The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-04
SENATOR AND MILLIONAIRE
METEORiC CAREER AND BUSINESS QUALIFICATIONS OF
HON. WILLIAM A. CLARK
(Pittsburg Com mercial- Gazette.)

| faculty for controlling big and varied
industries.
| system" he said. that's the secret.
| il secret 1t is.
II have system that every one in
my employ must conform to.
This plan simplifies everything and
makes 1t possible to carry on a great en-
| terrrise.
A System For Everything.
1T is just as easy to run a big busd-
! ness as it Is a small one.
'There is about the same amount of
Catall in eadh. 1t doesn't pay me
enough Ito bother with small enterprises,
therefore eEga ge only in large Cnes.
'BefTe 1 became Interested in u pero-
| ject, I first examine into every detail and
familiarize myself with all phases Of it.
Then, with a thorough working knowl-
edge of the n.alt ter before me, look over
the field and study the market or the
needs for the proposed industry'S pro-
duct.
IF the result of my investigation sat
isfies me, I buy the business and start
it on the ground floor.
Il select the best man on the market
to become the manager.
My New York office is a sort Of clear
there 1 Gtctate tits policy and receive my
! managers repoO'ts.
This system keeps me in touch with
| my mines in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho.
Nevada and Montana. my beet sugar
plantation in California, coal mines in
Mexico, rubber three orchard ON the Gulf
and the other industries.
II do the planning and direct my man
| ayers in a measure how to carry cut the
details. My system makes it plain to
ME if there is amy deviation from the
prescribed directions.
Eyes His Most Striking Feature.
Il never get tired. I am always Well.
eat the best and plainest foods. When
| I go to bed sleep. Six hours sleep
serves me nicely. cross the ocean sew
eral times a year. I never was seasick
in my life."
Senator Clark is GO years DID, medium
height, slender and wiry. His most
striking feature is found in the eyes.
Clear. SHADY. piercing. they reach ones
thoughts before they are put in words.
Eyes that seem like flashes of FURNISHED
steel, at first, they change to gray-blue
| at near range.
They are good eyes-nodhing sinister
or underf1amIded turks i'm their depths.
ly his own plans and perceive more
weak Points in AN opponents campaign.
Ten years hence 1T is admitted on all
sides that Senator Clark will be the
richest man in the world. He keeps no
| costly racing stable, steam yacht; he
doesn't risk his fortune in stock garnb-
ling.
Even today he is known to be the rich
est business man in America. His in
come is about &S.000,o00 year, and Is
| growing apace.
| His wealth is unknown to all men ex-
| cept himself. It has been estimated at
$6O,000,000 and from that figure up to
$3.50. 900. o00.-
! Every dollar OF his great fortune has
| been actually earned. Not a. penny of 1t
has been won or lost in stock specula-
! ton.
How He Studied Rugs.
| A sidelight on his caution is shown in
the following illustrations: He wanted
rugs for his New York home when it
should be ready to receive him. Dealers
came to him with costly samples, but
he refused to buy. He thought the rugs
must have been good ones, for the prices
We're high. But he did not know their
quality, and therefore did not know
|
| quality.
So he went to Paris and hired an art
ist-a rug expert-by the day. For three
months senator and artist tramped over
the French capital and examined rugs.
Then the copper king returned to New
York and bought rugs in his own coun-
try. He knew their texture, he knew
their value.
He followed the same plan in buying
jewels. So expert has he become in
knowing the quality and value of gems
that he is generally recognized as a
| cOnnoisseur.
| His sole fad is securing the master
pieces of noted painters art. He has
hundreds Of thousands of dollars invest
ed in these. Yet he has not one that
wouldn't sell for double the price he
paid; SO his fad can't really be specified
a fad at all; 1t is paying investment.
His favorite sport is golfing.
When his stone palace is completed,
all his rugs, famous paintings and works
of art VIII be moved into 1t. With its
furnishings, it is said, the CLARK man
sion will be the most notable and costly
house in New York City.
Perfect Master Of Details.
Senator Clark's attributes can be
summed up in a nutshell; He is a mas
ter of details. devoted to work. fond of
travelling, direct in speech, clear in ex-
preston. affable and earnest in person.
ality. He is a treasurer Of art and
| music.
This man began in the pioneer days,
when the whole northwest was ter
ritory of specified territories. He teamed
provisions hundreds of miles from the
nearest railroad station up into Mon
tana. He kept store at Virginia City,
Mont. and supplied prospectors with
| outfits.
| That was in the early days when or
4 ganized bands of stage robbers and Wig
! ilantes clashed in wild warfare. Step by
] step Senator Clark advanced with the