| Show John nn D ii Archbold New Ru Ruler er of Standard Oil OilA j A Man Practically Unknown to the Outside World HB new mow ruler of 01 Standard Oil T I Is I John 1 Archibald Archbold B and with hi hl advent to leadership u It change hUll has been licen noted in Ill inthe the be policy of tho the greatest grea lest of trusts Once tile the oil on monopoly mado maIo m 10 It a IL point to h lay ay nothing whatever r tho tue character ot ci the attacks upon It H A policy polle of sl si len e and amid ert was maintained 1110 lie occasion Tho Time castle castlo ut itt It 6 Broadway II might have boon been guarded by a moat mu l Co o was it to obtain Information of ot the sayings t anti and doings of ot time the of oC millions having their o ces there John D Rockefeller lIer II n I U Ii Roger and anti ho tho of ot Industrial conquest for fez which they stood might flight l be held belt up to public opprobrium by bya Id a farbell und and Thomas rho OliN W Lawson sal owl by JY much high bight and low In books tOld and In III newspaper n verll nOt hut hul Standard Oil om claiM gave cavo no III sign Apparently they 1 hul m u it that they thol neither heard iii mm cared 11 what was being spill aboUt lout tram and lilt UI Silence tal aM n rIv mie tIlt tho watchwords iK I the tho lino and faithfully W d un n 10 tie by U the tile loyal servitors of or od J 3 1 ANew New J D 0 hut In h Ii n II t newer and younger youner J 13 D I now Mil ur upon timo tho as lie Ilia arbiter f destinies Ho Ito Is III SW lIel y v t I jd un for tor ho lies has been In time tho nt or i he lie standard for moro than ty y Yr r and nu lies hUll rought Its It II hint bat baton 1 let on om n hotly 1101 contested field Yet et It ft i s iy ty n iI short time ellico ho lie tl J l us tho limo present r In 10 Hi itt H It Is ill only emily ani a 1 few fw months ut most tho time general pub hub Ue lie carne came to understand that John I J waa w no longer loner king urn and U II Uno ii no longer his Prime Jut ii that It u III IH known that those these 1 Ii to tu advancing yours years and Is Ii int now lion limit thul It ut Un nod that lut Wr Mr ir Archbold only I I ica Co presIdent Is iii UC the hl B head of ut the tha In lit lh mm r f ill III Ic ms to lu 1 lt now lucius I nil 11 taken this the nii II I 1 r lu In i Ii its ItH conduct n ii a op 01 hI was Willi shown re ls I isit y ui Mr Mt Archbold actually III time tOnt l I Ir c publishing shi uig In I a a o ol turu l l his own RR nut hiI a tho tini 1011 poll lir Ir etIl at o it OW l f l all Oi trust us till u n hal nile ii POIn Un out the tho benefits It had lind wrought In his hll estimation and championing at itt nil points the tho plan of at operations It hits has adopted Such a thing would been undreamed of In tho the days Ins of the thc elder eider Rockefellers pristine vigor for his bits policy was wail one of consistent and per persistent persistent i secretiveness I IA A Mistaken Policy I tIt I say with the tho utmost frankness declared Mr Archbold In lit tho lie article mentioned that I now nois 10 believe the tho policy of at silence which the tho company maintained for so many nany man years amid tho tim misrepresentations which assailed It was tas a mistaken policy polley which If ear earlier lier abandoned would havo have saved time tho company from tho the Injurious effects of much of at such misrepresentation Mr Archbold thou then went on to state many facts about tile tho Standard Oil company which are tue Interesting whether I viewed from the tho standpoint of a IL friend or u it foe Among AmonI them Is what ho had to tosa say sa about tho the Standards system of ot pensioning employees It n has hall aimed hn hB wrote rotc to secure time tho contentment of ot otUs Us Its employees by hy liberal und and consider considerate ate ute treatment allied with u II pension system assuring a It competency tom for waning years About employees all aro or ci may eligible for tor this and no less lesH than halt a n mil million million lion mun women and und children are ura dl iii or Indirectly Interested d In time tho tit preservation of ot tho tim company it U may further bo ho declared that the thu rights und and ot of not oven even tho tue smallest of Us its thousands of shareholders havo over liver been disregarded or sacrificed John I D Archbold started out us nil an all oil all man by lighting Mr and tho time hitters Infant trust the lie South Kouth Im hill Improvement 1 provement company ibm Horn In I Lees Leesburg cos burg 0 O of or Scotch parents punt not nol quite sixty years ago II If 0 fate transferred him him from rota Ohio to Pennsylvania Just jUHt before the tue nil oil boom boorn struck the time llIto Ho lie had been u a clerk cleric In a n store but hilt oven ovon though a 1 young youn Ulan mien ho im Imd the thu to BOO ace that u It great fu turn existed for the