The Washington times., 1922-07-08

What Rockefeller Has
Seen, H..
Mr.. Hastings Gets a Medal.
Bankruptcy and a War.
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Red and coIorsd Brethren. |
by ARTHUR BRISBANE
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John d. Rockefeller, eighty
tnree years old yesterday, is
writing his life at his lsisure.
very interesting it will be, and
may It contain anecdotes about
MY Tooth Birthday"
Voitaire wrote a little book
called Things Seem" The
tnlngs Mr.. Rockefeller has seen
are the milestones covering the
whole distance from ancient to
modern methods.
he has seen slavery go out
and the gas engine come in,
also the telephone, wireless,
submarine, flying machine.
He saw the day when a man
with one hundred thousand dol
lars was pointed out as rich.
He sees the day when a man
with one million only is called
moderately we'll off.
Mr.. Rockefeller has done USE
ful work with his millions
more, perhaps, than any rich
man ever did. He has saved
Tor the future many millions of
lives through his Rockefeller
Institute.
Hrs own work, however, is a
thousand times more important
than all the work done by his
money.
He has proved that competi-
ton Is wasteful and unneces-
sary. The people one day will
thank him for that truth, when
they learn to manage their
affairs for themselves. They
will build a big statue labeled
"John D. Rockefeller - he
taught US how"
The King of England gives
. gold medal to Thomas Hast
ings, American architect. Hast
ings saw a pleasant gentleman
with a short beard who wished
everybody we'll and probably
wonders how long his ancient
job will last.
The king saw, in Hastings,
the concentrated face of an
American who has succeeded
because his mind has always
been on his work.
Thirty years ago, when he
was so young that he hoped
and skipped as he walked along
Fifth avenue near Forty-second
street, Hastings pointed to the
old, abandoned reservoir, saying
to this writer, "They will tear
that down some day; there will
be a competition for a big
building-and ! shall win that
competition"
They did tear it down, there
was q competition, Hastings did
win Il, and built New York's
magnificent public library.
Moral-think about your work.
It is announced that Ger
many will declare herself bank
fupt and fail to pay the INSTALL
ment of gold marks due on
July 15. If she does that
France will seize the Ruhr dis
trict, England permitting-and
England probably will permit
for the present. Possessing the
Ruhr, France will control Ger
many's iron and coal, and Ger
man industry will live or die
as France may decide.
The situation will mean in
dustrial stagnation in central
Europe for awhile, then an
other war-Germany, Austria,
Russia, Turkey against western
Europe, and you can make up
your mind what will happen
that next time.
Oklahoma Indians, prosperous
. owners of oil lands, drive to
their tribal dances in automo-
biles.
Farther East. q colored
brother, hod carrier by profess
sion. drives to his work in his
motor and is arrested for
speeding.
That sounds strange. but it
Is encouraging. An Indian in
his automobile is q great i'm
provement on his ancestor hunt
Ing scalps. A negro laborer in
his automobile, even arrested
for speeding. is a great i'm
provement on his ancestor
standing on the auction block.
President Harding says go
litical organizations are the
agencies of power and must be
obeyed."
That's true. between big
events, as the President knows.
But when the big event COMES
it. usually begins with the
slAughtering of some organiza-
tion that had believed itself pow.
erful and very important. Un.
less conditions get better in
the United States there is conf
ing, some kind Of big political
barbecue, and in it some cor
0anizationo Ia ooinp to plav the