Evening star., 1898-03-05

this more clearly
L shown than in the
disposition Of very
wealthy men to educate their sons to bus-
ness or professional careers.
Wall street is full of these men-bankers
or brokers or the owners Of great railroads
who are giving their sons a college edu-
cation and then putting them to work.
l asked Chauncey M. Depew recently
what he thought of the necessity of educat-
ing rich mems sons to business life.
There Is only one side to that question" ;"
said Mr.. Depew. Every man should eau-
cate his son to a business or a profession
if he Is fitted for either. There are cases
where a boy is not mentally equipped for
business life.
When should the young man begin his
business career? When he has had a good
college education. Commodore Vanderbilt
did not believe in giving his son more than
an academic education: That son gave bis
boys the same kind of education, but the
fourth generation Is going to college. Young
Cornelius Vanderbilt graduated from Yale
He is now taking a postgraduate course
IN marine engineering there. He is an en-
thusiast on the subject, and has already
made some improvements in the mechani-
cal features of engines which have been
adopted by the New York Central road
ne he IS y now & in the service of the road. AL
fred Vanderbilt is in Yale and Reginald is
preparing for college. William Il Wander
bits son had college education"
MI Depew says that his own son, who
Is now etshteen, Is at private academy
in New York. He will take a course in
college, and then he will study law.
Mr Depew says that most of the rich
business men of his acquaintance are bring
ing their sons up to be business or profess
In Wall Street.
Perhaps the most striking instance in
Wall street OF rich young men bred TO
work is in the firm of Blair & Co.. where
three generations are represented, two of
them actively. John 1. Blair, the head of
the family is mnety-six years old. He
spends most of his time at his home in
Blairstown, NJ. ]. He gave his son De-
WIFI Z. Blair a thorough education at
n'rinceton and then put him at work In
Blair. had graduated like his father at
princeton, he was put into the office to
learn the business. He is now a partner
at thirty, and he and his father are as
they were not the heirs of one of the RICH
est men in the United States
John D. Rockefeller and William Rocke-
feiler the Standard Oil millionaires, are
mems sons to work John D. Rockefeller
1r.. Is the only son OF John D. Rockefeller.
and heir to 5000, 100000. He is about TWEEN
ty-three years old. He is at work In his
1athers office. where he draws a small
salary and saves part of it. Just as his
father did when he was a clerk In a busi-
ness office in Cleveland. William G. Rookie
Teller his cousin, who is twenty-eigh
years Old has been in the employ of the
Standard OIL Company for several years.
Both the Rockefellers are steady indus
trlous young men, and either of them
could find employment very easily If they
were thrown on their own resources.
Handicapped by Wealth..
A comparatively new figure in Wall
street is George Crocker son of the bo-
nanza millionaire. Few of the men who
made such quick fortunes in the gold
neids saw far enough ahead to realize the
necessity of making their children bread
winners. Many of their sons became dis
sipated, like young Fair Some of them
have fallen into business life because they
Eeeded occupa ton. Mr.. Crocker is one of
the latter. He says that the biggest OBJ
stacie ne has had to surmount all his life
IS the fact that his father was a million
aife.
You will always live in the shadow
OF your fathers NAME" said a million
are friend of the elder Crocker's, to the
young man one day.
1t IS true" said Mr.. Crocker, though
TO one ever expressed 1t to me I'm that
way before. Whatever I oo am always
my fathers son; have no identity of my
own
Another bonanza heir who has gone To
work Is w. X. Hearst. His father bought
MN a western paper to amuSe him. as
the OLD senator used to say, and to the
1athers great SURPRISE the young man
made the property profitable. Since his
Iaener death Mr.. Hearst has entered the
held Of journalism in the east He inher-
tied $8,O0O,OO
George WESTINGHOUSE, the millionaire in
ha x1-1o Do,
100 young as yet to think of the RESPONSE
hiiities Of life; but If he shows a liking for
,ne mac nine shop when he grows older,
Mr.. Westinghouse Will put him In a pair of
oVeralls and set him at work.
Young Men In Chicago.
George Pullman's sons learned severe
lesson when their father practically disin-
heritcd them because they lacked business
ambition. They have undertaken to cuIti-
vate 1t now. and both of them are working
Tor the Pullman Car Company in Chicago.
Inc stock yard millionaires are all self
ihade men. and: thsy believe in bringing up
their sons to honest labor. Philip D. Ar
Hsour mas two boys. They left college to
rake clerical positions in their fathers Of
nee; ana there they worked beside hsir
iatners Clerks asking no favors and learn
ing the business thoroughly by experience.
both OF them are now members of the firm,
cago. =
NSAou adofrlS started MS elQeSt son at
work when heewas thirteen, and gave him
most OF the responsibility Of the great busi-
ness OF which he ts the head. Mr.. Morris
gave each OF his sons at the age Of thirt sen
power of attorney to sign his name Mr..
Morras told me In conversation not long
ago that he Thought every young man
ought to go to work at about sixteen years
OF age He said he did not believe in rich
men stimtng the allowance of their sons
ne thought the son Of rich man should
nave money in his pocket. 80 that he might
ieel as good as any one;'' but he should
learn ths value of money at an early age.
ana learn how to earn his own living before
ne attained his majority.
Believe in Work.
David r. Francis Of st. LOUIS, ex-Secre-
tary OF the Interior, believes in work for
the rich mans son. Mr.. Francis has seven
poys, one Of whom graduated last year
Ifom Yale. Mr. Francis told me last sum-
mer tnat he was going to put the young
man into clerical position in his Office and
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