Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-10

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notable and hazardous feat that it is
absolutely impossible for him to avoid
exciting remark on every land.
Though the young man is not of large
build physically, he makes up for ii in
other and far more important direc.
tions, for he is accredited with the
nerve of a giant and courage of some
thing about the same Caiiber as lion.
Phillips is one of the finest corn stu
dents on the market. He has made
thorough study of crop conditions and
the amounts and locations of corn
holdings in every part of the country.
His foresight and cleverness in deal.
'ings are unquestioned, for this is not
the first occasion by any means upon
which he has shown his perspiCacity.
! In his home and private life Phillips
is as unassuming as in his business re-
latiOns. His unpretentious little home
is located in Rogers park, at 1908
Ridge avenue. Here the corn opera
tor lives with his wife and three little
children. The house is located in a
part of the suburb which is far from
being thickly populated. The avenue
is brick paved and stone Curbed, but
on each side there are wide expanses
of unimproved ground. In front the
residence is a story and half frame
structure, with a gable end. In the
rear there is a EriCk basement a full
story in height, so great is the incline
of the ground. On the small lawn in
front and along the sides of the short
brick walk leading from the sidewalk
to the front steps are plants and
shrubs. Everything is as neat as a
pin and as attractive as care and at
tention can make it.
Phillips was born in Morris, ILL.,, in
1869, and in his native town he gained
most of his early knowledge of grain
while employed in elevators owned by
his father Morris is located on the
old Illinois and Michigan canal and in
his youthful days Phillips used to see
the canal boats floating by on their
way to Chicago loaded with grain. The
corn trader is now one of the principal
owners of boats on the canal, and by
these vessels he brings considerable
grain up to the many elevators in Chi.
cago. Phillips first came to Chicago
in 1886 and found his earliest city EN-.
ploymcnt as clerk of the grain receiver
of the Chicago and Alton railroad. 1t
was his duty to keep tab on the ship
ments of grain, the names of the PEG.
pie to whom the carloads were
shipped, the amount of the shipments,
ana to take from each car sample of
the grain for inspection.
After leaving his position with the
grain receiver Phillips, who was then
but boy, accepted employment with
the George A. Seaverns company,
and while employed with that firm
gained a reputation as one of the best
weighers in Chicago. His reputation
was such, indeed, that when the Off.
Gals Of the Lone Star Elevator com.
pany of Dallas, Texas, operating seven
of the greatest elevators in the south
and southwest, sent to Chicago for an
of general manager of their company
George II. Phillips was chosen. When
he arrived in Dallas the officials were
surprised, for they had expected to see
a man of experience and not a beard
less boy.
A few months afterward, however,
the panic swept away the finances of
the southern elevators and Phillips re.
turned to Chicago, taking employment
with II. H. Carr and afterwards with
Seaverns again. In 1892 Phillips went
on the board of trade for the first time
to deal for himself. He started out
buying wheat in carload lots. In this
traffic he was successful and in a
short time he drifted into the regular
board of trade, buying and selling of
wheat and corn. The young trader
has continued to be uniformly success.
full, but has until recently been in no
very great deals that attracted public
attention. He was simply biding his
time and awaiting the opportunity
that finally arrived a few days ago
He made nearly 100000 out of his
corn corner