The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-21

spent $4,000 on the most magnificent
gambling establishment in America.
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Four factory girls we're sent here from
Dayton, Ohio, 20 study local conditions and
TO report how the New York working girl
earned living. Plenty Of money was
provided for them and they were instruct
cd 10 make the Waldorf Astoria thcir head
quarters while in New York They've fol-
lowed orders as far as the headquarters IN
concerned. Up to the present writing they
have led the rush Of the boarders into the
dining room which begins when Mrs. wal
dorf rings the dinner bell. They say they
Ike the old girls cooking Better than tae
Of the women bearders every night They
admit they never saw anything In Dayton,
Ohio, TO equal Il.
Some persons would kick IL they were
playing football. college professor has
worked himself up to a great state Of tn
dignation because John d. Rockefeller
doesn't lower the price Of oil instead Of es.
tablishing universities. He says: The
establishment Of educationa institutions is,
OF course, a great philanthropy. But II the
public so TO the grocer or oil man they mud
Mr.. Rockefeller has raised the price Of oil
either few days before or a few days
after the announcement OF his charity, and
TO the close observer st 10 clear at glance
that for every SlO00O0 Mr.. Rockefeller
gives be takes millions. Mr.. Rockefeller
has raised the price of oil since October i
81 cents gallon. This is not y great. phil
anthropy Mr.. Rockefeller today sells TO
the consumer three times the amount Of oil
ne did q year ago, on account OF the poor
being unable 10 buy coal little less Sun
day school Pecksniffery and a little more
Urnptlgal ! q
less gougng or robbing Of the poor would
be appreciated b. God and man."
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From a messenger boy to president OF the
greatest bank in AmerIca-all within TWEEN
ty-ive years--is the story Of Valentine Z.
Snyder. who is to be president Of the West
ern National Bank OF the United States,
situated in New York His salary7 Oh,
about 100000. He's AZ and was born In
Hudson, N. Y. He was private secretary
for Daniel Manning when the great Alban-
ian was secretary Of the treasury. Letter
he became bank examiner, and when
Manning organized the Western National
bank he took snyder in. After Manuing's
death the WcStern National had a rocky
career. Ii was almost wrecked by Harpers
wheat deal ten OF twelve years ago, and it
was under suspicion more than once cs-
pecially when John r. Senrles was presl-
Hyde, president Of the Equitable Lie
Assurance society, and when the Equitable
bought control OF the bank Mr. Hyde made
Snyder president. From that day the bank
has prospered amazingly. Now it is to alb
sorb the National Bank Of the United
States, it's to have 100000 capital and
Sl0OOOO0O0 assets, while the concerns con.
trolling the bank will have assets of 81 .OOO,-
10000 The Equitable, the Mutual Life,
the Morton Trust company, the Whitneys,
the Elkinses and the Morgans viii control,
II Will rival the National City bank. The
hockefellers haven't a penny interest In it.
What smart men Manning had about him.
Dan Lamont was his clerk He put La
mont In Cleyeand's office In Albany when
Grover was governor just to keep tab on
The Big Fellow" MS Cleveland was chilled.
Lamont is now millionaire several times
over and one Of the railroad kings OF the
Northwest. Snyder, from being messenger
boy IN the Hudson River bank In Hudson
was picked up by Manning. Today Snyder
controls millions upon millions A strange
thing about Snyders rise Is that he has
been 30 busy attending to business that no
one outside the business world knows him.
His name Ia not even in the SQclol Reg
lister. He belongs 10 only three clubs, the
one being the Democratic.