The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-03-05
TRYING TO MAKE A TOUCH

Ebert Hubbard tells as follows his
experience in trying to obtain loan
from Uncle Johndee Rockefeller:
l write things right out of my heart
in red ink.
/ write things | believe are true,
and then l sell the printed product
that is, do if l can.
When people buy my stuff. l am
pleased.
Also, the money received helps me
to meet my payroll, and buy the baby
shoes.
Some months ago there was an ar
ticle printed in The Fra that per-
tanned to Colorado.
The article pleased John D. Rookie
Teller, Jr., and he purchased thous-
and copies at regular rates and gave
them away.
commended his literary taste and
advised him to buy a million.
And it so happened that there was
a federal investigation on-for the
United States government is always
investigating twenty-six Broadway.
And in this investigation, the fact
that Mr.. Rockefeller had purchased
copies of The Fra and paid me lit
tie tainted dolodocci, was brought out.
No one tried to conceal the fact, for
it was cause of rejoicing rather
than a reason for blame.
And the startling news was tele-
graphed around the worldI
Labor unions publish papers and sell
them-and as many as possible. And
this is right and proper. ''The APP
peal to Unreason" is always importu-
ming people to buy and circulate its
rawlings.
Then appears an editorial in the
New York Call, a paper with a pas
sion for piff1e, and this newspaper
states that l had been paid two hun
dred dollars copy for million cop
/ les of The Fra Magazine, in which
| were things written at the dictatior
, of John d. Rockefeller.
This was unkind, indicate, immod-
' est and unhappily untrue. Of course
E I'll write on Mr. Rockefeller's dicta.
S ton if he pays me enough, but ht
E hasn't offered anything yet that il
: tempting.
t The actual fact is / have for ter
years been endeavoring to disanne1
r John D. Rockefeller from a part O
t his large greenish waddeda. So IA
a all my efforts in this direction hav
|, been futile.
Mr.. Rockefeller pays his subscrip
: ton to The Fra and The Philistine
i but never until the subscription ha
expired. This so he will not lose tn
interest on the money.
II He buys from the Roycroft Sho
copies of books for which he pays
dollar or two dollars each. Once h
bought from US fve-dollar book, bu
beyond this he has never plunged j
the matter of frst-class biologist
uplift.
II l golf, occasionally, with Mr. Rookie
Teller, and have often endeavoreC
between fozzles, to do business, bu
your Uncle John does only one thin
at time
When he plays golf he never car
ries his checkbook.
Once he presented me with a pape
vest, but that was the limit. IF h
gave you pair of pants, they woul
be made of Kalamazoo parchment.
When you play golf with Mr.. Rock
efeller he charges you up for los
balls; also, he has his butler scare
you for contraband before you go OF
of the gate.
Last October, played him mir
holes and lost out-for diplomat
reasons. AS we were going to tn
house to change our clothes touche
him gently for a little matter of ha
a million, but there was nothing
diddings, as we say in Potsdam.
/ offered to compromise on hui
dred thousand, and little later eve
lowered the ante to a ten-spot, bl
he referred me to the FoundatiC
committee.
At last / said, "John, just as
= Chesebrough favor, as a matter b
tween two honest golfsts, for we a
both practical men, viii you lend n
street-car ticket?"
And Mr.. Rockefeller replied in h
soft, vaseline voice, Era, any M
who can play golf can walk"
| staggered up against conve
lent tree and at the count of nine r
i, gained my consciousness enough
burble, MAY get a drink of wat
down there out of the creek?"
Os And Mr.. Rockefeller solemnly I
piled: Sra, you are welcome to
down to the creek and get one mout
- full of water, just noe provided y
spit it oiut on the lawn. These a
- war-times and we must all econ
. mize."