The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-02-09
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LABoMoUs iABrTs or THE new YORK
HILIiONAIREs.

LAB0RloUs HABlTs or TIE NEW YORK
EILLi0NAIREs.
The New York correspondent Of
the Troy Times says:
Having referred to industry as the
chief Necessity to swecten existence,
let me add something upon the
laboriOus habits of our leading busl-
ness men. Many young men looked
forward to the time when they shall be
released from labor, and they have a
notion that the rich men Of the city
lead what Is called an ''easy life." This
idea Il very erroneous. Our succcss-
fill men not only have been but con-
tinue to be hard workers. 1t Is true
there are persons who have Inherited
wealth, and therefore yield themselves
to Incidence and dissipation, but their
experiences quickly prove the truth \
of the old saying, tlsat the fool and
his money are soon parted. Om rich
business men work because habit has
become second nature, and they would
be miserable ii they idle,l. We have no
rich drones. for drone would never
become rich. Let ils look at the In
dustry of q few of our self-made men.
Here Is
MOSES TAYLOR, n
who Il about three score and ten, and
Il estimated Mt five millions. Surely
such man, one might say, ought to
rest. So fir from tlIis, however, he Is
almost as busy as ever. lie was no
ticrd as an active, dealer and far-sight-
cd merchant, and Since he retired from
trade lie has enough to do in the vast
field of finance. MIR. TAYLOR is Presi-
dent of the City Bank, whicI, Is one of
the heaviest of our Wall street institu-
tiOlls, lie woukl be extremely mis-
cradle ii he did not visit that bank
every day, and spend an hour In over !
looking its operations In q manner
which some men would call labOriolss.
After this Is done one may meet IN
the Wall street crowd, that form, little
and erect, and that penetrating
countenance. which seems as much OH
the alert as when he was a poor clerk.
Four O'Clock finds him at his home,
with a i7lcketl brain and weary body,
but q fine dinner restores his tone, and
after an hour of social talk arNl q
drive to the Park, he rtires to his
private office and enters into deep
and vcxatious calculation which con-
tinues until bed time. Do you in
qulre what can 1t be which thus drives
rich man 30 intensely? / reply, he
has large number Of vacant lots,
which should be covered with houses,
and the architects plans and the bull
der's contracts are to be examined.
He has shares In banks, IN gas COM
panies, and in other stocks, all of
which must be looked after. Aud if
he does not finish his work as rapidly
as each day brings it before him, it
would soon accumulate In very
cumbersome manner. Such, then, IL
the life of five million man.
THE COMMODORE.
lie has worked hard more than
sixtyyears. OF late he has abated the
intensity Of his application, but still
labors from five to six hours a day in
a very close manner. lie has just
completed the greatest railway depot !
for travellers In this city, and this Is a
mate to the great freight depot in st.
Johns Park. The Commodore must !
work to save himself from sheer mis-
cry. Idleness would be TO him the
greatest Of lnisf0rtuncs. lie Is also
determined that his children shall be
working men. The largest part Of his
property will come into their hands,
and he knows that it is only indus
triOus habits that can keep them in
possession. To such a man as the
Commodore the idea of retirement is /
repulsive. Activity Is his life, and
business is an clasium. Each day
brings its excitements, either of loss
or Of gain, and at Its close he feels the
pleasure resulting from exercise of the
faculties both Of body and mind.
STEWART.
It's well known that this man Is a
marvel of industry. Like Wander
bilt, he Is about seyenty-flye, but he
looks much younger than the former.
Vanderbilt may have felt the impell-
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