Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-19
John D., Jru Also Has SIM
pie Tastes, Although His
Income Is Million a Month,
Neither Worries About
Money

NEW YORK, April 14.-Could you
spend 100000 month? Or even
$1,000,000 a month?
Dizzy incomes, these. One is Hen
ry Fords. The other is what John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., gets in standard
Oil dividends alone.
The senate investigation of the oil
industry disclosed that young John
D. owns one-sixth of the stock in the
various Standard Oil companies and
that his income, excluding dividends
from railroads and other enterprises,
is about ST., 100000 a year.
Ford himself doesn't know what
his income is. He says he can't tell
within $15,U00,000 what he has in the
bank. Last year he admitted he paid
$76,000,000 income tax, but this in
cluded the manufacturers tax. 1t
has been estimated that his personal
income is about $85,000,0Q0.
Both Have Simple Tastes
Unlike the fictionized Brewster,
these two men don't even try to keep
up to it. Both have simple tastes
Rockefeller has seven-story
house in New York, a weekend house
near his fathers Pocantico Hills es-
tate called Abeyton Lodge, and a
summer home at Seal Harbor, Me.
Ford's house at Dearborn, Mich,
is a rambling stone structure on a
7,000-acre tract and has about 20
rooms. Nearby is his farm. His
only other home is a cottage next
to Thomas A. Edison's winter place
at Fort Meyers, Fla.
Servants in the Rockefeller town
house number 25. Ford has half
that number at Dearborn; two of
them are Japs.
Each has several automobiles. For
years Rockefeller drove himself in
an electric runabout. Ford often
drives Ford coupe, but he also has
Simplex and several other big
cars.
Rockefeller, like his father, has
never owned a yacht. Ford has a
small yacht on the Great Lakes, and
an electric boat on the River Rouge.
Neither has ever gone in for rae
ing horses, show horses, polo, OF
any of the other millionaire sports.
Both like to chop wood; Rockefeller
and his three sons cut and carry
wood when they are in the country;
Ford helps cut the firewood on his
regular yearly camping trip.
Neither Plays Much Golf
Neither cares much about golf;
last winter Rockefeller took his first
lesson while visiting his father at
Ormond Beach. He prefers to play
the violin. Ford's bestowed sports
are ice skating in the winter and
camping in the summer.
Ford travels more than Rockefeller
does. Both use private railroad cars.
Ford's is called the Fair Lane" He
likes speed when he rides in an auto
mobile, averaging 40 to As miles
an hour.
Rockefeller dresses better than Ford
does. He clings to the silk hat for
formal wear, while Ford rarely wears
hat at all. Ford's friends say his
suits are "hand-me-downs."
Neither cares for social activities.
Nor do their wives. Neither Mrs
Rockefeller nor Mrs. Ford care for
diamonds. They are both the old
fashioned mother type. The Rookie
fellers have four children; Abby, who
made her debut last fall; John D.
III, Nelson and William. The Ford S
only child is Edsel, who has two chill
dren. Edsel has a separate home at
Crosse Pointe, Mich.
Rockefeller is studious, scholarly,
and RELIGIOUS FOrd'S library is large
ly made up of technical works and
he still spends much time in his
private laboratory at home. He says
he believes In religion, but doesn't
work at it much"