Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-20

about Ss,OO0,00O and to annually net some
where near S500.00O. New vines are being
painted out every year, but so far not one
tenth OF the ranch is in grapes, and it's
value will increase enormously from year
to year. When l visited the Vina farm
some time ago / was shown a vault which
contained more that million dollars worth
OF brandy, which had been made from the
grapes grown on the estate and 1 was
told that Uncle Sam would collect 100000
In revenue taxes from it alone In another
part OF the farm ! was shown focks of
Sheep numbering 10000, and 1 was told that
1000 lambs had been dropped that spring
L saw one drove of 1000 hogs and hun
dreds of fine horses. l visited also the
ratio Alto ranch. which is situated near
the college not far from San Francisco
Thfs farm contains S,4O0 acres of valuable
lands The Grid1ey ranch. which also be-
longs to the college, has 22O0O acres. So
1ar the chief vineyards are on the Vina
farm. but 1t is estimated that if all of the
land which is suited to vine growing on
the three farms We're planted in grapes
the vineyards would be worth about
S2oOD,O0O, and that they would produce
an income of $1,000 OtO a wear. This is
the estimate of the San Francisco Argo-
naut in an article summing up the property
which Will pass into the absolute control
OF the university trustees when Mrs. STAN
ford dies. The sum is so great as to be
beyond conception.
Senator StanfOrd's Ideas of Education.
Some time before Senator Stanford died 1
had a chat with him at Washington about
the university, and also as to his ideas of
education and self help. / had asked him
whether he expected to furnish school al
which boys could be educated free. He re-
piled he did not. and said: II suppose the
tuition will be free, but I don't think it
would be good thing to let students have
their other expenses paid There is such
thing as educating a class of paupers, and
should fear that we might do that. We
Will furnish board at a low rate. so that
any boy can pay it if he will work for the
money. Have you ever thought how little
it actually costs for your mere living.
man can easily feed himself on a dollar
and half a week. He can clothe himself
for little bit more. Where l was brought
up in New York state We could get good
board for about a dollar and quarter a
week. 1t is not the necessaries, but the
knickknacks of life that count ! believe
the necessary expenses at Stanford are now
about 500 year
The senator then went on to say that he
hoped his university would give the best
practical education that could be had. He
did not care for the frils of learning, and
would fit boy for a live, practical work.
ing career.
Stories of n Millionaire.
While Senator Stanford was in Washing
ton l had many conversations with him.
He was very approachahle, and when he
had leisure delighted to talk. He was a
man of broad education, wide reading and
was full of original ideas. He did not oh
ject to talking about himself and fire.
quently spoke of his early days in Califor-
mia. lie once told me how he happened to
go there and how narrowly he escaped
spending his life as a country lawyer in
Wisconsin. He was brought up, you know
in New York, about eight miles from the
city of Albany. His father was farmer
.Io !, r,-
the summer and went to school in the win
ter. Later on he went to an academy, and
after that studied law in Albany. He paid
his expenses while at Albany out of the
money he made by clearing strip of wood
land for his father. The woods were near
the railroad. He made a contract with the
road to furnish it ties and wood, and out
of the deal made more than $1,000. This
formed his start. BY means of it he was
able to remain three years in Albany, and
at the end had enough left to pay his way
to the little town of Port Washington, Wis
where he hung out his shngle as a LAWYER
During his first year there he told me he
made 81 200 al his practice. He had put the
most of it into books when a fire broke out
and burned up his library and everything
he had. 1t was this fire that induced him
to go further west to California. He col
lected $500 which was owing to him from
his clients, and with this started on the
career which ended in the accumulation of
one of the largest estates of his time.
StanfOrd's Advice to Young Men.
I once asked Senator Stanford whether
he thought the young men of the present
have as good chances to make a fortune
as had those of his generation. He replied:
Il do. This country is on the edge of
its development. We have vast resources
which have not been touched and there are
new things coming up every day. Look at
the great sums which have been made in
electricity in street railroads, the telephone.
etc. Look at the new mining regions which
are being discovered and at the new bust
nesses of all kinds which are springing up
1t seems to me that the demand for good
young business brains and energy was
never greater than it is now"
At another time Senator Stanford said
that a young man needed three things to
be successful. In the first place he must be