Show John 1 the Richert Man In the World rf 1111 III poorest In III Iho II M U 18 tin Ihl limp who I I fJ bun but hUI mon money ey IY eyThe The lichen I mall In 1 Hie world John fohn Da vl oll who IB II said to lo hue ac RC i control of or Iha meet Dili an a n text for tor n II IIII II homily U 1 was not nol of fOUl with him having RII i ur d long Ion I Hgo MU In III the Ihn Veda the ral Ihn the Koran In the caching of Confucian and not tu mention Its I AT Nt JM IN I I foi ins In III the Ihl Bible M It of lu 1111 foice fUlle upon lh I III nf of Iho MI 1 of or tho twentieth time IhlI IH III nothing to In that Mr i u II pool man f r HII II II the In Is that lu h Ims up of Kreul than money II I trim 1110 that Ihal u mUll mun of unlimited re 18 inns nut make an I much ot or a II m i tr lory of a III he He III may hi Into u II ver vel veritable lid nid milk make hi 1111 dully walk as IH hidden a 11 thing I ax 0 It II the luma at III HIli Hut lIuI he hOOI It II do lIe i he value of hu tu III turn Ida hla face pub publicity It 11 In III not lIot on un record that Mr Ir r hav hit ever made a 1 well el nr III to keep In nb of tu to 10 lwI hie 11 rein du It It IA not unlikely that Ills liln to 10 cinn method 1 ArIse from the Ihl of the Ih taking ho know b bet it of ut nil all the of lit the attempt It Ill la a II achievement for nr a II limn tu to heap heal up treasure until looking nj Ihl where ho tho Iho of ot mountain hn hurt b ti even enlI to III hlll elf Such SIch ore for forthe the Ihl part Intangible and III If I Invisible to 10 the human concept Ion Mr lr feller power tu 1111 and hold hol 1 them the III be hI unique lint hili he lint Ih of or 8 je m ago lie 1111 declared upon tho Iho M Ita u nd ud that hu wa W unable to 10 lOll hi within mil million lion dollI In III of lit tile the of these to It II ItI I not nol that hal I h him hili acquired then a n now f for r keeping track of UK m Hut there Ih r urn ore of others who ho not nol HO In III their of their ability to lu re leo live Items of or rUh man H posses lons The rho most concerning lire are current In tho dally pr B Not Nol long ugo 0 a writer with a II pretty for COI detail inn do tills Today tho Iho IB III a n too a 1 minute I 1111 Ie an hour a 11 da Iny 1 a 11 week weel and a n It hUM alia been hllen put In III this way Va Ot at alt all money In the United today there IB III law I than If IC lilt hili Income should continue for the coming comille yeuin yeul Mr MI would 1 all ull till Uncle Ham would do In such uch a n crisis la III not nul noti i u n 11 It IH I nut mit to lo depend on Hi In outer In III at AI atH AIme H me of thin an III i Th rill i record of or It i HI Oil J tin Ix vt in In with 1898 ml 1111 i a HUB with lIh 1 it I Illuminative I I mi m I nf of In tint d f iou e h ni liS nii i lil Is i id OIOI not 1101 taking Into ac al nini 1111 tut nod value of bin hili i i I to the then n tI mi i at HI it Ion tty lJ to III i 14 I IH onh 11 om lilli of many en ell which hiiM been he VV I some of wealth pro din Ing The fhe tru t In which ho hohnl 18 ate tho Ihl Rr al mon money ey I of lit tho Iho country upon the Ille array and It will not only but iut enlighten Cotton l Ull American company CO Y company the IIII top lOp topper per mint Oan States and of all banking the ell National of ut New YOlk If It that U I not lent to 10 main evi el evident dent the Ihl folly toll of th Ih HOlko eller wealth thero thoro IN I much mom to follow folio An a ex example ample nf nr 1 Iho T iN V I HM of oe of may I w adduced Ihl frym did eliel their hum humble ble Mirt the flohl Horn It to I aim 1110 to Iu II lid lid what whal II 10 o own so 1111 much of ot tho Iho railroad Block of the great wrent that one might Nt III any time the fancy og him take control It In III no ural that thaI Mr Rockefeller lI uch ll n 1 t It t h y r 1 I JOHN B D of the H of fj FYS like IlIce th Ih New ell York J mil I ike Chicago nil St SI Paul Union Pacific Hock liland Santa 1 ami th thaI t hI malu one of f th m hi plaything If Ir tho whim him flare the problem of hili can cannot 1111 not be noi 1101 the secret nf of theli thelia a I emulation b be Ih lo re 10 rent nt HUM only the Ihl of in IMI ion n there then In III Inthe the Ihl of ot hi hll life lite fur lived any III d deviation tJ laUon tho normal mun anything that may 1111 explain In III a II lui hil I v IN