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

John Pierpont Morgan is 65 years Of
age.
For more than 40 years he has been
working laborlously and resolutely at
the business Of banking, which was his
fathers before him, From hIs begin
ming he had great capital at his com
mand, and inherited traditions ana op-
portunltIes OF business on the big
Ecale.
The father had established a bank
ing house In London as well as IN New
York, and the son from the first was
person OF consequence both on Wall
street aud In the city so he IS no sud-
den nppariUon In the world OF inter-
national finance.
And yet IA spite Of his age and his
40 years Of business. he IL comparative
~ newcomer to the knowledge Of the
great public over here. Five years ago
his name barely carried general recog
milton, and yet today he ~ the most
discussed man In the country. hut un-
iii a few years ago the hour had not
struck which was to bring him the vast
opportunity OF which he has 20 greatly
awaited himself
He Is the representative man OF the
era Of American prosperity 10 which ne
belongs lie has marched Yith II from
It's birth. A sanguinc man ana pc
lever IN the future ana the values 81
- a.. ktIl
clouds We're beginning 10 Int IN the
dark days Of depression and pOlltcai
uncertainty that followed the great
civil war lie saw gradually pass away
the period of deprecated values which
made possible railroad wrecking ana
debt population. Sangulne from the
first, one OF his earliest operations was
boldly TO oppose and slgnally to defeat
Jay Gould and Jim Fisk In one OF their
railroad raids He worked away TO the
best Of his opportunities during the
long years Ia which prosperity was
growing, at first gradually and with
occasional set-lscks, then more and
more rapidly, and then by leaps and
bounds under the forolng-trame OF The
terlff
Finally came the day when once and
for ever was established the gold stan
dBTd which opened to American finance
the money markets Of the world.
Then the hour had struck, and the
man was ready,
Pierpont Morgnn's was a world wide
name thenccforth.
What 10 he like-the man or millions
whose name millions speak. but Of whose
personality few have more than the
yaguest conception? Even In New York
they have looked at him for 40 years.
and have seen only the merest exter-
nails. All his life he has looked upon
the world from behind q barrlcade OF
silence. The others might talk and re-
veal themselves II they liked. but his
place has been TO maintain the reti-
cence that. az the Americans say,
"keeps them guessing He has
Stunned the interviewer though he
has dictated the policy OF a great news
Paper. lie has avoided the photog-
rapher there are stories OF his furious
hatred Of the snapshot camera. People
who have had close business relations
with him have never succeeded In get
ting behind the curtain OF his reserve,
In few curt sentences he has settled
rnomentous business deals" X Is said
that In some OF his biggest operations
his partners have been kept In lgnor-
ance Of what he was doing until he HIM
self briefly announced that II was done.
The people who are closest TO him see
little more than may be seen by any
man who happens 10 be about the cor
ncr Of Broad street and Wall street.
New York, on any working morning.
and what he sees Is not much. He sees
a cab drive up, from which almost be-
fore II has stopped a big, thick set
man, with stern, set features. quickly
alights, and without looking TO right
or left hurries up the short flight OF
steps into the office OF ]. Z Morgan &
Co
lie IL a big, a very big, man. nearly.
II not quite. six feet In height, with
broad. heavy shoulders and thick set
figure. But The quick. impatient ener-
gy OF his movement Is so inconsistent
with the idea OF bulk that people seeing
his movement do not realize his size.
His features. large and strong and