Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-20

they were handled with marvellous
Judgment.
Morgan is wonderful man, just in
his prime. His mentality is aided by
a great physical force that carries
Everything before it. He will have
his own way, and he will dominate i'm
Everything he touches. Besides all
these natural gifts, he has something
else, call il intuition or prescience.
as you will. He feels or knows some
how, far in advance, what to buy and
what to sell. Few men are thus gift
ed, for it cannot be acquired by a
century of experience. l would say
that James II. Keene has such nat
ural endowment, though he has been
known To overreach himself, and Nor
L gan, / believe, never.
Then there is Russell Sage, who
comes To his office every day and at
tends personally To every detail OF
his varied business. No doubt the
idea of retiring some day has entered
he mind of every man past sixty
who has been fairly successful. but |
doubt If Sage dreams of it. He has
one popularity that | never saw SO
well developed in man before, and
that is the faculty of keeping his
money in money. No matter how
many Investments. he always can lay
hand ON vast sums when needed.
That is the faculty that endeared
him To Jay Gould. who often needed
large sums i'm his ventures and always
could get them from Sage. In that
way they helped each other To for
tune. The Rothschilds operated the
same way. and. like Sage, always
kept money at hand. In times of
peace or war. prosperity or panic.
| believe that Russell Sage can lay
his hands ON more immediate millions
than any other man i'm this country.
The Younger Goulds. who have hhndl-
ed their fortunes with exceptional
Judgment. have continued To take
care of Sage, for whom they have
fondness because of the assistance he
gave their father. ..
am positive disbelievcr in ath-
letics or violent exercise. | never
went through a course of exercise in
my life. think it is exceedingly
harmful to the young to indulge in
violent exercise, such as amateur ath-
leticS. OvereXertion is certain to pro-
duce a strain or other harmful re-
suits that will make themselves
shown later i'm life. Many Il brilliant
young college man who has made his
record running. jumping. or at foot
ball or baseball would be alive today
feel. were il not for that fact. He
INJURIES his constitution, and when at
tackled by severe sickness the old
weakness tells on him and he sue
cumbs to pneumonia or some other
disease that he otherwise could have
fought off.
The only exercise that | ever have
been known To take, as such, Is walk
ing. Then il is ut a gentle pace, ana
not for too great distance The
result is that | am perfectly well and
have always been SO. just write me
down as being one unalterably OPP
posed To the violent physical eNer-
ciSeS that are thought to be so nee
essary to the training of the college
men of today. | am the only man re-
naming i'm the street who has been
doing business under his own sign
for forty-three years. ! am the tif-
teenth oldest member of the stock
exchange. | am the tenth oldest
member of the Union club, and one
of the twenty-four left of the original
$50 incorporators. l am the four
teenth oldest member of the chamber
of commerce. | come to my office
every day and can attend personally,
if ! wish. TO the orders of the more
than 4,7OO customers that have on
my books. yet | can hardly remem-
Der when | was too i'll to come to the
IL. lnn
fact that | never took any other cN-
ercise in my life than gentle walk.
There are two things for which L
have n particular aversion. One is
the man who doesn't know what he
wants and takes the first bad advice
offered. ruShes to the market, loses
his money, and then kicks. The other
is being forced TO endure the COM
pany of man whom ! deem UNI
worthy. The following blacklist
have had throughout my entire bust
ness career points the kind of man
to be avoided:
Who vilifies his benefactor.
Who unjustly accuses others of bad
deeds.
Who never has a good word for
anybody.
Who is always prating about his
own virtues.
Who, when he drinks, drinks alone.
Who boasts of the superiority of
his family.
Who talks religion down town in
connection with his daily business af-
fairs.
Who talks recklessly against the
virtue of respectable women.
Who runs i'm debt with no apparent
intention of repaying.
Who borrows small sums on his note
or check dated ahead.
Who won't work for an honest liv-
ing.
Who looks down upon those who