The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-10-21
American Millionalres.

Here are eight men, saws the n
Y. Journal. whose aggregate posses
sions show wonderful prosperity
of the people, especially of these
eight people: John D. Rockefeller,
$l35 100000; w. w. Aster, 1920.
OOO, 900; Cornelius Vanderbilt. $780,
100000; Jay Gould $4,000, 900 /;
Henry NJ. Flagler, $4,000, 900
Charles Pratt, $50. 100000; VIM. X.
Vanderbilt, $5O,OOO,OOO; John Flag
Ter, $40, 100000; total $625, 900, 900
Then comes Fred w. Vanderbilt,
George Vanderbilt, William Astor,
and Louis c Tiffany, each worth
$35, 100000, or worth an aggregate
wealth of $14O,0OO,OOO.
These are followed by G. P. Hunt
ington, Leland Stanford, Andrew
Carnegie, Mrs. Elliotte F. Shepherd,
Mrs. w. H. Vanderbilt, Henry Hill
ton, II. Victor Newcomb, S. w.
White, Levi. P. Morton, Augustus
Belmont, j. Hood Wright, and Jas.
B. Colgate, each Of whom is worth
$50, 100000, andlwhen taken togeth-
err, these twelve persons are worth
$36O,OOO,OOO.
Then follows the list of those
worth $25.O00,00O each, whose
names are as follows: Eugene
Kelly, VIM. Rhinelandre. John W.
Mackay, Russell Sage, Theodore
Havemeyer, VIM. Rockefeller, Oil
yer H. Payne, Robert Goelot, Ogden
Goelot, Austin Corbin. A. Stewart
Webb, w. D. Sloane, Pierre Loril-
lard, Robert Chesebrough, Calvin S.
Brice, G. P. Morrisini and Henry
Willard, in all seventeen, whose
combined wealth is $425,0OO,O00.
These are followed by a list of
nineteen names who are worth $780,
100000 each as follows: H. 0.
Havemeyer. Robert Bonner. H. 0.
Armour, Piermont Morgan, Louis
LoriIlard, Mrs. II. Mex. Twombiey,
William e. Whitney, Louis Morgan,
Mrs. Bradley Martin, John Jacob
Aston, Jr.. w. J. Askell, the Misses
Furness, John H. Starin, Darius C.
Mills, Charles l.. Tiffany, Arson
Phelps Stokes: Henry G. Marguand,
John D. Sleyback, and Henry Hart
AN aggregated wealth of these
nineteen persons of $3SO,0OO,OOO.
Here are sixty persons whose
wealth combined amounts to the
beautiful sum of $1,930,OOO,0O0
This shows very prosperous con-
dition of the last sixty-three million
people of our country. The entire
circulation for the United States is
only 81 400, 100000, while sixty cit
liens of this country have posses
sions aggregating nearly half mil
lion dollars more than the whole
amount of money in circulation for
The use of the entire people. Is it
any wonder these great barons can
control the money markets of the
country, and, in controlling the
money market, they dictate the
price Of all other com modilies?
In addition TO the sixty foregoing
named persons, there is given list
Of twenty-five persons who are each
worth SIC, 900, 900, and twenty-seven
who are worth $5,O00,O00 and fifty
seven who are each worth $780,
900. In all there are one hun
ired and sixty-six persons whose
wealth amounts to 81
i56, 100000. This is certainly very
strong evidence Of the prosperity of
our country, especially of the list
published in the Journal.
The amassing of such fortunes
nto the hands of a few people puts
nto their hands a power alike
dangerous to liberty and prosperity
If the masses. When few of these
oarons unite their wealth for any
they are enabled to carry
'ut that purpose, and since human
nature leads most persons to do
hat which is the greatest advantage
o self, these few may not only use
he power of their wealth to crafty |
.heir whims and pleasure, but they
will and do use that wealth to en-
nance their power, and, as wealth
5 power, and has always been an
power. when massed in
my great sums, the oppression of
he masses is not difficult to account
or, with such astonishing accumu-
atoms in the hands Of the few.