Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-17

II Is diflcult to convey an adequat
idea OF a very rich mans wealth. Their
are no terms in which TO express It ba
figures, and figures which express grea
wealth are incomprehenslble, except e
the very wealthy
TO say that Mr. j. Pietpont Morgan
Is millionaire or a multl-mllllonair,
or a Millionaire 81 only vague way o.
saying that he Is an enormously rich
man, and It Is impossible TO express
his riches in terms OF houses and
servants. horses and carriages. steam
yachts and precious stones The alien
mine owners unluence may be lndl.
Gated BY furlned coat, large dia-
mond ring, and huge cigar. But how
TO bring within the limits OF the inn
aginatlon Mr. Morgans llmitless
riches?
In all the round world there Is only
about four hundred million pounds
sterling Of minted gold. The capital
Of the trusts and companies which Mr..
Morgan controls aggregates according
TO the latest American estimate, nearly
el 500. 600 OO-6ne thousand five hun
bred ml1on pounds sterling. What
proportion Of that Is value Is another
question, and what proportion Of II be-
longs TO J. r. Morgan is still another
question. But FOR purposes Of comparl'
son. there Is the fact, All the boarded
gold OF the world amounts to consider
ably less than the face value OF the
paper values Of the Morgan interests
In relation to stupendous wealth such
as this, his palatlal steam yact Corsair
is a mere watchchain trinket. His
purchase for $4,000 Of the stolen
Galnsborough Duchess Is only as II
an ordinary mortal had picked up a
shilling book in Charing Cross Road
There is no possibility of realizing, In
more senses than one, wealth that
nearly quadruples all the gold Of all
the world,
II is all the more impossible In the
case Of Mr., Morgan because he Is not
ostentatious Of his wealth. He some
times wears a pearl pin in his cravat,
but the pearl pin was a present from
some one he holds very dear, and a
crayat tie, whether worn By rich man
or poor. needs something TO fasten
il. He wears a gold watch chain Of
rather a large size, but he Is large
man with 4 capacious waistc0at. HIS
collars are number 10, and his hat is
said 10 be rs size. All his things need
to be large, and his watch chain Is not
obtrusiye On the little finger OF each
hand he wears a signet ring and that
Is the extent Of his display OF Jew
elry.
His house IN New York Is on Madison
avenue and Thlrty-eighth street--a
spiendidly built house filed with ex-
quisltely beautiful things, but not to
be compared for grandeur and gagnlh-
cence with some Of the great houses in
London, His county house, Cragston,
w the Hudson river, near West Point
Is roomy and many acred. but similarly
unpretentious, Here are his pedigree
stock horses. cattle, and dogs. lie has
had as many as so dogs In the kennels
there.
There Ia another house In the Adlron-
dacks but this he rarely sees,
In London he keeps two houses, both
Of them for man Of his opportunities
OF selection slnguarly modest establish
ments. His town house Is at 10, Princes
Gate-qulte an ordinary London house
in q row Of ordinary London houses, 70
which only an auctioneer could apply
magnioquent adjective. But IL was hls
fathers house, and whatever was his
fathers is sacred to him, even his faith
er's somewhat unlnspired art purchases.
They remain among the priceless
things that have been collected In later
days, but they belonged TO Junlus spen.
Ger Morgan. and may not be removed
Here are besides the 10000 Duchess
the unique Louis XVI console table the
price Of which was e7000O the three