be approved by boards of directors Of
many eloemOsynary and educational In
stitutions in hope and need Of bequestI
or endowments.-Globe Democrat.