The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-11
Stress and strain that

I II do not know what were the habits Of
your wealthy business men twelve years
ago. but What I have seen Ct them In my
visit 20 America this autumn has aston
Ished me without imposing me with any
notion that their scheme OF eNistCuss Is
superior or equal 10 outs IN any sense"
Sir John C. Nutting Is the president e
the largest bOttlinC concern in the world.
He is also heavily interested In English
and Irish railways. and was made a bdro-
net by King Edward last November in
recognition Of political services and ths
aid. to the extent OF n.oO0.Oo. which Re
gave to a large Irish railway system suf-
fering from Bocr war depression.
He vas born In Bristol, England. and
his immenSA fortune is almost entirely OF
his own making.
His home IL ST. Helens. County Dublin,
which he purchased several years ago
from Niscouut Cough. His eldest son Is
an officer Of the Seventeenth Lancers. .
crack regiment known as The Death or
Glory Boys OF Balaklava."
i never e. near the office on hunting
days he said. and there are thousands
Of men situated similarly 10 myself who
do the same. The British business man
who has attained. say. E5oaoO0-what you
call Q millionaire-gets to his office no
earlier than 10 o'clock and seldom stays
after &
As a rule, he hunts twice a week.
He never takes his business away from
his office with him. He gives his business
all necessary supervision. but he never
lets 1t make him its slave. What is the
use OF piling up money when one has
enough
One might az well be piling up paving
tones. In Chicago the other day a man
was talking 10 me about energy in bust
ness and how one might double ones
business by driving lard for eight or ten
ears.
A HUNTING INTERLUDE
FOR ENGLISH CAPITALIST.
The EngIshman's Unborn love OF sport
and the general opportunity to indulge in
It do something to map out the life Of =
man OF wealth with US. On the days I
hunt I leave the house at 9 o'clock In the
morning . never get back before T. I
meet scores OF men situated like myself.
and We are all accounted fairly busy and
active In commercial life.
"Of course. there is leisure gone TO ex-
cess by some classes OF business men with
Us. This Is particularly true OF the rail-
ways in Ireland. which are wretchedly
managed. They are under the control OF
boards Of directors. which meet and trans
act business only one or two hours . day
and two or three days q week
1T is different In England. wherS tbs
rhliIOa0S are directed muCn Deiter "
chairmen, who devote their whole time to
the management Of the roads.
I nav never thought Of the possibility
Of reduced hours for labor making longer
hours n harder work for the employers
OF labor. but Of this 1 am certain. the
British business man OF to-day does not
work so long nor 50 hard as his father
nor 50 hard nor SO long as the British
business man OF ten years ago..
This IL because the telephone and other
modern methods Of simplifying the trans
action Of business have made It possible
TO accomplish twice as much in the same
space OF time as was the case not any
years ago.
The nervous strain IL greater. but the
Englishman has reduced The period OF hiB
activity under that strain.
TT seems TO me that here In America
prominence and power are o~btainable only
through the possession OF prodigious
wealth.
In an older settled community with .
hereditary aristocracy and presided ovG
by a monarch wealth Il not everything.
1T Is not even necessary where other
qualifications exist. and II Is valuelsSs
where unaccompanied by suitability for
social preferment or high position"