Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-15
JOHN D. r.. HAS NO FRIENDS.
SO Says Brother Frank-Sidelights
On High Finance.


Is the most lonesome man in all the
world; there is no man who walks
the earth that he can call his real
friend" Frank Rockefeller, of Belvi-
dere, Cleveland and New York, is
quoted as saying
| Rockefeller is spending some time
at his big ranch near here, where he
| comes every winter for a few weeks
vacation. He is a brother Of John
| ID. and william Rockefeller, who has
been leading the government chase
which has now ended, as a witness,
and was for twenty years general
field man for Standard Oil. His 15,-
000-acre ranch in this county is call
ed "Rockefeller's million-dollar play
thing"
"Id rather live on 15O-acre
Western homestead, with a home
steader's usual fare, than live like
John d. does in his palaces. He's the
most lonesome man on the face Of the
earth. He can call no man friend"
continued Frank Rockefeller.
Says John ID. is Ostracizcd.
John D." he is quoted as remark
ing, "has been relegated to the back
ground by all the big business men
with whom he once did business.
None Of them will have anything to
do with him. They don't like his
way Of doing business.
Anyway, brother William is worth
80 per cent more none. than John
d. is, but people don't know it. John
ID. hasn't reinvested his money for
many years and is practically out Of
the game. lie has the income of his
investments, but nothing more. Will
liam invests and reinvests, and to-
day is worth one-half again as much
as John D."
Frank Rockefeller is seventy, as
straight as an arrow, weighs PIT
pounds ard is an athlete. Regard
less Of his appearance while in New
York Or Cleveland, when in Kansas
Mr.. Rockt Her looks just like an
ordinary rancher. And he acts like
one, too. He can ride any hurse on
the ranch; he can out swear any cow
boy on the place and he can use as
much tobacco in a day as the next
man can.
His Financial Views.
Rockefeller talks very Interesting
ly Of the financial problems Of the
day.
The greatest question is the
trusts, and how to handle them," he
says. The problem cannot be solved
by Congress, because the individual
members are not broad enough. 1t
must be solved by a body OF men
with commercial training.
For instance: The Beef trust is
controlled by one Of the smartest sets
of men in the country. And the gov
ernment sent jim Garfield to investi-
gate them. Garfield was bright
enough, but he had no commercial
training. Everybody knows the re-
suit. Nothing of value was gained.
THE suit against Standard Oil was
complete failure. The proper
method was not employed. The oil
interests are stronger to-day than be-
fore the dissolution, and they occupy
position Of power they never dream
ed Of before the court order dissolved
the combination.
Regulating the Trusts.
Before, there was just one COM
petitor for the independents to fight
Now there are "a competitors all
working together. And all because
some one blundered. The only di-
rect and immediate result was that
the oil interests cleaned up $1SO,0O0,-
600 in a jiffy.
"A similar blunder was made in
the Tobacco case, and the Tobacco
people made $90,0OO,O0O in short
order
Big men must meet big men. A
body of men with commercial train
ing would know just how to go about
this business, but men of the caliber
now working upon these cases will
scarcely do the country any good
They know the end they desire to
reach, but they don't know the road
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