The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-25
JAY GOULD.
4 Grain OF Truih Ia u aouniain VI
ksilee.


A "Worker,v Net n "wrsekT."
IN, ,snort sonn, from New York that
Wall s,Ts.t vrnrs $40 iubil,Dt over TIE fac
thsi Jaw Goul1 has lost millions IN irSing
IN ,uttsin tho msrEct against lh-l' rNli'
n "A NOT uul kriy thar .hc.1 T. ruth 10 ipt
r,n.rt tor several times white he lis'
,iehi,en months hc has H.mo'l Alon"
ch,uEsd 49,. top rspii drpreoiA'inn mol Va'urf
.nd - sosd hi fortune between tnn ooun'y
nd p.uio Moro than a year hgp u NJ"
Ynrl or, shA kugy WhN hr ups hlsihR
about. vr5tn q friout; Few people knnW
hor near In the lss' zen sHyr W have been
upon pane such 40 would have psraiA geo
buhlus,e Throughout Tho country. ina
We Gid 40. hsytli gHCaufo joy uuhid y
confidence, pluck and money prr'en'tall
The litt u mHu WEg lett = nlnH' acme hH1'
gsik Nook to hi. bec from worry VasdtrbiI
laid dawn, and others unurtfno 1sttu N.Y.
uncertsln untl roesti by the ac;ioa Of M
Could ,.,'
This statam.nt may have hteu Il litlc
o,.,vrought bst there IL no doubt Of The
face nnt tue Nrerk-ra OF Wall street nave
constantly found Mr. Gould in Their way,
Bot hey have grown rcoer nurrE me ''s
tvelT- nsoaths, sun with Their hl'tot en-
mill!ors they hspc to make MIN QUO 81
tnair yictiut Were they TO rue1 go ~ tue
present .ims 10 would b. little nhort OF
disaster 20 thr country, erp'rihuy 10 We
West where he hre such large interests
only partially developed. Mr.. Gould may
not he N odsl man, and purhsps LA, very
little of Lhs pbii.pthr0pirt iu his u'spori-
ton But lie has grsAt pfOp.rtN ~ t7fesN
aud has faith r. his holdiugo ana In tue
o1uutrt, SD uSH shorn the courdge 70 back
his f,ith. III. hus made tho hght breye.y,
apd vhsu he mad. IL 10 VAS the hght ot tue
Whole county.
Mr.. Gould 10 Speculation hut not u
wrsoker. IL II ~ his credit that be hiss
studied - create y,lu.s. not tn dos roy
them IL 10 for tsis reason shat the couu-
try hst moro interest IN him than IN most
of the Wall street Frinces. The Operations
that have givon hin the greatest notnrlety
and hxsd puhlis spi1ior la regard to him
have been thsse on Wall strcat. fet even
there nc ONLY ssss the weapons that wsre
being utsd ussinsi bir, and hey who "a osi
loudly dosonRosd him for results wsrr those
whosi hs heat Of their own gHrns. Tina ce.
fs,tsd syeeulstOr - very MT TO have very
poor onioiap Of his iuccsahful opponent.
M. Gsnla 10 not vrsofrr; neither IA be
a ,lo,h living Of the creations OF oihsrp
His active uind oould aot he content win
simply collsctiny tatsrest aud dividends.
In this ba 10 in marked contrast win VI
Wand rbilt, Who. ihheriurg gr.ni wealth
by jndicious investments aud shrewd man
sgsmsnt has greatly Increased H.. HIS IN
yestmsn,s ere in dividsrd'psyine securi-
lies. Hs has not built mile Of railroad nor
8 dollar to the development o!
the o.uu,ry. He has tsktn oonpleted rail-
roads, and by close. il no, nirgArdly, man.
aeement. swellod their dividsndt, bat no
crslt comporciI enterprito OF any kind
has found In him either protector or
ratror. Jay Gould, either directly or indi-
rpcily, has built twice az 1auy miles OF
r.ilrssu within the lest ZEN yearH as any
other citizen. Hih millions have not latn
idle. They have gone, with those Of others
he could iDAusncS, isrgey Tor tue develop
ment OF the country. Be his genius iof
dead properties have heen
given liis and the railway facilities Of the
southwest doubled II not qn,drspled. That
he has beer fef'h IN this is not denied, bui
nevertheless. he hos laid the cousiry urdH
obligation.
III, peculiar fact that nsarly oil Mr.
Gnuld's railway enterprises have been west
,rn aud ultimately associated WITH Ihe de.
yrlopmsnt Of the country. In oil csses his
,fflrt hiss been 10 build both for tbs bansh OF
stockhold ~ and people Tiers has been
IN his rail way management noue OF the
nirpsrdness attributed to Mr.. Vanderbilt.
Tue operatives Of hrs roads pave bo.n
an fairly psid as those OF other
lads. and he hau n,ysr In his management
i.ct OF railways wes tbe recommendation OF
The pubic When Mr.. Vanderbilt mansg.
Cd the Western Uaion telegraph oo1psny
II We. run IS fni,hed enterprise. Devel-
opmsnt was stoppel aud rates dogeedy
maintained sIcsp' when composition fore
ed them DOM. Gould bas for SEINE years
controlled ths same company, and durlng
that timp its wires nave b3ob cxtsrded, tina
plant IN proved, Tho telegraph tolls greatly
decreased. and Ihe asrvlce improved.
The Inter Ocean 10 90 euiog1ss norspeciai
dai.pd,r Of Jsy Gould. Perhaps we have
done our per. to give the people mn idea
that DO war dangerous man, add we arc
not DENYING brt what he it. such great
wealth In inc hando Of any man rondsra
him dangerous But, G. mpnred With sucn
men "a Vanderbilt, he's bene'aclor and
emitted 20 the commentator OF MI feliov
ci,izsus. Tbs ons grinds his earnings out
~ the people who work for lis great cor
porutious and boards them Tor iuturs
cen.rptt, rs. Tho her Rquessea his mil.
hons out of the sp.cuiators IN Naii street
and uses them in rbe development OF tho
cnuutry. Gould, though N soecuiator, sasn
a builder. and he country could better afford
30 loosn Woerishoffsr, kesne, ana dozen
other wr-cssss than have him pushed TO
the wall.-tChicaRo Inter Ocean.