Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-08
Oil Combine Stronger Than
Ever Since Dissolution,
He Says.
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BELVIDERE, KANS., Jan. S-"That
brother Of mine. John d. Rockefeller. 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 Belvidere, 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 brother of John D. and William
Rockefeller who has been leading the
government chase which has now
ended, as witness, and was for twenty
years general field man for Standard
Oil. His 15.000-acre ranch in this
county is called 'Rockefeller's million
dollar plaything."
I'D rather live on a 15O-acre West
ern homestead, with homesteader'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
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 bust
ness
Anyway. brother William is worth
90 per cent more money than John ID.
is, but people don't know it. John ID.
hasn't retnvested 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 today is worth one half
again as much as John D.
Frank Rockefeller is seventy. as
straight as an arrow. weighs 217 pounds
and is an athlete. Regardless of his an
pearance while in New York or CIeye-
land, when in Kansas Mr. Rockefeller
looks just like an ordinary Kansas
rancher. And he acts like one, too. He
can ride any horse on the ranch: he
can out-swear any cowboy on the place
and he can use as much tobacco in a
day as the next man can.
His Financial Views.
Rockefeller talks very Interestingly
of the financial problems of the day
The greatest question is the trusts
and how to handle them" he saws THE
problem can not be solved by congress
because the individual members are NOT
broad enough. 1t must be solved bv
body of men with commercial training
For instance: The Beef trust is
nI mt coll cd nv
Of men in the country And the gov
eminent sent Jim Garfield to investi
gate them. Garfield was bright enough
but he had no commercial training
Everybody knows the result. Nothing
of value was gained
The suit against Standard Oil was
a complete failure The proper method
was not employed. The oil interests
are stronger today than before the dis
solution, and they occupy a position of
power they never dreamed Of before
the court order dissolved the combina
ton.
Before, there was just one competi- I
tor for the Independents to fight Now
there are "a competitors all working
together And all because some one
Numbered. The only direct and imme-
diate result was that the oil interests
cleaned up $1So,OoO,oOo in a Jiry.
"A similar blunder was made in the
Tobacco case and the Tobacco people
made S90000000 in short order
big men must meet big men. A !
body Of men with commercial training
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 thereto"