y and from Crom a II material stand standpoint point tills mUll mun ban been uble to 10 Mt Nt himself HO MO from hili IH fellow John born lit In at III 1111 little village of county N Y were In cil owning I a 11 faun and netting a It living by tilling lit Mr II thin fen I tine of u liln hili eaily life lite as H l hUll Ima been mated that he hll UH In HI boyhood free III ml torn of pi Accord AccordIng Ing III tu 10 hI own OIl life WILlI dl Into two grand k In III and In III vt II Inter He Ho lid did not 1101 al period 11 UIKI un all oncy to 10 i me II hUll liml prel Uly 4 He lip 1111 n t oven ven with hos He lie hils dedi Jell frequently that ut III this time lime bo lie no 1111 distin distinguishing gUI virtue except frugality When John wn ton len of ot ue th to Horo In due Ilu lime the Iho children there Ihen were Ix ot them entered tho whIch an nn The future n good HilI dent but hul not us fiB promising an 1111 1111 brother William Doth William with high bo s hud ut III the academy who distinction Thorn H II C and I 1 of Meet led with John Johll I n Rockefeller In U It was Willi at III home that thal John received his Hu parent wisely willel boRan to 10 him self SIU at III a R very or nga 1110 He lie takes lakes In relating that when he was 1111 en hi father taught loughl him hlll to III milk a II cow At 1 the ho I age UIt of or eight he could chive n u nhoi hoi He an 1111 well HH 1111 it II man To Tn Mm him ID 10 the fueling of lit he hI hean an with Among he ho wan tient SOli I to 10 buy for rOl tho II AttN After ho bad older hIlt father tather him I with 1111 mime that a II anever I never te t for any 1111 lad ono onu of them to 10 build a 11 houge hou e Then Ihen he ho 1111 provided with Ill II of ot monny to toh Invent h in loans and Ifill other othor bear bearing ing III It WAil thin he made tho discovery that ho he hoto WIIt to 10 as 1111 n 1 MUM of ot money Invested at III a n good luto uto aa IS ho could from u II much greater ex expenditure of ot time limo and Ih at III po 10 potato tato lato digging Tho ho chente of ot making money perform tho thu service which must Involve grout manual labor has never been forgotten l 11 Mr In 1851 the Iho Rockefeller family re removed moved to Cleveland After Afler u II few yours divided between the public school and a 1 college young feller made mollo up his mind to for himself HIM Ill was at nl the gio 10 business He tho po 1108 lion of lIa In III tho hOIl l of ot Gordon McMillan Co one aile of tho Iho largest i In the country Ills Hia aid Ol hi III this branch ot of as rc re reMI MI but not brilliant At the end of tho Iho ear he ho WitS was able to 10 com command mand n a of only 00 He lie ie n to 10 go Into Inlo the tho commission busi business ness for himself Ho hull had saved and ulI 1 with that a II foil few thousands which ho he borrowed from his father nt lit 10 POI per cent Interest he ho u n part parI partnership with a 11 young man named 1 Clark They Tho prospered from tho Tho for the tho first year 1100 Hut better things welo In III for forJohn John D Rockefeller In the III oil well In III Pa Ia was opened At 1 tho Iho close of ot that Ihal year u lr men In hI the contiguous were discussing Iho possibilities of for fortune tune lUllo making In III the exploitation of or po for fer purposed In III time tho excitement reached Cleveland and young Rockefeller became Inter Interested ested Although hut but twenty yours of ot age he had gained a It reputation In Cleveland Cleelan 1 fur for shrewdness s A party parly of ur capitalists to 10 send him Into the tho regions to 10 Investigate Ho went to Iu the Iho oil oH country advising The seemed too and tho tendency to 10 deal doul In speculative olues too pi eminent It also that he ho had another that a groat fortune might ml he In III i alining the crude petro petroleum I leum He did not however Include this discovery In III his hili leport to 10 the Iho A vs A nv 1811 w I lio ho had Kent him With Ith Ills hi er 11 c H o open be hI hla lilt It 11 came the Ihl next flIr Cleveland In gave promise of the Ihl It II was IR destined to III become V few tew etude made mallo their ap n Ions Wain orth run In what 1 was then thell as us Ohio City One Olle nf ot them the smallest perhaps ps boie boe the tho sign of Andie s H Clark and 1111 k had managed to put 4 Into tho Iho business An All