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OF hgH1ble origin. Is stsFts1 l2s ~isE slIilo.I
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an1 tIFsseaas el1Egy. His buzIIasss c1xesr
an unverisd success from tic nnst. Whsa
hardy enbzrSd into his rs torfty. Ge became
a partnsF IN tie drug house q 1iUrey Z
Ianrnan, tAsn one sf tie wealrhzszt n Nav
York Upon IT, dissolution u became Ian
usxa a. Kemp, In ~asch bis was the hrtsr
naxrp. UndeT his manas,eznent 10 soon bs-
cArsS the greatsst house IN drugs and patent
ul@siictu-s throughout tbe " eSl indfes ard
South Anaericz, and Gro many years had
branch n.Dusss ana agencies IN Europe, Asia.
Africa and Australia At one rtrre It pr iuted
advertisements Ia seventy languages LAEnlan
L. Ksanp died by limitation and tie present
coocera, Kemp & Co, took its place. Tho
profits of their tasaness had been never In lsss
than SIX ag1rcs. Despite this fact, which
would bs more tran satisfactory 20 most men.
Kemp frcquentT engineers vast Transactions
in osr3r commercial fslds. On one occasion,
when shs optnn crop In Asls promised to be
q failure. hn, With TIE assistance OF bis
managing CLERK. Adclphus halsarteri, formed
a erxaAt syaldicate OF capitalists ~ this country
aud Europa and before ths tI-s6e were aware
OF the frct, had bought up or secured .6econ-
trol o, al tho opium IN the world So thor
oughly wrEe the details of the scheme elRb-
GRATED that Kemp agent, n il said, WIS
s-atlODed IN every poppy teld in Turkey and
) India, sending dnhly reports OF the number
OF blossoms 10 the cez1trai offices in London
7 and New York. Although the expenses were
+ excessive end the capital required something
never baicro heard OF IN the drug and chelni-
cal business, every step WIS n S1ccsss and
netted for tho participating firms profit Of
several EslIlons. On other occasions he has
controlled tho market IN opium, sheilac and
other great necessaries. and Is Is po1arf1l
today In his commercial field as Russell Sage
/ is in WAt street. Kemp he's been q wise il
vezstor ia real estate. The hand on Fifth
avenue and Flftieth street, for example, on
which stands his beautiful Buckingham
I hotel, hes trehled in value since its purchase,
who the entire investment, land and build
/ ing, has dou13ed &C the smallest estimate.
/ BIS business Is SO thoroughly organised as 10
require hut hstle time or trouble lie at
tends to it al the sarnc and also s1perintends
his real and pcrsoaGl eStato IN person be
has scn who fuiberitS murh Of his ability
and viii probably Inherit most of his wealth.
/ TlYss l. estiula1ed at about ten millionS