The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-03
THE ROANOKE TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JLLY 5, 1895.
HARVEY AND COINS SCHOOL.
The Mans Origin and Riss to Greatnes,
a West virginian by Birth.

The Mans Origin and Riss to Greatness.
A West virginian by Birth.
The June number OF the Bookman
gives the following sketch of william
Hope Harvey, the author OF "Coin's
Financial School:"
The whole man is in the fight, which
he Is maintaining in the present. fnan-
oial controversy; from the soles OF his
feet to the crown Of his head he is Of
''set purpose and firm will compounded"
There Is an unf1inching courage in his
determination to carry on the cause
which he has championed, as there Is O
rough honesty and audaotty about this
man who stands 80 boldly on the
strength of his convictions and looks
the whole world squarely in the face
with unfalterinR eyes. Certain of one
thing we are, that Mr.. Harvey's con
duct shows not the slightest evidence OF
insincerity or political jobbery; per-
chance he may be mailman or fanatic in
the estimation of some; whether there
Is method In his madness is yet to be
seen.
william Hope Harvey was born in
August, 1851, near Charleston, w. Va
He came of sturdy parents OF Scotch
and Irish descent. His early years were
spent on his fsther's farm. and he gath
OLCo sAO E0Q1uOubo VI 0QuCSelOn IN u lOR
school house, which he supplemental
by such reading as his fathers library
permitted. These were days OF arduous
toll and hardihood, and body and soul
were knit together in the lad in a
healthy ambition to "sco.n delights
and live laborious days" A. the age
OF 16 he had saved sufficient funds to
take himself out OF the narrow limits Of
his home, aud an entrance into q coun-
try academy soon widened the breach
for the honors Of village schoolmaster.
Here was laid the beginning of the train
which was to blaze up suddenly in after
years. In the "school" idea of his
financial tracts we see the schoolmaster
in evidence, and make no doubt that his
early experience was peculiarly fitted to
bring him Into that public position
which comes to him who with assid-
uisy fuses the present as the training
camp for opportunity"
The progressive and untiring energy
which have characterised his: career are
seen in the leaps and bounds with
which. as opportunity offered, he rose
to life Of larger usefulness and wider
room and moved to Ohio, where,
he studied law. For some time he fol-
loved the legal profession, but again
changed this in turn for the field of
commerce. One Of the most fortunate
events in his life, he says. was his
meeting at Gallipolis with Miss Anna
B. Halliday about this time. They were
married in 1875, and their two boys and
two girls comprise "Coip's"' family
school. From Ohio, where he had met
with signal success. he went to Denver,
and, setting up the sign of real estate
and lawyer" at time when silver was
booming. he realized on his investments
with such shrewdness and success as to
become fairly rich man.
He was not forty years old when he
openly declared war against what he
calls the greatest danger OF the coun-
try-the gradual but ure establishment
OF plutocraoy." Looking around him
he saw that men we're vague in their
financial theories, and. believing that
there was great work in the field for
some one bold enough to master the
problem, he gave up his business for a
time and travelled far and wide to
money conferences, studying the ques-
ton OF finance, especially as it affects
the silver States. in thorough, practiA
cal manner, and eventually settled
down with his family in Chicago.
For two or three years he worked
vigorously but unconspicuously, and
the establishment of his paper excited
no comment; but suddenly the name of
Harvey became blazoned forth in M at.
tiers concerning workiugmen. 1t was
meet that the man, whose only boast is
that he is the champion Of the working
classes, because he is sprung Of them,
should first come into public notice
through an action in their behalf, and
not as an author. It will be remem-
bered how General" Rsndalls indus
trial army was thrown into Jail at
Laporse, lad. Mr.. Harvey started for
the scene on receipt of the news, and
secured a speedy release for all the
men. 1t WAS the last spur ne eded to
convince him that the money question
was at the bottom of the entire indus
trial trouble, and he set to work at
once on his now famous Yeliow-covered
book
The clear insight which OWNED the
need of the hour, and the quick under
standing and grasp Of ths situation in
meeting that need with populsr tren-
tise. are remarkable. From the first be
was con6dens of success, and assured
the agents shat the sales OF the book
would be certain 20 reach q million
copies. Scarcely O year has elapsed
since its publication, and his expecta-
tion has been fulfilled within a few
thousands, and the sales show no sign
OF diminishing. Already rich man be-
fore he launched this venture, he de-
clares that the fortune massed by the
sales OF "School" shall be kept in trust