Andrews drews was a practical distiller had been Riven a II share In III the tho on I i I IX Oil all I that account Tho business prospered Willi II mechanical genius Ho Homade made 10 new leW for rOl acting tin till oil and got gol bolter oil moio of It II from tho than any UllY of their competitors This made reputation tion for tor them Their business soon lIoon outgrow plant The rho promise then enlarged 1 continued to 10 Improve the tho quality of ot tho Iho relined oil soon be ho became came the Iho host hoal In tho Iho and com COlli commanded the highest Rockefeller put his brother William In III chillO of lie It H II M 11 ringlet Joined the 8 enterprise the tho new venture Horn 1 no 60 un thit a n was opened In InN New N lw York In III 1870 the business hull hud assumed BUrh III lions Mr Ir Rockefeller to put Into operation o II 1111 a rt which lie hll hUd had h heen en In III his mind for fOl Iho bringing the th form of ot it 1 coi potation of nil ull tho II Rockefeller Interests This was Wil done Ione and 1111 the lit HIu Il Oil all Oili i lS formed with wih a I capital of or tl John D n was Ilia tho Iho head of f the Iho corporation Hut But thelo were werl now nt al least thirty competing oil oi on run rUI It Is true that th it they did dil not make Ilko us 1111 good oil 01 as lS the I hI Rockefeller concern COner but hUl they tle suc succeeded 1101 In offering nomo 1011 troublesome ome competition 11 pe 1101 Tho demind was HO 10 great th it they Iley found n II market for tor their product at ot a Il i educed into 10 All al II It 11 was 11 made that the tho Rockefellers were Helling lower than the hl Then hel It I was noised about hoUI that the Ihl new II was ic hale favors from the This tanned Intense excitement and old protest tom from every quarter made It II clem thai Ihal Mr l Rockefeller was WUI not for tOl tho Iho aYR system tem lem of or A rato mil win Wl was In II 8 between tho Iho three great trunk linos tho Iho Oil 01 was the Iho theone one to 10 profit by b the of tho railroads this I line on el Mr Rockefellers executive made possible the Iho gl glum II um policy Ioley of absorption I w n nhip hip was WIS to 10 steer teer clear ot these dangers In II 1878 1678 the Standard Oil 01 controlled 05 95 per leI cent of or the r Ing lilt ls In III the country Now 01 an another other contest arose Its Ill clow coG ked the tho supremacy of oil 01 and ulc the tho auh of ot lh railroads Th The struggle caused by hy tho d nation of ot tho state of or Pennsylvania to 10 prevent discrimination III Tho Pennsylvania railroad had gone Into tho Iho refining business on 01 Its Is own ac nc account count It I owned a pipe lino lull and refineries 1111 begun reaching out oUI to 10 secure trade Mr 11 Rockefeller protest protested ed cd Tho rho railroad 1 I rOi II was Tho Standard withdrew Its Is business from frol the tho Pennsylvania and made male use UIO of oC tho fact to 10 obtain from tho Now New Yoi Yok k Central Cell The oil cm was la Ilch U 1 had Just it divi dividend of 50 per cent ent The P was having trouble and Ull a 1 lInel I strike was WIH In 11 progress The all at nt to 10 the price of ot ni oil oi was WI 1111 further the railroad company cared to 10 go It 1 leloI J H lly 1680 the tho had n 0 monopoly Mr M r had ha 1 ono more morl battla buts to 10 fight before heton tho trust which he haa b IN FIRM created after t I twenty odd years of ue con slant could secure In i I supremacy IH Intel Ion Ioni dreamed of or Iho constitution of ot a n lino from frol the tho pi educing legions to 10 tn th In III Uio Iho com so O o or time tn was wn 1 was wnM a I serious matter for tho Ihl Oil bo cnn led by I to 10 KC lit nl a II of IB 16 tent while in lowest nile nilo was 11 35 TH genius of ot Iho ni mIl Ho i Ii 10 III National Transit co I PI I and 1111 master of or tho lio oil 01 in 1 11 Tho rhe history of tho 1110 of Oil 01 UH 1111 It II In II makes It I r 10 sl hlo to how tho Iho creation creaton anu IIII absorption II b II OP II 01 of ot d lists become became ono man 11 n 11 lD and the pl Now New York New Jersey th New No England I teH Point ehl hard pressed lr by h 1111 Us 1110 off on 01 O I A a II Herman deserted his hil regiment sought ought wr bar bartl bartl rei re use Ige In II 11 tho ho I lon Army A 11 racks tl kl kH lio Ill In 10 leave leaveAt At el u few days ngo strUiK i wm t II |