New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
SUNDAY EDITION.
MAY 1, 1892.
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES.
sILNES OF BUSINESS" IN WHICH LARGE
FORTUNES ARE ACQUIRED.

AN EXHIBIT OF THE FACTS IN SEVERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Copyright: BY The Tribune Associaton. 1892
To-day, in accordance with previous announce
ment, The Tribune begins the publication Of the
lines of business in which all persons in the
United States reputed to be worth million or
more have made their fortunes.
This investigation has been undertaken solely
TO ascertain the truth Of the charge. made oy
Free Trade orators and newspapers. that the great
fortunes OF the United States have been made
chiefly under what they call the "robber tariii
by "robber manufacturers" The Tribune mas
ATTEMPTED TO collect the exact facts and present
the information impartially and honestly.
The exhibit of which this is the first install
ment is the production of more than eigh'eeh
months of great labor and careful investigations
Moro than n thousand well-informed persons In
different parts Of the country have aldeo cre''-
fullv' in this compilation. There are rev
mon i'm the United States who have phehonehai
fortunes but every rich man mas peeh ~"
cluded in this list who, in the Judgment Vi
careful and wel-informed friends ana heiehoo's'
has been thought to be fairly worth az ieas' "
million or in close proximity thereto In every
case inquiry has been made flor that Is the pun.
of the whole matter as TO the lines oil ou''''''
=; which tho fortune has been accumulated.
while tho list is believed 10 he substantially
oomn,et. vet il is necessarily difficult 10 make
-, an absolutely correct catalogue of any c"s'
~ men in a country so large rs the Ihl'eo "'""'
The Tribune wishes to reach the greatest po'''''
accuracy: and corrections ana addi'iohs "ic AZ
yited from persons III a posl'loh u h "o"
changes should he made 1t Is qul'e p'''
.h.. there are a few omissions especially auhonS
residents of large cities. and inheritors Oh U.a
estates. The Tribune will be pleased 10 '''ei
suggestions and information tending W "'e ~,
feciion of the lists Tor the dlherch' "'"' ~
cities OF the country. In the hnai tao"ia'io' a..
changes will he taken INTO account ,,,a
,.snondents will kindly address The lriou"e'
pns;ness Office. New-York," and they are par
irIorlv reouested in case they send new naines' "
~,.n,ion tho Lines of business i'll which 'he
fortune has been acquired
In the following exhibit. wherever Ihe io''""'
,o, boon made in an industry whose existence
or profitable pursuit is due 10 the protective 'a'i"'
,ho fact is indicated by an astersk preceding 'le
name. ,,-. -oo,,o Oh.
In a. number of cases two asterisks precede the
80 1hese are instances where the fortune
has been made in business III which, "hiie 'heie
% q duty on the competing foreign product' 'heic
:, nevertheless a doubt whether the tarii Is
necessary TO the profitable pursuit Of the business
Is cattle raising on the plains OF the west P'o-
,ec+ed industry? The duty on foreign cattle pro-
,ects the American farmers living near the oah-
ada line. but does it protect inc cat
t,e raiser on the plains? Is the manu-
factnre of Yankee invention. whose sale In 'nis
country is protected by d patent, pro'eceu
;ndustrv p, A doubt exists; and these cases are
therefore separated IRON the others
A number of estates" have been included III
Oh. lists because either they are those of persons
l,nost Of them lately deceased whose properly
rcmains undivided, else they are those Oh
persons who did not leave 80 large an amount a'
a million 10 any single legatee. so far as can DC
discovered. .,;.,,
It is the intention of The Tribune 10 repuohS"
Oh. list in correct form, in pamphlet extra
This publication is therefore protected ny copy
right; and all rights are reserved.