The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-20
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from "A state exchange. is similar ("
several on The same subject that have
appeared:
Some OF the newspaper boys arc
stating that they hav received q long
communication from John G. Rookie
Teller. Jr., asking that same be pub
lishcd gratis. The communication is
some new uplifting 60 scheme from
the scion OF the Standard Oil COM
rany. The newspaper boys buying
gasoline to operate their engines will
no doubt fall all over themselves in an
%cndeavor to concedc to the wishes of
John D.. Jr."
The old saving about the rich man
and the needles eye is tolcrabiy fam
i'iar. sud in these later days it is
tolerably hard for u rich man to do
anything without being jumped OH by
somebody.
1t is assumed that the 'long COM
municalion" from the younger Rookie
Teller was one transmitting a sum-
mary of tho findings of tho vice inNes-
tisation instituted by MIR. Rockefeller.
carried on under his direction. and the
ii that is the matter referred to the
filing contained in the quoted para
graph is entirely %uncalled for and I'M
Just. The letter accompanying the
report in question contained no re-
quest for publication, gratis or other
,,;-o al~to;~-L <LD lt-%;-.< sane,
ment that the matter was sent for the
information of the editor, to be given
n attention and made the subject
of any that the editor
thought fitting. The communication
was entirely courteous and the article
had not the remotest connection with
The oil business or any other business
i'll which either the sender or anybody
else is engaged. 1t advertised nothing,
boosted nobo6v's business, and had il,
been published III every paper In the
land no mans business could nave
benefited by such publication. And
yet the sender is denounced for seek
ing To get a lot of free advertising.
Verify the pathway of the rich mar
l. Il rocky one.
Some OF our editors are apparently
unable to distinguish between that
which is graft inc what isn't. There
are agencies INC individuals all over
the country seeking to obtain free adj
Ncrtising for their own business or the
business of their clients. They send
ont oGyarfjSir, r,,Yfar. IL, Ill Govt. g
Euises. "ometimes the advertising is
rather skillfully disguised and made to
appear as legitimate news. Sometimes
the work is so coarsely done that the
advertising label stands out clear and
distinct all over the article. In either
case the work is that of the CRATER
who is seeking to get something for
nothing. and very often he gets it. for
an immense quantity of the matter SO
submitted gets i:to print.
The Rockefeller case. however. he
longs in a class of another sort. Mr..
Rockefeller had become interested in
certain conditions which were said to
prevail in New York city. He caused
- partial investigation to be made. and
tho results so interested him that he
had the work prosecuted in n moro
thorough and comprehensive manner,
Tho work was done by capable men,
and it is generally believed to have
been well done. Its results were made
public by means of published reports
and in other ways. and without aues-
ton the facts collected by that com-
mission will be used in reference and
as the basis for further work TO,
many years. Presumably the man re.
sponsible for the work believed tina,
if 1t was worth while to do it 1t was
worth while to make the facts acces.
sible to others outside of the CITY OF
New York. Doubtless that account.
for the sending of copies of the re.
port even into territory where the i'm.
mediate interest in the Investigation
would be very slight. But no reouest:
were made of those receiving thes,
copies. and every recipient WAS GER
tainly at perfect liberty to do as h.
pleased as to publishing or comment
ing on Il contents. Yet, because h,
Is u rich man. II connected Will
the Standard Oil company, which i
an unpopular institution, he is charge,
with trying to beat the country paper
out Of the price Of a little free ad
vertising which could have done hin
no earthly good if he had got it.
Moral: If you insist on bccomin,
rich. begin early To grow Il thick skin