The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-28
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MEN.
some OF the Names That would Gao Into
List of One Hundred.

Its, OF One Hundred.
II has been suggested 90 offer prize
for the best list Of the one hum
drcd most successful men In
the United States In this coun-
ry everybody Is interested in the
men who have succeeded. The fact
that many fail only makes the interest
in those who do not fail the greater.
In preparing such an estimate latitude
must he allowed for the different IDEAS
of people In regard To what constitutes
success The mere accumulation OF
money, of course, is not the determining
factor. The one hundred richest men
in the United States are by no means
the one hundred most successful men
in the United States. On the other
hand, there is hardly any kind OF sue
cess that does not mean the acquisition
OF a considerable sum of money. Thus,
IL we inquire who Is the most success
full OF the religious leaders of the coun-
try fancy that more votes would bc
given To Rev. DIR. Talmagc. Of Brook-
lyn. than TO Bishop Phillips Brooks, of
Boston, who Is by far the greatest pull
pit orator in the country. Talmagc is
not only distinguished preacher, but
he has, as preacher and lecturer, ac-
cumulated substantial fortune, be-
licvcd To be not less than quarter OF
million Of dollars.
The most successful men are the men
who have accomplished most consider
ing the advantages with which they
started. Thus,whilc many men will bc
named in the list of the successful one
hundred, there will he hardly one rich
mans son among them. Cornelius
Vanderbilt is one Of the richest men In
the world but he Is not one OF the most
successful. His name surely can not Ice
placed In the one hundred list, while
that OF his attorney and associate,
Chaunccy NJ. Dcpcw, must surely bc
put there.
In Boston we should not put in the
rich young Montgomery Sears, but
should probably put ut the top of the
list Frank Jones, the great
president of the Boston & Maine Rail-
road Co., who ran away from
home when u boy and did chores
for IA living, and has risen to the
rank Of ten millionaire
from that start i'm life. Roswell l..
Flower, who began life up In jefferson
county, n, Y, with not much better nd.
vantages and who is nearly ms rich MS
Frank Jones, would have 20 be put in
the one hundred list.
In Rhode Island, Fletcher, the
worsted manufacturer. who came over
here as nm English laborcr and is now
the owner Of many mills and many
millions, would probably stand at the
head Of the list of successful men of
that state.
In the district OF Columbia Alexander
Graham Bell must take first place rs u
man Of large accomplishments outside
of politics. The great inventors of the
country Edison, Bell, Thomson, Maxim
and Others who have all realized
fortunes from their brains, would be- ~
once voted place among those who he
long ia 1.-THE one hundred" Ono
of the curious results of making up such
list would he that we should find
comparatively few public men in the
list. Nearly every man who gets tu
congress is "a man who has i'm some CON
spicuous way shown his superiority To
the average citizen of his district. but
when u comes 20 the great doors" we
do not look for many of them within
the walls Of the capitol.
One OF the men whose right 10 lac in
the list of one hundred people might
differ about is Henry Willard. But Mr..
Willard retains the presidency of the
great consolidated electric company In
spite Of the statements of the New
York financial writer's that he would
not remain there, Ills position seems
10 be IA strong one. lie told friend
the other day that he now had all the
money that he wanted. lie has got al
least ten million dollars, and this time
he nrnnpsnS IN hold al, 90 u