Arizona daily citizen., 1901-05-25
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILuoNAlRE2

millionaire fetish? What is there in mililonare
that people should fear worship or yield the posses
sion of superior qualities to? millionaire Is but
man. and often a very poor specimen OF his species
If he is good fellow, he is good as other men;
if he is just ordinary kind of fellow he is some-
what worse than other people because he is some
what conspicuous.
A New York newspaper, the Herald If we are
not mistaken, has been taking of million
aires Many of them do not show up well; a majority
OF those credited with the wealth that gives the name
mighty poor sticks.
According to the New York newspaper respon-
sible for this brief discussion there 1928
mionares in the United States. What's the differ
ence? It would have been better If the paper could
have figured out that there 78,OOOOOO
hundredaires.
If man is millionaire and only millionaire
he's only small potato in the heap. The mere
possession of million is nothing much Any man,
almost get million who will forego anything
else worth while to get the money. The millionaire
that counts is the man who knows how to use his
millions so that they will work for the beterment of
the world
man with Million or ten millions, and moth
ing else, is poorer than Jobs turkey
Money is only a tool to work with and the man
who has tool which he can get pleasure out of
using is in desperate plight. Who cares for the
average millionaire who is pointed out in the streets
of any of our large cities? Nobody. 1t you happen
to know millionaire right well. the chances are
even that you will like him. but not because of his
money, rather because he is pretty good sort OF
human being aside from his money.
When you get right down to brass tacks, what
man has is of very little weight in forming your
opinion of him. and the more weight it has, the
poorer is your opinion. What man is, is the only
thing that really counts and If millionaire isn't
anything but the creature of his millions, in other
words is mere chump, he looks like lead dime.
In the census of millionaires taken by the New
York paper heretofore referred to- Arizona is credit
Greene, j. NJ. Ford, Frank Murphy E. B. Gage and
G. W. Wells. All these are tolerably decent men,
and some of them down right good fellows. Ford
is gabby little fellow who thinks he i'd smart, but
has not much depth or balance who, nodoubt would
like to be millionaire, and to convey that impress
sion, yet while hoping that he is one, seriously
doubt it. Wells is a conservative ploddng business
man who works hard and If he has million he has
probably earned it. Frank Murphy is a man who
ought to have many millions he wants, because
he is really good fellow and could be as decent
with ten millions as with ten dollars. E. B. Gage
would adorn any station, We recall him in the old
Tombstone days, hearty wholesome, CHEEKY, gentle
man whom neither poverty could diminish nor
wealth make unnatural. If he desires millions, he
deserves them, and will enjoy the satiation of
his desires more than the writer of this
But while hoping that the census OF millionai
res made by the New York paper is incorrect re-
garding the Arizona returns because of their insuf
ciency, really believe that there is but one bona
fde millionaire in the Territory and he is Will
liam Cornell Greene. That Greene is many times
Il
to admit of no doubt. And could any
be created better fitted to be millionaire
provided admit it is a good thing to be
millionaire, (which we don't. Bin Greene for
Bill his friends will call him to the end millions
or no millions, could not be improved by the
possession of immense wealth. 1t only serves the
purpose of calling attention to him. You couldn't
make better fellow and billions let alone millions
could not destroy the native strength, beauty and
originality of his character Has he forgotten the
fellows who chummed with him when he was poor
devil with not more than dinner breakfast
aheadp Not bit of it. Does he turn his back on old
cronies? Go and ask them Is his ear stuffed
against the plea of old friendship or the appeal of
charity? Bet your life not. Greene is Greene
Dollars havnt changed him, billions could not spoil
him. But Greene is an Arizona product and must
not be taken illustration of the millionaire
elsewhere
But taking the mionaires as a whole through
ont the country they are rather sorry pack. They
have no real honor among men, no influence no fun
They seldom can see the real beauties the real joys
OF life. Few OF them carry jag like gentle
man. None OF them has experienced the delight
the joy the bliss of waking up in the morning and
finding after close search that there was half
dollar in your trousers pocket with which to buy
breakfast
There arc millionaires that are men, and there
are milionaires that are mice. There are million