The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-10
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KNOWS Wnat is Delng zone NJ AnpS,
Iowa; Manhattan, Kansas. and at Cor
nell. He himself maintains dozens
of scholarships at various agricul.
tural schools. He does not tell you
this - you have to get it by cross.
questioning.
He never boasts of what he has
done or what he Is going TO do. In
his nature there is nothing sordid,
selfish. mean. contemplate. He is
not resentful. His patience under
criticism sets him apart as marked
man. He does not attribute wrong
motives to people -- he looks for
the best in everybody and every.
thing. In his personality there is
nothing of the parvenu. The man is
modest, deferential, gentle. discrim.
mating He has sense of values. He
knows that the mere possession Of
wealth. of itself. makes no man great.
And he. of all men. realizes that there
are some things which money can not
buy.
He has infinite faith in the future
of America. He knows that co-opcra.
tion means the elimination of waste.
He knows that wealth must not be-
boarded He invests and reinvests.
and thus gives work directly and in.
directly TO millions.
Until recent times Mr.. Rockefeller
has been a great borrower. and he has
kept his credit absolutely untainted.
He has never defaulted on his paper
or on payroll. In his book he tells
of the proud moment when he was
able to borrow at a bank two thou.
sand dollars on his own name - this
before he was twenty. When he was
thirty years of age h. was borrowing
money in way that would have stag.
gored his creditors if they had known
how much h. was owing. However,
h" was working out definite plan.
and that was the organization of the
oil business so as to reduce the cost
of pumping. refining. transporting.
distributing. selling and advertising.
Mr.. Rockefeller is we'll. sinewy and
strong. He has cut down his food sup.
ply 10 Edison's ten ounces day. He
eats little meat. subsisting mostly on
fruit. salads and milk. | noticed that
his breakfast was usually just baked
apple. and nothing more. He goes To
bed between nine and ten and Is al
ways up before seven. He sleeps
soundly. and no one can meet him and
not be convinced that he enjoys life.
His brain is active and he is hungry
to know. He often refers TO his lack
of education" not realizing that in
the broad sense he is one of the best
educated men in the world.
think it is source of great salts
faction to him that anyone who has
invested money with him has made
money. II they lost money. they did
so by not coming in" on his invita-.
ton. Those who lost did so by stay.
ing out and fighting.
1T will not do to say that Mr., Rookie
Teller has the brain of Sir Isaac
Newton, Alexander Won Humboldt
Herbert Spencer. or Thomas A. Edi
son. Nevertheless, he has succeeded
in doing what he set out to do. And he
has kept his sanity. and moved in the
line of evolution. without getting sub.
game and played it according to the
rules.
To free himself from importantly,
he has organized bureau to TAX"
care Of his charities. Every applica-
ton Is referred To this bureau and in
vestigated. Said Mr.. Rockefeller, Il
used TO give to the plausible and the
persistent. until one day it came TO
me that this WAS not only unwisc but