Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-17
GOULD.VANDERBILT
Their jealousy of Each Other and Their
Ambition Each TO be Con-
sidered
The Richest Man in America-A Keen
and Bitter Rivalry Growing into
EHmity.

To be the richest man in America is, next
to becoming president of the United States,
probably the most universal ambition that
fills the American breast. Before the pres-
ent era Of stock-watering and stock swim
ding set in, says the New York Journal this
proud place was universally conceded 10
Astor. Com. Vanderbilt's huge opera
lions with the New York Central in doubling
the stock as we'll as doubling the taxes i'm
posed upon the shipping and travelling pub
lie. changed all thar. The Astors took the
second rank. The Vanderbilts became the
richest people of the country. That was
position which the commodore, and after
ward his SOD, the present outspoken damner
OF the public, hugely enjoyed. But the lit
tie sly fellow who came here with mouse
trap, aud from catching mice turned 10 COB
bling up railroads and telegraphs-Jay
Gould-changed all that. 1t soon became
whispered about that he was the richest man
of the country, particularly when he made
that famous exhibition of S50, 900 900 worth
of securities. Ever since very keen rivalry
and bitter jealousy has sprunr up between
the two moguls. "When brains and capt.
tai have fight, the brains will always have
the best of in
VANDERBILT RAMPANT.
Cyrus w. Field said, when the famous
battle between the American Union and the
Wcatcrr Union was IN progree-, Vanderbilt,
with all his pretense OF cunning and schem-
ing, is very dull man, and he WAS easily
euchered by Goald, who captured the West
ern Union from him with the utmost ease.
That incensed Vanderbilt Tremendously.
Ever since then when be is asked if Gould is
not very rich man, he shakes his head in
very doleful fashion, as though he meant to
say: "1hat man will come TO grief yet"
Somebody once told him about the report
that Gould was worth $75, 900 ,000 and asked
Vanderbilt whether he thought il was true.
Vanderbilt shook his head as usual in an
ominous manner and said: "Well, / tell
you, SIS 10000 is a great deal Of money"
As he did so he stuck his legs on the table
of his sitting-room in his most beautiful
palace, and went on to tell of his own opera
tions 10 stocks; how he had got control OF
the Michigan Central while pretending To-
ward everybody that he was selling stock,
and letting certificates go out in
his own name, and again how he
had defrauded inves ors in inducing them
to believe he was buying Lake Shore when
he was really secretly selling it, etc j, etc.
Vanderbilt takes the greatest delight in re-
calling these financial exploi's. He thinks
it is very clever TO get the best OF people,
particularly those who speculate in Wall
street, under the pretense that they deserve
to lose because they are only gamblers after
ALL
JEALOUS Of dOUlD.
There is only one thing he does not like.
He does not relish being outdene by Gould.
He wants to be the first man-not the second;
and the thought-in fact, the mere sugges-
tion-that Gould is plucking the laurels as
we'll the dollars from him, sets him wild.
Whether it be this annoyance or other dis
appointments in not having made another
800 100000 as he expected, it is quite GER
tain that Wander bits health has been very
poor of late. His digestion is very bad and
his diet has to be OF the most frugal sort. He
dimes at o'clock, is hardly an hour at din
ner, and at 8 o'clock he already goes to bed.
But even this virtuous and humdrum life
cannot keep the keen gnawing pangs of
ialousy away from him. The big steam
yacht which Gould has been building him
self has given him renewed twists,
AND STILL HE Is NOT HAPPY.
He can't be happy while he thinks that
Gould will be taking trip round the world
next spring, and be trotted out to all the
peoples of The earth as the richest man in
America, when he, the real bona fde Simon
pure richest man of America, is sitting at
home and taking digestive medicine at AS
o'clock, after dinner. A conspiracy between
these two men against the public interests
would certainly be very dangerous. Conn
bined they could buy up everything that re-
mains honest in the Legislature, the judi
ciary, and everywhere else, except, possibly,
our Board of A ldermen, but while they re-
main at daggers drawn, and each one in
censed at the other because he is afraid that
the scepter of monsyed empire will be
wrested from him, the people are COMPARE
lively safe.