The Richest Man in the World.
According to New York news onpers, Mr John D. Rockefeller, head of the Standard Oil Trust, will be a billionaire. He is now reputed to he the wealthiest man in the world, hbine worth nearly eighty millions sterling, with a yearly income of four millions. One newspaper signifi cantly remarks that Rockefeller's jaily income i« more than the Presi rient of Ihe United State* recpivpp yearly. Hp could piy M-" McKinleyV annual salary of £10.000 every day, md ptill be worth £800,000 a year. Tht* Socialist pup. r-» claim that whpn r.his mighty capitalist is worth two hundred millions sterling his great wealth will give him practically n •n<*>n<>poly of all th--» business interest in the country, and he will become a menace to the Republic. Rockefeller's defenders point out that h< ha* always bpen pxtremely charitabU to churches and educational inotifcu ♦ inns, and that the pnpse"-ioil of grpa wea'th by such a man is a blessing • ather th-«n nn pvil
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Manawatu Herald, 2 March 1899, Page 2
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167The Richest Man in the World. Manawatu Herald, 2 March 1899, Page 2
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