The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-26
WOES OF THE RICH.
MAN FEELS WITH MIL
D" IONS AT HIS BECK.

pe'N Mana only ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DIassure and Pain.
rrorn the PittsbtT0 DtspGtch.
rv happy are millionairesf Is Dig
4 no" - --orth the labor and anxiety which
no"'y T, the owner Of $4,000. 900 really
" co,'' r,ore than the owner Of S1,0QQ, O00a
"o'vI -. interviewed several welI-known
l.,t'..iras asking answers to the above
fn''i. .1sns--Cornelius Vanderbilt, Russell
Gpa cyrus Field, Chauncey Depew. Lo-
oaH S Sanford, Elizabeth Thompson and
dspu and it seems as If their views
0' Lss. ho Of general interest, especially in
all tsii,bt Of the sad business in Homestead.
"a; vss week or two ago that called on
nenew at the Arlington, where he
Mr. ge IRbiIe deciding whether to be Mr..
PAUSE 13.,r,s Secretary Of State or not At
haFI ~ the business which induced my
slS TI sastsd. Does it pay to be very rich~
cal. 4 oT know, - said Mr.. Depew 81 have
~ naan it. but should imagine il did
ne 5oIJs wouldn't want to be it-would
On Mr.. Dspew is worth only paltry
lns{. or two. and he is not Every rich"
L LaonrdDg to metropolitan standards.
81 -Ir-vnREp MILLIONS WORSE THAN ONE.
nHowever. he continued, after minute.
b ,bav may think it is going to pay, AMI
go co. ward find themselves mistaken; man
ga Seyar is but always to be blest; perhaps
that's what you mean.
"fs a fortune Of S100, 900, 900 any greater
,bsn a fortune of 81, 600 ,00O!' asked.
YES y he said, sit requires more care and
fires man more to keep it, but 1t will not
q NV any more Of the things a man wants.
a Wbether il brings any greater enjoyment
q vvsll probably not. Riches do not gener-
s. slIv confer happiness or necessarily even
81 comfort. It depends on what & man does
With bis money. l know man who has an
n 1ncome of Just about $1O0, 900 a year and
3 yets heap of satisfaction out of 1t. He
spends it all, on others, OK course. most OF
II Enlightened selhshness. He gets his
pleasure from making others happy. But
4 must require great deal of time and tai
ent, To know to give away money wisely
a man needs to be inspired. II Is about the
most difficult trade there is-that of philan
tbropist A great many more people
would work at it II they were certain that
their money would do any good"
CYRUS W. FIELDS VANISHED TREASURE.
Poor Cyrus W. Field died Tuesday-his
immense fortune squandered by his SON
and the fortunes OF several of his relatives
engulfed also, Immediately after the death
of the two who were dearest 10 him in life
Five years ago he was worth 100000. I
asked him about that time several of the
questions that stand at the head of this
paper.
THE value of money can ca silly be exsg-
gerated," said Mr.. Field. at is really
worth only what it will bring in the things
we want; and for that purpose $40 day is
worth just about as much as 81, 900 day.
In addition to this, there is only the graft
fed pride which arises from having made
what men generally call great success No
doubt Mr.. Gould has about the same sort of
satisfaction that his neighbor Gen. Grant
had-the satisfaction OF having beaten
the satisfaction that the boy has who swims
the farthest, or the girl who stands at the
head Of her class. That's all there is to it."
Mr.. Field was cheerful then, and even
jovial; he lounged upon the leatbern sofa
and chattsd and laughed, aud perhaps be
thought less Of money than of the plaudits
OF the world showered on him in 1858 when
the first Atlantic cable hiccupped its feeble
but significant benediction.
KINDNESS THAT WAS NOT KINDNESS.
A friend of mine stood the other day at
Mir. Fields bedside, and he speaks of his
state being pitiful indeed.
"My life is a wreck" said the sick man
bitterly. "My fortune is gone, my home
dishonoredl 0, l was so unkind to Ed
ward when / thought was being kind! II
] had only had firmness enough to compel
my boys to earn their own living, then they
would have known the meaning Of money!n
And the broken-splrited man repeated
over and over again his desire to die. His
visitor reminded him OF many things re-
naming to live for, of the great donors
paid him by all the countries for his work
for civilization which moored the CONT
nents together, of the fame which he has
won and would never lose. All in vain; be
was sure he had nothing to live for; and
the decorations given him by sovereigns
and now hanging on the wall were mean
ngless baubles to him.
called and asked Russell Sage about
this matter. 1t is no more difficult to get
at him to-day than it was before the dyna-
mite crank sought to effect a loan without
security. de is worth a good deal of
money and they say he has recovered the
SlOOOOOOO he lost in that scramble in the
street one morning ten years ago. Prob
ably he could foot up $50, 900, 900 or 500, 000,-
VOO-lt isn't worth while to be exact.
RUSSELL SAGE STILL WORKS HARD.
1t was very warm day when I called,
and he had his coat off and wiped the high
receding front Of his business occiput with
req SILK handkerchief as he handled the
market envelopes Of puts and calls on a
A,tIe table before him and replied: Eyes, 5"
NO. to the clerk who came in every
minute or so and asked him questions in
Hgures and symbols which were all Gree
to ms
GU seem to work hard to keep ahead
OF the boys, Mr.. Sage" said; ''thr, 10 a
PREVALENT idea that millionaires don't have
10 work at ALL"
he uttered a significant but inarticulate
sound OF disapproval from the upper part
Oh MS shroat-a kind of chuckle strangIed
III It's birth-and added: They have to
work, l guess, if they keep anything.
EVeryoody clutches to get it :"
You have enough money, haven't You ?"
asked; AS much as you can use?"
Yes, as much as | can use - he answered
turning toward me; ives, have as much
as can use, suppose"
Then why don't you stop work. I
Uoidly continued; you haven't child in
tue world; you are rs years old; you are
worth worth they say, SIS 100000, 100000 for
WORKS BECAUSE HE LIKES TO.
ne Interrupted me onc9 more with the
ZANE old sound Of dissent, and repeated
ironically, They say!" After a minute he
aTu 1'd You ask me why don't stop WORK.
4 Il DO 1t if you will answer me one ques-
tIon What else can l go at that will do as
much good and give me as much satisfac-
uoh' Well, you can't answer it. Nobody
can; l have thought ID over. This is my
uaue. Another thing: Every man likes TO
excel He likes to prove TO be worth as
Lluch as folks say he is worth. Hardly any
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