Show 3 OHN D THE RICHEST LIVING ME N it Is probable that the wealth of john D rockefeller has been estimate ed at too high a figure still the fact remains that by calculating from the size of the dividends he receives from the corporations in which he is interested it Is possible to arrive at an approximately correct estimate of his fortune A business man closely associated with mr rod roe efelder and sal said d to be in a position to I 1 now is quoted as asserting that mr rocke feller is now by far the richest man in the v world orld worth more than twice as much as any ally other american c tl ti zen his standard oil stock at uie the marlet marl et rates is morth v orth from which alone for several years he has received dividends of 40 per annum or a I 1 atle less than 1000 1 a week besides this he has other sources of income that bring him about 35 a year so that his total income from all sources Is not less than 75 a year as it has been for several years and there is no suggestion of a chec che t t to the enormous inflow that is to say mr rockefeller s income tor for a single year la ib more than the enormous fortune left by william II 11 vanderbilt to his sons in ten years mr rol ef eteller eller s wealth will be nearly 1000 1 from his an nual income alone at that moment it is said he can lay his hand on more ready cash than any ten men in new york including russell sage and the Vander bilts and goulds there are of course a dozen ser mons in the flood of gold pouring into rod efelder s coffers how long will it be before he has a corner on the wealth of the united states Is such enormous power concentrated in the hands of one man a good thing for the lublic interests 7 9 donot such aggregations of capital cause discon discoll tent in the masses massesy should shoula there be a leal limit to private fortunes these rhese are bit b it a few of the queries that suggest themselves there aro are others eat ecu ally serious that will occur to those who read of mr rockiefel Roc kefel lers ler s riches which riches he can never see and never enjoy in the sense t that ha lt an average man in well to do circumstances enjoys his property what can the man possibly want of so much moneys money savannah news |