Arizona republican., 1901-10-17
A SUCCESSFUL MAN
Something of the Life and Work of
 Hon. D. M. Ferry.

The Detroiss Courier in q recent edl- tor.al reviewing the lessons to be lSarre1 from the celebration of the city's bi-centenrary. also makes eX- tended msntiJa4of the lessons to be learned by studying the life work Of the men who made ;he city what il is In tke course of the editorial extended mention is made of MT. D. M. Ferry. who is wei known in this valley as an investor and a friend of Arizona He numbers among lis friends here, or should, all who have'had the pleaSure of meeting '2im, ard many who krow him cnly by reputation They will en- joy reading the following special men tion of MT. Ferry in the article re- ferred 70:
 .'Of such c.ass are the pioneers of the 50s, who planned the commercial and manufacturing industries cf De troit. Each and al! are entitleI to ccmmendat.on common surate with their efforts and success; and in this class is to be msntiCu=d prominently the name of Hor. Dexter Mason Fer ry. who as q public Spirised citizen. plilantAropist and successful busi- res man. is repre- atative Of an tEat marks the worthy and successful citi- zen, and Of whcse personal coEtribu lien to the moral life and business success. wrought through the chan9cls cf hard toil and sterling integrity. but :it,le is realized by his fellow towrgs men
 Mr-sFsrry is rich: he is iriuer; ial; ]; has built and oGltro $ thc biggest seei .tao.ory in the world; is digEified. yet afa able in all his ways of life and was recently a caHdidat- for governmental this is superfo.ally known of hiel,
 The interesting ard profitable s-ory of MT. Ferry's life to the young man who aspires t. hJnOrcJ and worthy citizenship requires closer study. Its record is d familiar one of the farm bSy striving for an educ1tica; enter. iEg upon the struggle for existence wks2 te should yer have been in school: the s1o nin- clerk in d book store: his arrival in Detroit in 1852. a-i a-s entrance inc the szed busi- ness in modest way in 1856. as Q junior partner in the pioneer seed house of MhicEigan; and the gradual and systematic building up of that business un.il it ext= nded is influence to every nook and corner of the civ ilized world. IL recitss the rise of the book clerk to the directorate of some of the leading financial Institutions or the sat: also Of the 6evodon of time and energy in the bui ding of chari- table institutions. hospitals. and in the provision of public parks and the per formeEce of othsr duties which usual ly devolve upon public spirited and re- spo-sib,e citizsuz
 MT. F'erry's fortune was largely at tainsd by his success as a seed mer- chant- He has been d director of the First National bank Of Detroit since its reorganization in 1863. and .s now it's president is also first vice president CT the Wayne County Savings bank. and one of the incorporators and pres iCznt of fte Standard Life & Acci- cent Insurance company. and is also president of the Union Trust eompan ny. He ssryed as ore of t.ss trustees on the beard of trustees cS the Olivet cOI,eg=, and of Harper and Grace hospitals. and is a sturdy supporter of the Art Museum of which he is president.
 MT Ferry las been life long re- publican. but has rarely sought for political honor. He s-rved on the park commission in iss41ss6; was a mem Der of the beard Of estimates in 1878.