The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-16
An INVASION
By THE SOUTH
Of the Business and Profess
SionaI Life of New York.
MANY HAVE SUCCEEDED
Some are High in the Law
and in Commerce.
MANY HAVE SUCCEEDED


landed in New York with a wife and baby
and sso-his total assets after business
shipvreck in the south. With living TO
make for three the necessity Of being UP
and doing sat heavily upon him. He had
no capital TO start with. Diteh-digging
and newspaper work seemed the only
promising occupations that DID not re-
cuire H. and, choosing newspaper work
as rather better suited 10 the ante
cedeats and tradIaons of a gentleman. nc
straightwsy bearded The editor OF one Of
the largest newspapers in the city in
working hours
But, my dear man." objected the news
paper autocrat, himself q southerner,
when his visitor had mentioned his de-
sires. you haven't any training. You've
never written before
Neither have l been hungry ever be-
fore wss the rejoinder,
The man succeeded OF course The cour-
age behind the answer made that a fore
gone conclusion. Not contented with writ
ing for che newspaper, he gathered half
dozen into his list and syndicated his
dicates were novelty. a small position
in Wall street. occupying his day, was
added to the sum OF his joys, and he
kept up his newspaper work at night for
five years, lingering about the Hoffman
house till the distinguished man had gone
for the night. writing his copy after that,
fling it at the telegraph office. tumbling
into bed at three in the morning. break
fasting at eight and occupying his desk
down town at the regular time. IT was
a strenuous life, but his reward was
forthcoming. and now he is the conhden-
tiai managers OF one OF the best and
largest banking firms in Wall street.
self monument to southern success.
A meccs for the ambitious, a focus for
financial pilgrins-that, by some LEGAL
law of evolution, has come 70 be the sig
rihcance OF New York TO the nation.
Through the business districts OF the city
surges the United States in miniature.
The men who carry on the branches OF
that vast composite which is called lie
business OF New York come from the
four corners of the country Canada sends
its quota, and the countries of Europe
so great, indeed. is this adopted multi
tuds. that the real New Workers. men
to whom the city belongs by birth and
inheritance. in comparison seem almost
IS scarce as the proverbiaI red herrinss
that grow in the wood"
The poverty OF the family, the absolute
necessity of helping them; and the mar
rowness Of business opportunities in the
home town are the goads that drive out
small armies OF the southern boys to find
quicker way to spread bread and but
ter than the slower methods or southern
cities permit The obvious reason why
their choice falls oftener on New York
than any other northern city IS the con-
| tagion OF example the old obedience to
the principle OF the birds OF a feather.
One brother, whose only equipment was
the education given him by highly cul
tured father and mother. worked his way
through one year of law school in Bal
timore. was admitted to the bar, came
/ to New York. entered a firm OF patent
attorneys and pushed his way up. until
/ he was receiving the largest salary they
paid. At present he holds high official
position IN the city OF Manila. But he
/ has never forgotten his obligations 70
the family group in the southern land
When he was receiving salary OF two
thousand dollars. he sent half OF it home,
and his brother, successful in another liz
with salary OF eighteen hundred dol
! lars A wear lived on eight hundred him
! self and contributed nearly a hundred
dollars a month TO the family expenses.
Such as these are the men who count
| in the warp and woof of a citv's bust
ness. and for industrial success il can
rever have too many
! An important factor in preserving the
outlines Of the southern colony in New
York has been the southern society. found
ed afteen or sixteen years ago. II SUI
/ fered a temporary eclipse a Few years
hack. but emerged later IN much better
share to meet the needs OF its members.
} smokers" or dinners four or FIVE times
a year bring the members together so
c.ally At these newcomers fad vel
come. and the older members an audi
ence. But this is not all. Love % the
south is the bond that holds together
he fifteen hundred members from six
teen southern states The south, IT,
uas, its present or its future. makes
the theme for the speeches and the ap-
risrse come. with a responsive love FOR
me old that shouts out no Loyalty for
/ The new. We. Of the shifting north. whose
dwelling places have the span Of year =
lea~A. can understand only by proxy a
Southerner's devotion 70 the home that
has sheltered his family for generations
/ In the rush. and tear. and whirl Of com
r,ercial struggle the memory Of II might
slip away even from him. Were 1t not
for the society that calls hi1 a south
erner TO meet tho general company q his
brothers. who otherwise merged as indi-
vidu-l. in the multitude. would lose all
the measures of southern kinshin and al
The advantages O, organization
View York southerners take kindly TO
toil-oaa presidsncies. Il ". H Newman.
President az the New York Central. ard
william c. Raoul President OF the Mexi-
csr National Railroad. one Of the largest
in Mexico. are "a oe taken as fair exam
vles. They 1T comfortably also into the
shoes OF bsnk presidents. a. James Stil-
man. president OF the National City Bank.
the largest n the country. James T.
Woodward. president az the Hanover Ma
tlo-al Bank. and more than = h-is 4 dozen
% their southern brethren besides. heads
81 many os the most important banks n
the city. can readily testify.
The riaascles CT tie various professions
= the ciry have e1oush southern rePr--
ssntati~es TO make uo-e than Gre north
crnsr break tre Tenth Commandment
-Four Judges are on the list-william a
Keene-. tudss ~ the supreme court.
: Roger 4. Pryor. joseph :. Dsiy and