Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-07-09

The president OF one OF the Ieanlng com I
merciai agencies who said only day
or two ago that he believed that sum
had been. increased to $4,000, O0o,O 600
IL will be interesting, therefore. TO
ascertain just what proportion of this
amount is in the possession OF the mil
lionaires Of the country.
To give a complete list of these would
be impossible, butts approximate esti-
mate shows that there are $50 men IN
this country who have on an average
over SEQ, 600. 600 each. One estimate
made recently was that seventy men in
this country owned on an average Ss7,-
SOC. 600 each. In this estimate, how
ever. no attempt WAS made TO get the
great wealth OF the varied industries OF
the country. No attempt was made 70
get at the vast wealth concentrated IN
the hands of the very few men who con-
troll the coal output of the great
Pennsylvania mining regions. Yet II
Is a fact that the i94, O62 acres OF COAL
iron aud timber land owned by the
Philadelphia and Reading Iron and
Coal Company is really in the posses
sion OF three men. who may be said TO
control the real output Of the country.
No attempt has ever been made 20
get into a list OF this kind the vast
| wealth controlled by few men in the
/ whisky trust. The brewers of this
country have always been omitted from
these large lists, and yet such men as
/ Adolphus Busch OF ST. Louis and Mr..
| Pabst of Milwaukee are by their own
| admission worth from S., 900, 600 TO Si9,-
| COO 600 each.
When. furthermore, the vast fortune
| Of the individuals in the mining regions
! of Michigan and Wisconsin, in the Hour
| district OF Minnesota, in the bullion
section of San Francisco, in the mining
region OF the northwest, in the dry
goods interests, ia the iron interests,
In the grain interests, in the packing
Interests, in TIE insurance interests
and in the newspaper properties of the
country are added 10 the inventory,
Il will be evident that $50 men
OF the country control 500, 900, 00'l
each, or total Of SO Zoo, 000,0 900, and
that there arc 1000 firms in the United
States having an invested capital OF
from SIS, 900. 900, 600 TO 500, 600, 000, 600,
or we'll over quarter Of the amount
estimated as the capital of the business
interests OF the country.
A similar list could be made up fol
almost every large city IN the country,
with the possible exception of Brook
lyn, which only has two millionaires.
The most interesting fact developed
in the investigation OF the millions con
trolled by individuals in New York il
the revelation that Russell Sage is to
day n richer man than Jay Gould
Talking with gentleman whS
has had occasion TO consult botl
men on this matter the writer
was given the information tina
within the past two years the wealth
OF Mr.. Sage has increased enormously
! and that Il might be safe TO say tina
! many of his largest Investments hay'
I Melted him as high as 90 per cent -
would say said the gentleman, tina
/ Russell Sage rs worth s00,00o,0o0 an'
that Me- Gould would have nothing
Z left should he lose $50, 900, 0O0,"
In the list which is appended thu
Z name of Hetty Green appears with tn
, usual SAC, 900, 0Go While il is fai
/ estimate, il is learned from severa
4 reliable sources, that her fortune is nov
!. nearer $50, 200, 900. IL is not tw
months since Hetty astonished he
banker by appearing in new kind o
! cardigan. She had taken butler
J. frocls coat, cut off the tails, sewe,
i buttons on the lapels, and she insiste
4 that IL was the cheapest and best card
gan she had ever had. This is mer