The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-01-08
life IS A ILL.,
FOR RICH BROTHER
Says Frank Rockefeller
Of Oil Magnate.
HE IS AFRAID OF K|ONAPERs
John DIS Brother Talks Op.
emily About the Standard
Oils Business.
ALL DOES NOT TURN TO GOLD

Belvidere, Kan, Jan. 2.-"Tha
brother of mine, John d. Rockefel
Ter, is the most lonesome man i
the world. There is no man VIII
walks the earth he can call his rea
friend"
This was the statement made to
day by Frank Rockefeller, of Cleve
land and New York, who is spend
ing some time at his big ranch nea
Belvidere, where he comes ever.
winter for few weeks vacation
For 20 years he has been genera
field man for the Standard Oil Com
pany. His 15,000-acre ranch il
this county is called Rockefeller
$1,O0O.O00 plaything."
I'D rather live on a 150-acr,
Western homestead, with a home.
steader's usual farm, than live like
John ID. does in his palaces. He's
living in a regular HI. He's the
niOol iOhtbOlhC man Ol tht law vi
the earth. He can call no mar
friend
John d. has been relegated to
the background by all the big bust
ness men with whom he once did
business. None of them will have
anything to do with him. They
don't like his ways of doing bust
ness. Brother William is worth sc
per cent more money than John D..
but the people don't know it. John
ID. hasn't invested his money for
many years and is practically out
of the game. He has the income OF
his investments, but nothing more
William invests and reinvests and
to-day is worth one half again as
much as John d.
John ID. is afraid of being kid
naped and held for ransom. He
never stirs without his guards. If
he goes from his house only a few
steps, there are several armed men
with him or standing at windows
with their eyes on him. He always
is afraid kidnapers are after him.
Years ago he attempted to stop me
from going hunting for fear would
be kidnapped and he would be called
upon to pay the ransom. 1t S a reg
ular mania with him now"
Frank Rockefeller is 20 years
old, straight as an arrow, weighs
217 pounds and is an athlete. Re-
gardless of his appearance while in
New York or Cleveland, when in
Kansas he looks just like an ordi-
nary rancher. And he acts like
one, too. He can ride any horse on
the ranch, he can outswear a.y
cowboy on the place, and he can
chew as much tobacco in a day as
the next man. He doesn't mind
asking for a Chew" from any
puncher, and he will as readily give
one to any of the boys.
Rockefeller talks Interestingly of
the financial problems of the lay.
The greatest question is the
trusts and how TO handle them" he
says. THE problem cannot be
solved by Congress, because the in
dividual members are not broad
enough. 1t must be solved by
body of men with commercial train
ing.
For instance, the beef trust is
by one of the smartest
sets of men in the country. And
the Government sent Jim Garfield
to investigate them. Garfield was
bright enough, but he had no COM
training. Everybody
knows the result. Nothing of value
was gained.
THE suit against the Standard
Oil Company was a complete fail
nre. The oil interests are stronger
.o-day than before the dissolution
and they occupy a position of power
hey never dreamed of before the
Court order dissolved the combina-
ion. Before there was just one
for the independents to
light. Now there are "a competi-
ors. all working together. And all
because some one blundered. The
My direct and immediate result
vas that the oil interests cleaned
Up 100000 in a jiffy.
"A similar blunder was made In
he tobacco case and the tobacco |
eople made $100,000,00 in short
rider. Big men must meet big
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