The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-06

Two kiNds - Rleh;
Men. ua1efseand Tteml ii
~ ARTHUR aassaANE -
To-day Coal on Johnny 4 dead. His
3 teaches the foslishness Of dislik-
g or antaxonizing wealth for its
sake. Coal on 3ohnnx treal
smf John W Steele). uas intended
+ l hard &ofkfkg. nsefnI farmer.
Providence located hin 6n I small
|rm. just where he -.teloaged But
Iey struck oil on the farm where
: lived with his mother. She put
Se money away carefully. until one
~. when the fire was low, she
brew . Rttle oil on il That ended
~, and Johnny got the fortune.
He had dive hundred Thousand dol
|rs in gold and greenbacks. with
bousand dollars day coming in.
, he did many things. He took a
hth in champagne. hired big hotel.
|vited everybody to join In free. ran
IS own minstrel show without charg
|g admission. bought another hotel
ecause he wanted the satisfaction
/ discharging clerk that had failed
appreciate his Importance
He has just died In poverty. work
>g for railroad and living with his
|ife In one end Of little railroad
cation in Nebraska A thousand
pillars day. and Coal Oil Johnny
pent it all wastcfuilr. That is
eslly dangerous" wealth: it ruins
e owner aud ruins others.
The other Kind OF oil man. John b.
Rockefeller. has one hundred thou
md dollars day. and great deal
lore. The money is not wasted. not
pent in ostentation. Hundreds OF
iI!ions OF il have gone TO education
nd philanthropy. and what is more
hportant. to scientific investigation
hat benefits every lIulnan being on
birth
II you'd be better. of course, if the
eopIe could own, develop and use
iseE. the nations natural wealth.
vut do not overlook the difference
ctween oil wealth as represented by
oal Oil Johllny--a farce. calam
" and wastean oil wealth as
epresentel By john u. Rockefeller
tho employed the ablest engineers
produce his wealth. and then en-
3loyed the ablest scientists and edu-
ators to help him spend ii.
1T isn't what man has. it is what
le does with what he has. what he
tastes. his corrupting influence OF
legislation. the discomfort he creates
others by ostentation. his encour-
kxement of vice and dishonesty. via
be race tracks. and other things thai
(ometimes make excessive wealth
riminally harmful,
George r HAMPTON. manager di.
feetor of the Farmers National Coun-
tiI. gives you figures about wealth
hat are supposed 10 make YOU shiver
He says: ''Ths thirty three riches
merieaHs in 1918 owned nearly fiv'
thousand million dollars" He is mis-
aken The thirty three riches
americans owned great deal NOR
han that. but they do not say mucl
hbout H.
Two per cent of the entire nationa
x@aith. says Mr.. Hampton. is owne
|Tpy thirty-three richest Americans
That also is inaccurate. for ninety
bine per cent OF the national wealt
; human labor. and intelligence
pwned by individuals. at least tech
nicaily. all free.
The thing to worre about il not th
hmount that any individual owns. bt
how he got it and what he does wit
j. Leaving out gamblers. profiteeI
bnd other thieves. great fortunes al
usually built up by hard effort. sell
rontroi. efficiency. and especially b
improved methods of organization an
Industrial production.
a Improved industry. greater prOdus
#fion. better organization are OF Il
utmost Importance aud greatest vall
Ito this nation The number OF mi
q lions that an individual may acqui
i BY real work in the course of his o
gsnizinS and producing is of little in
& portauce. provided the money be u
N used H.
Coal Oil johnny. taking his bath
81 champaigne bubbles. and John
Rockefeller. slipping his milk a
s seltzer. and driving his little VIII
81 ball along the golf course, present t'
81 extremes OF wealth
Coal Oil Johnny proves paturl
wisdom. her marvellous ability
81 eliminating the unfit
John d. Rockefeller also illustrai
81 natures wisdom in utilizing the extl
ordinary ability of individuals to be
"a etii the human race.
Caesar thought he was eonqueri
81 for himself: he was really carry
81 civilization into Gaul.
CHRISTOPHER Columbus was trying
benefit himself by finsling a short