Show IJOHN JOHN D. D NOT RICH I I SA YS SECRETARY Rockefellers Rockefeller's Yearly Earnings Only Fortune Mer Merely ly New York Feb Feu 23 Standard Standard Oil 01 of oC- Iclal today dl hid did the extraordinary timing thing of or voluntarily furnishing an estimate of ot John JoInt D. D Rockefellers Rockefeller's wealth The Time Information infer mation matlon maton wa was given Iven out Olt In Iii a u formal statement statement statement state state- ment by Frederick T. T Gates Mr Rocke locke fellers feller's feler's business representative There have been a a. a great many amus amus- lug ing misstatements on this subject he s said I. I Several years ago ngo Senator Hoar In the senate cre credited Mr Ir Rockefeller with a fortune of oC ono one thousand millions of dollars milons Quito recent recently a statement has been made and published widely throughout the he country that his annual Income ex ex- one ono hundred millions of oC dollars Now Nor the time facts tact arc that lint Mr Ir her ler has at various times himself author author- 1101 a statement that his fortune can not exceed two hundred and to three hundred million dollars Furthermore his Income Instead of beIn be be- being In ing one hundred millions milons of ot dollars or anything like It I. I can cnn not In dolar this most prosperous year have exceeded fifteen millions or twenty millions milons of or dollars el The rime public generally Is under the Im Impression im- im that he hue owns a majority of or the tho Standard Oil 01 company flock toek Tho The facts are arc that Mr Ir Rockefellers Rockefeller's holdings 9 of or Standard OH Oil 01 arc ure about 20 per cent cent I |