The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-09-05
No Man Can Pursue Wealth ExClu-
siveIy In His own
interests.
In Making Money Himself He is
Bound to Call to His Aid
The Poor Man.
Pullman. Gould and Vanderbilt All
Started on Nothing But Their
Brain and Energy.
THE JEALOUSY OF WEALTH.

.-- The August number of the Engineer
ing Magazine contains an interesting
article on this subject by William Nelson
Black, in which he says: There is pop
ular impression that men get theii
wealth by taking something out of the
hands of other men and appropriating il
to their own uses. There could hardly
be greater misconception. The ac-
emulation of wealth by all the honest
processes of production, or by buying
and selling, is really the creation OF
wealth; the production of something that
would absolutely have had no being had
it not been for the personal exertions OF
its creator. Yet this fact is only dimly
comprehended by most men who bother
their heads with social problems. Some
times it is not comprehended at all.
Men seem to GO upon the assumption
that there is just so much wealth in the
world, and that life is struggle to see
who shall make the largest grab. But as
matter of fact the fortune OF every man
who earns money by lawful means is
simply his part contributed to the total
OF the national or social wealth.
Take the career of George NJ. Pullman,
just now conspicuous target for the
abuse of addle-headed labor leaders and
Populist franks and Performers Start
ing as poor boy, through sheer force of
inventive genius and masterful business
capacity he has amassed an enormous
fortune. But every dollar represents
new, and no man has ever dared to cast
suspicion upon the cha acteI or meth
dds OF the man. In fact, William Il.
Stead, the sensational English editor and
,ereformer, who lately had so much to say
in favor of the poor and against the rich
and the corrupt elements of Chicago
society, when it came to Mr.. Pullman,
found it necessary to say this:
1.-THE first Pullman car which he con-
structed and put on rails cost $4,000 to
build, as against 1000, which was the
price of the ordinary sleeper Railway
men shrugged their shoulders. 1t was
magnificent, they said, but it was not
business. A palace sleeping car at
$4,000 could not possibly pay. Mr.
Pullman refused to be discouraged. Let
the travelling public decide, was all he
asked: run your old seepers and the
new ones together; will charge half
dollar more for berth in the Pullman,
and see which holds the field The ver-
dict of the public was instant and decis-
i've; every one preferred the Pullman at
the extra price, and the success of the
inventive car builder was assured. He
has gone on step by step, from car to car,
until at the present moment he is said to
have a fleet, as he calls it, OF nearly 1000
sleepers, which are operated by the Pull
man Company. They have besides So
dining cars. and $50 bullets car. AL
together the cars which the company
operates number 2,573 Other COMPETE
tors have come into the field, but Mr..
Pullman deserves the distinction OF hav-
Jog placed every railway traveller under
an obligation by acting as pioneer OF
commodious, luxurious and safe railway
travelling.
"Aiter building his cars in various
parts, Mr.. Pullman decided finally to
ccntralze in the center OF the American
continent. Carrying out his decision,
he naturally fixed upon Chicago as the
site for his works. The Pullman Com
pany was incorporated with capital OF
s30,OO0O00. the quotation for which in
the market to day is twice that amount.
He took up an estate Of over three thou
sand acres round Lake Calumet. which
il fourteen miles from the center of
Chicago, and which was at that time far
outside the city limits. There, follow
ing the example OF Messrs. Krupp at
Essen, he set TO work to construct mod
ell city in his own image. The car works
were, of course, the center and nucleus
OF all. In these gigantic factories, where
$4,000 employees work up 50,0O0.000 feet
OF lumber every year, and 5000 ton OF
iron, they have a productive capacity OF
100 miles OF cars per annum. Their an
nual output, when they are working at
full stretch, is $4,000 freight cars, 3ls
sleeping cars, 6e6 passenger cars and $50
street cars"
Now all this enormous accumulation,
representing millions in value, affording
profitable employment for thousands of
people, and comforting grateful comfort
upon millions OF travellers this had
no existence when Mr.. Pullman began,
and II has all been created under his inn
mediate personal direction. TO say that