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Saturday, April 2,192 i BIG WEALTH IN HANDS OF FEW Fifty Families in United States Control More Than SIOO,- 000,COO Each. ROCKEFELLER AT HEAD CF LloT Oil King's Estate Is Now Estimated 6t Between Three and Five Bil lion—Veritable Dynasty in Evsry Important Industry. New York.—Fifty families in the Utlited States control over $100,000.01)0 eaeli, 100 families control over $50,- 1)00.000 each, and 000 families control over .$10,000,000 each. John D. ltockefellor's estate is now up to $15,000,000,000. Five billion dollars of wealth in tbe United States lias been linn led down to heirs, many of whom wt re incom petents, in tile last fifteen years. Two hundred persons in the United States control $15,000,000,000; in France the same amount is controlled by ISO times that number of people, or 00,000. Dynasties to Fore. industrially the United Slides Is he com ng dynastic—-there is u veritable dynasty in .m b important industrial k! not urc, some of which ale: Sixty per rent of the tobeceo trust weal ill is in die hands of ten lamiiies. Twelve families, witli llte Uockefel ler family a..ay in the lea l, control 50 per ci lit Ilf I lie oil industry. The railroads of the country ure controlled by 1.0 per cent of die stock holders. One and live-tenths per cent of the stockholders in the s eel trust possess fil pel* cent oi lie stock. Two families control 51 per cent ol file stock in the harvester interests. These startling figures on the con centration of wealth in the United States were obtained from Henry H. Klein, deputy commissioner of ac counts of New York city and a deep student of economic affairs, lie Im spent ten years collecting concrete fnets on the pyramiding of American wealth. Mr. Klein’s attention was called to the recent statement of George I*. Hampton, managing director of the Farmers’ National council, that 33 in dividuals own 3 per cent of the en tire American wealth. He estimated this 2 per cent at about $ 1,837,000,- iMto. Mr. Hampton gave no names, but tlie following list of individuals and estates and their vast holdings, checked up to a recent date, was giv en by Mr. Klein: Estates or individuals— Amount. John I). and William Rocke feller, ja.COO.OOO.OiW to 000,000 Pratt family 400,0'JO,00ft Harkness 400,000,000 Carnegie * 300,000*000 Weyerhaeuser estate 300,000,000 Vanderbilts 300,000,000 Astors 300,000,000 Payne Whitney family 300,000,000 Crick estate ~ 1T>0,000,00 Goelets 1('0.000,00<‘ J. J. Hill estate 100,000,000 Hetty Green estate 100,000,000 Held estate 100.000,000 Harriman 100,000,000 Morgans, $150,000, 000 to 200(KO,000 Flagler estate 100,000,000 Anthony Brady estate 100,000,000 Gould estate 1 100,000,000 Wldener 80,000,000 George Farr Bakers so.th'i'Vooo Bt limans 00,000,000 Isaac Stevenson T 0.000.000 Kennedy-Todd group 75.^00,000 Bage estate 50,000,000 Blair estate 50,000,000 Rhinelanders SO.flOu 00'> Rogers 50,000,000 Armours 100,000,000 Swift 100,000,000 A. C. James family 00,000,000 Cleveland Dodge 00,000,000 Archbold estate 50.000,000 Mills estate 50,000,000 Daniel He’d estate 50,000,000 Plant estate [-0,000,000 Morris 50,000,000 Pullman estate 50,000,000 Searles estate 50,000,000 There are many families Mr. Klein mentioned in t lie $10,000,000 class, and this includes Mrs. William Leeds, now Princess Christopher of Greece, and Alexander Smith t’oehrane. until recently America’s “richest bachelor” and now the husband of Mine. Gamut Walskn. opera singer. Mr. Klein’s list, which is several pages long, does not go below the $lO,- 000,000 class. l Called Fire Department 1o ? I Quench Flames Inside Him j I t i Seeing h man rush up to a ; | fire nlarm box and turn in an f j alarm. Patrolman Winner of } • tlie New York city police do- f i partment. inquired where the . j fire was. “Inside me," gasped ? | Joseph Mnrone of Wooster, O. i f “I drank booze and want the ? ? firemen to run u hose down my j ♦ throat and extinguish the I 1 flames." • f The patrolman told the fire- { 1 men where tlie fire was, but f itook Mnrone to the police sta- ! tlon. ? t : ................ <j \ POCOMOKE CiTV.MD. KU KLUX BAND IN MISSOURI 1 v Secret Organization Deals Out Sum ■ mary Juctice in Cedar County. Fair Play, Mo. —A white cap organ ization, similar to the Ku Klux Klan > of tlie old South, is said to lie work ing effectively in Hie eastern part of Cedar comity. The band works secretly ami silent ly, deals summary Justice, and then disbands. It was formed a year ago, ■ hut none of its victims "squealed,” so their activities are just beginning to become known. Decently, according to reports, a ' Cedar county farmer was taken from his home and whipped. The visit Is said to have followed reports that tlie farmer had beaten bis three-yeur-old Stepson. i SETS DOSE OF OWN MEDICINE Jailer Musi Serve Sentence of Six Months in Own Jail for Engaging in Fight. Frankfort, Ky.—Fess Whittaker, Jailer of Letcher county, must serve tilx months in Ids own jail at Frank fort. Gov. Edwin P. Morrow has re fused to remit the jail sentence ini- j posed on Whittaker by the Letcher cir cuit court. WhPtnker was sent to ids own jail by County Judge Samuel Collins for having engaged in n fight. Having a key to :ho jail in Ids possession Whit taker 1,-; himself out and ‘later was j indicted on a charge of jail breaking ii.ikl seuiemt-d in >orie six mouths. 3;;-'d Required. "T<i,! you over laste moonshine whisky?" “<Vi n nly not.” replied Uncle Bill Bottled p. “Anybody who can't swat low Ho t enough to keep from tastin’ it lias in. business Lyin' to drink it.” — Washington Star. (Jet strawberry checks printed now. I NEW SPRING CLOTHES, SIR | 1 *25 to *45 | I Those fine new woolens you’ve been f 1 I waiting to see; the latest and smart- If I est in style designs; the smooth fit, |jj I the easy lines which only a skilled k I tailor’s hand can achieve—all here in If I Kirschbaum Clothes for Spring and || | Summer, 1921. Yes, and at good | | old-time, easy-to-pay prices, too. I j Are you o>[i;right, 1921, ' b A. B. Kirschbaum Company I. H. MERRILL CO. 1 One Price Clothiers M I WORCESTER DEMOCRAT AND THE LEDGER-ENTERPRISE i . Flavor! ! mmmmmmmmmmmaaaD I! No cigarette has the same delicious j , flavor as Lucky Strike. Because— i Its | toasted LUCKY STRIKE ! CIGARETTE (H \ They Ride a Turkey to School, i Paris, Ky.—llonr.v Wilkwson. f inn er of Bourbon cointtj owns n turkey [ gobbler wliioli one of liis children rides to school every morning. The gobbler is a ret and (he Wilker son children had so nmeii fan climb- Ing on its liael; tbat |tie fatlter de- ' | vised a saddle and bridle, wldeh the ; i gobbler tool; to I inilly, and now one of the children rides it to school every day or visits adjoining farms with it. j - | Shot in Neck. Drives Car. Kichmoml. Iml. — Although he had a j Ini I let in li is neck. Clarence Stout | drove liis automobile several miles to j the hospital to receive medical aid. His revolver dropped out of his pocket and discharged while be was putting chains on his car. i; I DlghmarfsFishFer^^^^^' I Produce More Dollars Per Acre i No progressive farmer today disputes the value and necessity of fertilizers. Your County Agent will tell you that the quickest and easiest way to in crease production per acre, consequently your profits per acre, is through the correct use of the right kind of fertilizer. ■ For the past thirty-two years, TILGHMAN’S FISH FERTILIZERS have m been the choice of the fanners in this community. Combining high propor- M tions of Potash and Fish scrap, TILGHMAN’S FERTILIZERS give to your g* soil that vitality and new life so necessary to produce big yields. Do not think you save money by using a cheap grade of fertilizer. Your K soil and labor are too precious to gamble with. There is no necessity for ran- 3 If ning any chance or risk, when you can buy a standard plant food, such as i TILGHMAN’S, that has stood the test in this community against all comers i __ for the past thirty-two years. jgj If you want to make every acre of p a w I Sweet Potatoes produce more dollars § H ft Jl > v H for you, ask your dealer for TILGH | 8 MAN ’ S FISH FERTILIZERS. 1 I Wm. B. 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