The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-05-10

lifelong ambition ~ Cecil Rhodes. the
prime minister of tho colony, n on the
eve " realization. what that ambi-
ton is. is told IN very few worda-whnt
itH realization would mean would re-
quirc columns. Cccil Rhodes IL n char
nrtUr OF tremendous weight In the maxi
INK ~ history. and " he should live
long enough history win acclaim him
as one who has done more toward dis
turhing. N not dirruptiug. the nuton-
omy OF the British Empire. than any
single man save George Washington.
Time was. not long uro either. when
Cecil Rhodes was unknown Co fame
ana stlll less 20 fortune. lie ~ his own
maker. has relied on no man but him
solf has used an mon na tools and has
hls best friend IN himself lie has
fought his way upward from the low
est rung OF the ladder stop BY step.
slowly and gradually but with force
relentless In IT, intensity ana trcmcnd.
GUS In It's power. II n doubtful n
there IL another man. excepting the
great Napoleon. who could have accom-.
pllahcd what tho South African states
man ala
somc twenty years arn South Africa
was In the throcn of tho diamond fever
aud IT, population thought diamonds,
dreamed diamonds. found diamonds
bought diamonds ana IN moro than one
case, stole diamonds II was "Dln-
munda, diamonds, everywhere" but no
man imagined Tor n moment that tho
country'a brightest diamond had at
about that time set foot upon the soil
% brightest Africa II WINS when tho
diamond craze was reaching IT, re-
] HH.Ia - s.slI
| lions were made and lost In day. that
Cecil Rhodes, a younger son ~ an Eng.
llsh clergyman. arrived Mt Cape Town.
III health. his lungs being rather weak.
had compelled Rhodes TO abandon his
studies for HIS prospective profession.
the pulpit. ana he sought the nalubrl-
Gus climate 81 the Cape In the hope OF
being benefited. Like everybody else.
he caught the prevailing disease aud
nt once plunged into speculation with
n daring. a skill and foresight that
COMPOUNDED and amazed the gamblers
and promoters ana investors. lie did
nothing by halves and plunged" In the
/ fullest sense OF tho term In an almost
Incredibly short time he amasned few
millions ana then looked about for neW
| worlds To conquer. lie had mnde his
| headquarters nt Kimberley. Diamond
apolls. ana before long began Hcriei
or financial operations that equal IN,
most daring schemes OF the late Jas
Gould. lie needed licutcnants aud h,
chose them well. Ills FIRST selection wal
Barney Barnato. an -Whitechnpe
contortionlst. who had gone 10 IN,
Cape ana had by intuitiye shrewdneHi
made some twenty million dollars. His
second selection was Henry J. King. q
former resident Of New York. and then
the chairman OF the Kimberley Stock
exchange. with these two and Few
assistants Rhodes proceeded 10 build
up the most gigantic monopoly In OK.
lstence. He amalgamated the De
Beers minoa. shut down an the mines
save the De Beers and by restricting
the output OF stones succeeded In douh.
llng the price OF diamonds In year.
In consequence the shares Of the Con-
aolldated De Bccrs were doubled In
value ana Rhodes was chrlatened the
Diamond King" Then came the dis.
coverY OF gold In the witwaterarand
district In the Trauavaai republic. some
800 miles north OF Kimberley. aud
Rhodes a. Co.. by clever manipulation.
soon became the organizers ana pro-
motors OF over 100 gold mining com
panies. millions OF unearthed pounds
lowing into the Golfers Of the combine.