The age-herald., 1902-03-16

When q man is co it Is no reason that he should retire from active business unless. like ". C. Whitney, he has a fad to indulge. I know many men who made their greatest success after they were 60 years old.
 Now. I have absolutely no fad and I think a man ought to retain an active interest in his business as long as his vitality holds out, no matter how old he is or how much money he has ac- cumulated. It is dangerous to have noth- ing but time on your hands. Nothing will kill man quicker than to have no fixed interest in life. I have enough on which to retire, and my business is in such shape that I need not come to the office once a week. but I am here anyway, and I haven't the slightest intention of retiring.
 of course a man should retire when he feels that he has enough but that brings up the question, What Is enough?'
 Andrew Carnegie made the greatest success of his life after he was 60 years old. Henry Clay Prick his partner. and James B. Dill entered into an agreement
 
 for Sl5O, ,00O, ,O00 But MT. Carnegie decided that he could afford to remain in busi- ness a year or so more. He did so, and finally sold out for $500 GOO 900, thus mak- ing $150000,0 900 in less than two years. No wonder the young men of today want to make money fast with such an ex- ample. Then there was Daniel Drew, who turned out Erie stock faster than Vanderbilt could buy it. But Drew had a paper mill, you recollect.
 Every one knows that J. Pierpont Mor- gan is making the greatest of his success just now. I don't think he Is more than 60. but he is all of that, and look at his A enormous ventures-all of them success full.
 Morgan was born into success. l knew him when he was a cl@rk, but he always had money behind him. His father left him a, great name and about S15, 000, ,000 and he made no errors in handling that fortune. The establishment of J. s. Nor gan In London, in connection with his house here, brought all things to them. Affairs of great import simply became cumulative with him, and as he was born In the street and of the street they were handled with marvellous judgment.
 Morgan is a wonderful man, just in his prime His mentality is aided by great physical force that carries every thing before it. He will have his own way and he will dominate in everything he touches. Besides all these natural gifts Ee has something else, call It intui- tion or precedence, as you will He feels or knows somehow, far In advance, what to buy and what to sell, and when to buy and when to sell Few men are thus gifted. for 1t cannot be acquired by a century of experience. I would say that James R. Keene has such a natural en- dowment, though he has been known to overreach himself, and Morgan, l be- iieve, never.
 Then there is Russell Sage, who comes to his office every day and attends per sonally to every detail of his varied business. No doubt the idea of retiring some day has entered the mind of every man past 60 who has been fairly success ful, but I doubt if Sage dreams of it. He has one peculiarity that never saw 90 we'll developed in man before, and that is the faculty of keeping his money in money. No matter how many invest ments he always can lay his hand on vast sums when needed. That is the faculty that endeared him to Jay Gould who often needed large sums in his ven- lures and always could get them from Sage. In that way they helped each other to fortune. The Rothschilds oper- at.u the same way, and, the Sage, always kept money at hand. In times of peace