The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-25

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The man told his story and the result
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. fortune
n,ted States are the Kounsx Brothers
They have banks in New York. Omaha
ana here. and their operations extend to
All parts Of the L nited States. They came.
! think. from Eastern o.. originally. and
they we're brought mp on a farm. v here
their father had located when he landed
IN this country from Saxoay. After .
ume the tasner opened store. | think. in
canton. Ohio. The boys were given q
good education: they were taken into
partnership, and soon as they were grown
up were given small capital and allowed
70 start out for themselves. They began
their banking business in Omaha some
time prior 20 the war. and they opened =
bank here ia ls6. as branch OF the Omaha
mouse. Charley kounix IS now the head
OF the Denver bank, and he is one OF the
richest men IN Colorado. lie has n beau
THU home on Capitol Hill. and he has
some OF the most beautiful paintings you
viii find in the West. The four Konnix
brothers have always worked together.
ana am told tina: they have shared here
alike IN AL profits. Luther. the third son.
long ago, but the firm continues the same
and grows richer and stronger every year.
Speaking Of brothers worSiny together
makes me think Of two miilionaires Of
fueb.0. These men are not widely known,
but they are. am told, worth somewhere
between $4,000. 600 and $D.Wo.0o, aud
they do all their business together. They
are known throughout the West as the
Thatcher brothers of Pueblo. and they are
among a rsa fr1e hos wi
ern millionaires. Mahion d. Thatcher. the
younger OF the two, Is as near a human
automaton as . man generally gets; his
soul is wrapped up in money making. and
ne IS said TO have no more interest in
other matters than the proverbial hog has
in the Sabbath day. He reads only rail-
road reports, the stock markets and finan-
cial journals. and his life is made up in
eating. working and sleeping. He writes
ali his own letters himeeif, and he knows
every detail of his vast business and
attends to most of them personally. He
- man of few warm friendships and no
amusements. Still he is considered one
Of the ahlest financiers of the West. He
owns bank stock all over the country, and
he IS. am told. director in dozen diff
ferent banks. John Thatcher. the elder,
- more companionabie fellow. aud,
though he Is said TO be q good bust
ness man, II is Mahion who manages
the property. These two men came to
Colorado poor. John Thatcher drove an
OK team load of supplies from Denver to
Pueblo before the civil war and opened
store there. He had his own way OF doing
business. His goods were never placed on
shelves, but they were in q heap on the
floor and about the room. and customers
went in and picked out what they wanted
and asked John the price. He always put
it high enough. but he never changed il.
If the customer objected the goods were
simply tossed back into the heap until
some other customer came along. This
went on for some time. and then Nahlon
came out to help his brother. He brought
order ont OF the chaos, and under him the
store began to make money. From mer-
chandise they drifted into banking. and
the store was turned into . hard ware shop,
which still belongs to the brothers, and
which makes money. They have. during
their career. been very careful as TO invest
ments, avoiding mines and specuiations Of
that kind. Pueblo has grown from q viii
lage TO big city, and their property Is &C.
cumulating with startling fapidity.
learn here that Senator Wolcott is fast
becoming . rich man. He has made q
great deal Of money in mines, and his i'm
come from his Law practice is said to be
about $4,000 year. He made o lot of
money NJ Cripple Creek and. with his