New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

they call in New-England shoemaker collie" Then
he decided to abandon sedentsry life, and to give
pedler. He chose the old Southern States as a
field Of operation. and for sve ars he pedded mot
pie in his field Of labor had little ready money
Fayerweathsr was able. however. thanks to his Old
kinds. These he resod to such advantage that he
made very large profits. so large that on his third
trip no was able to buy up splendid stock, and
with this stock to open up hide shop in New
York. He had .trampedr the whole South and
market; and he was able. out o. that knowledge
coupled with great industry. to pile up 100000 His
It. beyond his trade circle, when his Will showed
s6 o t%eny prominent co
was also discovered when the quiet. inoffensve old
Sht he city a
quiet life he had quietly given to the poor $780,
small army of such men Fayerweather have
written their names In very plain but very bright
was Stephen Girari, the Phila deiphia merchant.
dead these many years, but living still In higher
sense through his Free College home to-day for
700 orphan boys and possessing thanks to his GEN
crosby. over sli.10' of productive funds. Johns
fruit Of long years OF toll and frugal living given to
cndow the hospitals and University which bear
greatest cotton factor in the world, worth to-day
$40 100000 When the Cotton States Exposition in
his own city ran short Of money last year he put
the dry period and promised AS much more II
veritate little castle he turned his old home into
free hospital He is one of the new men who make
certain a new life for the old South. and are an
earnest OF a new civilization and a new wealth.
All these names and many. many more, on
a list of monaircs who may. In truth, be called
benignant And opcn-minded study of their
princely charities shows, II seems TO me how false
is the new idea that wealth Is twin TO wickedness
md In poverty alone may purity be discovered Are
hese men of many millions a menace 10 the Re-
public? No VIII they ever combine against the
rest of the Nation? Impossible They are drawn
from such different ancestors are bent by such
VARYING local traditions and influences that com.
bInation of all capital Is out of the line Of possibility
The railway interest In America Is practically in a
few hands And yet railway history shows but one
long line of combinations formed only to be broken
Are the milliOnaires happy in their millions? Yes
and no They enjoy the game ENJOY winning the
stakes. not only because of their value. but tes.
timonv of superior play. The men enjoy also the
thought that wife and children, idolized AL through
life are able now to crafty every wish. For them
selves they change very little with the change In
fortune I-nhappinoss comes, however to many
millionaires OF generation since with wealth
the home circle nearly always breaks. The wife
and children chase after what they call society,"
while husband and father. with the sons. go their
way Of work sometimes perhaps OF dissipation.
You will find few in the long list Of mllionaires self
made who do not look back with longing TO the old
simple life in the old simple home when rot so much
eve. as a mirage Of millions had yet appeared on the
horizon.