The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-15

men have the moral courage 10 suun OF
cut q millionaire There is this peculiar
IT, about the millionaires Of Chicago, one
which surely distinguishes them from tie
nilionaircs of Boston. New York or
,A.a.c!L..., and thai b. tie aildi. rum
Der Of them who inherited thcir fortunes
o. any considerable part thereof Lcav
ing out the rich widows not more than
half dozen Of Chicagos milli0naires
gained their wealth ia any other way
than the regulation western fashion of
knocking il ont for themselves. Seven
ont Of ten of them started in life without
any advantages whatever, and large
majority of them arc still men Of bUt su-
pcrfcial education.
Marshall Field is undoubtedly the
wcalthics: man in Chicago. He used TO
he clerk I'm Potter Palmer's dry goods
store and is now worth not less than
fifteen millions. and perhaps good deal
more He is also the greatest dry goods
merchant in the world, bis sales exceed
ing thirty millions n year His wholesale
store, covering q whole block and built OF
granite, cost above a million dollars
and is the finest mercantile building on
the continent If not IN the world. Ills
re-ail store. on State street, is probably
larger than any dry goods store in New
York The stable IN which he keeps his
horses and wagons Is four stories high
aud covers nearly half a block. he is
only J6. and personally supervises his
Vast business. doing so with the greatest
case and freedom from worry. His wife
j. society leader. and q woman oi sense
and culture She is noJ ashamed ot the
fact that wnen Mr. Field wa, "a clerk size
.rri boardcrs
Next 10 Field the richest man ia CHI
e1oy 4 PHI Armour. and some tLink him
lf.lcr ,bau the dry goods king Phil
Armour IS the citizen ol Chicago best
known abroad IT, isthc King - po-k.
and also tlc ,finee of o. 4 fellows. No.
body knows how mach Le pile -rl0lI-
Div ffirc. or twenty ufl.iO... H. gives
ava. - for.rc ever, y.... and works
N-. . h.-l r.u. masking tlffc Cd. lour
small fortunes iu the ea-. tlle Lnruma.
t'em and ether unpleasant ,L.ng, arc
to.horiug him q late years. aad be- is
leaning boss to rCs,. lc roW takes gre
o.cu' vacations. ArmnLra IoieY j, r
packing houses. railroad etoc.e aAd gov
cruneut bonds and banking .aap- l.c
never took L. real estate aud r. h-l.v
o.csh owu $4,000 worth of ground
aside from his ycrv modest rCs.GCuc AID
Dr. business property. iatslal f'clI
ias % gree. 'U, OF A-o .i' iH-1 I'D I.'"- ''
tate. owning acres and acgas of boulevard
PROPERTY and many valuable down town
lots. Phil Armour pride i7 The Armour
mission. -IlenCIa charity started ir
h brother .ud completed and '.-
doWcd ty BIN Armour haas large ready
resources. 10 j, said De- ooald lu -n hour
have two or three millions cash T.. hand
almost any timc. licld also nam 81
wonderful resources. One day eDrle year.
ago partner i'll l4s business became dis
satisfied. Field took him aside, and alter
q short talk handed him check for ttrcc
millions in purchase q the PARTNER in
;crcst SCmc tine later another partner
gc.a restless. Field starts him If with a
check for million To brother ~ poor
health lac gives check for another mil
ion and sends him to Europe All tins
time he is buying real estate Oh Il magulh
cent scale Armour works like Il cart
horse when lie works. and entirely drops
business when lie goes on trip. Field
taxes il easy all the time. He gives three
or four hours day TO business and dimes
leisuroly at the Chicago club. something
Armour never thinks OF doing. Armour
is much the more liberal man OF the two.
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There Is an impression that about al
the rich men III Chicago made Their
money in pork or lard or bGtcherng oil
some sort. That is not true. Thirteen
Chicago millionaircs. including Potter
Palmer. one Of the richest OF them all
made their money ~ or. goods Inc
iarwclls. John B. and tie senator.
..t4as ,cd their fortunes III that trade. IEo
l"rwclls came here from a. Illinois iarm
forty years ago, and ior "a long time
t4c. les. now the senator, was . clerk III
. I.h.ic office ~ 50 & month. +. :.
-..--aaH. the ownr a. The talr' when
.s g. place gcod dcal llke inc cStaDlish-
mcnt OF the Universal Ffoyioer ID Lon
don. where You can buy anything IRON
a garden hoe TO locomotive on from
pet dog to an elephant-used 10 BE-
pccdlcr and 90 about the country with
Jack on his back beioro that Ae was
lc.l boy in hotel. lie docsn clam 10