tho oil Industry and und determined to Invest Invent every rent lit tin lie could 1 save savo or borrow burrull In It From en an n opponent of Mr tr nOI lie hl ono oliO of 01 his hili most IIO t trusted 11 1101 1 11 mill III and IllI when the tho first t trust InteL wan Willi In 1882 he was wan one Ol ot or lie Ihu original nine nIno trustees lI Mr Archbold lies lias boon boen read to light fight tot for Standard Oil at lit the Ilia droll drof of nf tho time list lint III yet hu lie Is lii potI und antI jovial and hu lie has hlll u a I I se seti ti IJ I i 1 r t 4 t J i it t I I vi viI I I IA I I II A I n 1 t m mI t I I t J A p 14 1 t I QI tj I i I t tL 4 L J I IJOHN JOHN 1 FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF 0 STANDARD OIL OLL laugh that proves him a 1 lover of fun full fullI U Jl I t used to be III wild said that he hi laughed his way WilY to success Certain it Is I thai his ills capacity lII tIl ci ty for fOI humor h 11 r has hall had consider considerable able to do tb with his rise to 10 and lla ofton him to In win wll whore when a It 1 man of morn Inure Curious oUst cast of mind might aught havo failed Little John Juhn D I Is what hr t they th cull him huh at Ot 20 G Broadway for fr he 11 is i shorter In stature than tile the theother other John U I 1 President Rockefeller r and Is II not lInt far fn I from tho height t of the lie I heg great groat g lIt Napoleon ho Cl Tho The top t op of it his hili head IH Is bald halll revealing I bumps ml us Indicating I lout tho lIlI strength of ur Ills hIs personality per Tho The Real flesh Executive JIlt Air N i Archbold has hilI for fol or scum years been recognized by hy Inside the tho trust as III tho lie virtual head of II what Al itt t torney General of Missouri 11 In III lila his Investigation of or the Ihl I ho monopoly call lall called called ed the tho lh oil end of tile tho Standard Of or cour toure tho ho Standard us Uti n mu or 01 ii com combination lii tIC t ion n of Ir kindred lm I 01 ruth Industrial I nfl 1111 list via 1111 I hit crests l lom embraces om in III I ii Its I ts operation a nl nu per vUlon many activities the time pro 1110 production and amid of or petroleum lint lImIt that was Willi liti I for fim which thi hihi the tho trust runt was Willi ly organized m nil Mr MI il i iI Archbold I hUll has ci 11 Ii mi 11 f especially op to In tills this part of or till hit I ITh Th Jh retirement of Mr 1111 Zil r und unI Mr Aul 1 from active a ct participation Pitt ion ionin In III Standard Oil hUll hue him recently to take a n more mOle active part hurt In iii hoime other timer HUM hues of opera olura Mr ll 1 hw lIes bern bl bet u II lingo huge O Ion con contributor to und ii nil educational t I slid and hill has given about ut of ut u II million mIllie dollar ollar to cu OU u II V 1111 I i is cite to toI I I I I s all en wel lull anonymous anonymously a ly Iy tot for fo ume yearn sail the Identity or of the Ihl liS known only to 10 hi his hili Uny Uti I 15 and III One Onu of Jf hi his hill recent gifts It Ii 1 it treat great Hta ste limn for Or lie tho lh athletic sport sports of ot tIme nl Titers There iii is i II u to UK at lit the thC th r hi which ma maV WI V Intro ill III oil 1111 pi pipe pa up to lu John 1111 All ud a 4 in III th hi will be lie iO In Ins inK it full next lIt full fell Wn W Vo 1 1 time lI y Air SIr We W n 1 It U right awit I t tt t s the thu th 1 sd 11 W weve va hail hud Ih wont sway wavU U it HillA may l lJ r In hi of thu hll I lost Hn 1111 lIne Hint lima limmie ail ago this thu bulldogs by 1131 iu Will I 11 by Ii Mr N r Archbold has an aversion to 10 see ce Ing lag himself caricatured In 11 the news newspapers papers or to having hIs hist hi portrait pon mait In tho papers at all ull a I I and a uti tom for 01 this reason Oll com comparatively 01 few fow lo people know knots how ho he ho looks 1001 The Ilme ot of John D fl Rockefeller and amid 11 JI It Ii Hogel have havo long 1011 boon hoell familiar lobular to tho tim public Ill bile but hul there thell ore are not ninny mutiny who would 1 know knois Imo Mr Ill Archbold from having seen neon lilt his portrait In Ill print At the thi ifill of it If tile the proceedings conducted d by 13 II Attorney an In artist Illat began sketch sketchIng lag Ing Mr Mi as Uli he lie set m nt In the tho Suddenly with cRi a leap from rent his 1119 chair chimi I I limo tho Standard Slim mUll mun im mu a was wall va s across the LimO room auG struck the paper und mind from rout the time artists hands How dan duro you take alto my picture ho lie shouted 1 I forbid you ou Again ho lie appealed to the Ih commis commissioner for fill troth from time Hie artists 4 while ho ime was wali In time the witness hair To o olho ot tho t i iv reporter ho hr wild said nl You lon por lot chuJI pit lift III It Ih ull iii I right but t the lie t artists it iiri 1111 11 |
