Evening star., 1928-04-01
MISS TARBELL REVEALED 81
AS HOME-LOVINC WOMAN
''TerrOr of the Trusts" Is Fond of Do
mestic Pleasures-Enjoys Com.
pany Of Friends.

tTesS dL BlTi3 SCHOOL IN OnlO, Only
to resign. at the end of two years. u
be associate editor and afterward editor
OF The Chatauquan."
After seven years with this publica-
ton. and having developed in the mean
time an interest in history and histori-
cal research, she decided to go to Paris
and get material for life of Nine.
Roland. She had no money. but plan
ned to finance herself by writing, since
she had persuaded six editors to take
syndicated articles from her at So an
article. The journalistic. adventurer
reached Paris with exactly $50 In her
pocket-which she made last for six
months
In that magic city she stayed three
years. studing and writing, living with
extreme frugality. sending her articles
backward and forward across the Allan
tic--some OF them six and seven times
even pawning her coat and watch
when an expected check vas slow In
arriving
Then one day a short man, with
yellow tousled hair and eager. sensitive
face, climbed the steep stairs to her
studio. The interview between the two
that followed was, as he later declared,
one of the two things that he felt
proudest OF In all his life. s. s. Nc
Clure was starting a new magazine.
He had bought some of the unknown
authors articles for his syndicate, and
now he had come to enlist her services
for the new venture. He departed a
short while later in a glow of satisfac-
ton, carrying in his pocket her last
$40. which he had borrowed to buy
his railroad ticket, the banks being
closed for the day. II was the begin
ming OF beautiful friendship and a
business association which put them
both on the literary map.
Praise for Gary.
When 1t was announced, four years
ago. that history OF the Steel Trust.
in the form OF business biography Of
Ebert Gary. by Miss Tarbell, was about
to be published. those who had enjoyed
the Standard Oil book smacked their
lips in anticipation and hurried to the
nearest bookstore for further juicy
revelations Of the private life Of big
business
When they read the Life Of Ebert
Gary; the Story OF Steel" many Of
them were amazed and a little resent
full. They discovered that Gary. instead
of being the villain. was the hero. The
book was not a denunciation. but an
accolade. Accusations were constantly
hurled that the literary Joan Of Arc
had grown soft; her sword had
blunted.
1t did not seem at all blunt one day
when / spoke 10 her OF this book
which she ironically calls her public
shame"
Il wrote the life Of Judge Gary" she
said, for exactly the same reason tina,
wrote the history OF Standard Oh.
I H..&- -. E1&K =
business ethics. The basis Of every
thing in business integrity Is moral,
not economic. recognition Of the fact
/ that the public interest is higher than
your own. BY this mean a scrupu-
lous regard for Law. not only the statu-
tory but the common Law. When q
man tries to get ahead OF the common
law consider that bad ethics. have
great contempt for such men.
when was asked to write the life
I OF Judge Gary I did not consent 70 do
so until had spent two months look
ing into the matter The more studied
the minutes Of the meetings Of the
board of directors and other documents
/ relating To the steel trust. the more I
realized that from the Gay that Judge
Gary went in as chairman he had
fought against the same business prac-
tices which had fought against al
my life. For 10 years he never knew
what day he was, going to be defeated.
He had arrayed against him the finest.
ablest. most fascinating group OF buc-
cancers you ever saw. HIS victory was
a victory for, not against, sound busi-
ness ethics
This fearless honesty in praising or
denouncing strictly according to the
merits of the case. rather. than accord
ing to what was expected Of her. Is
characteristic OF Miss Tarben. Il Is the
quality about her that Immediately i'm
presses YOU Her influence lies largely
in the fact that she has never been
known to make public statement that
was unsupported by proven facts.
Believes In State Control.
Through the years since the publica-
lion Of her story of Standard Oh she
has been q thoughtful student and an
interested observer of the oil business.
She believes that the remedy for the
present overproduction which ts tniur-
ing the industry Is State control rather
than Federal control.
"Oil of the State" she says, "is the
property of all the people of a stats
and should be used for their good do
not believe. of course. that oil ground
already privately owned should be con-
fScated but the oil-produeing States
should appoint capable commissions 10
study the economic effects Of the un-
equal production OF oil and methods for
conserving 1t.
IF laws can so as far as they have
already gone. they can SO further 70
prevent the waste OF q States natural
resources, Oil has been exploited by
the get-rich-Quick type Of man. the
<f,Nk-R a.. ~ Nr.a1a
his own gain, rather than In terms OF
conservation. Such men have been ex-
trcmely careless and wasteful not only
In their failure 10 control production
but in their methods Of getting out
me oil.
Much Of this waste could be pre-
vented by State commissions. For IN
stance. agreements could Dc made thA,
under certain conditions drilling for oil
be stopped, In time OF overproductson
instead OF taking Il out and storing Il
and the oil left In It's natural store
house, Or u would be possible to de-
cree that only certain amount OF oi
could be taken out,
The Federal Government has ALREADY
shown us one way that this can BE-
done in Its management Of the oSage
oil pool. which Is controlled by the
United States for the eeneat ot the
Indians Instead Of allowing nSlscrinn.
mate drilling all over the territory the
Government announces AZ Intervals that
II will sell at auction scattered leases
ot land, A ROYALTY from these leases
belongs to the Indians ana Of course
the amount OF oil taken out can ee
limited by simply limiting the lumber
OF leases The Government has also
worked out and put IN operation IN tn
Usage territory the most etfleieat Anr
up~to-date methods ct getting the oil
out So that IS little IS possible 1
wasted"
Authority en- TaFiff,