The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-18
J, PIERPONT MORGAN'S ORGANIZING ABILITY
His Methods Have Revolutionized
the World Of Finance.

His Methods Have Revolutiouized
the World Of Finance.
NOTHING in ancient or modern his
IN tory can surpass, or even ap-
Droach. the power that in the last
Few years has gathered and grown OF
ltseit around the throne Of the worlds
giant hnancier, J. p. Morgan.
His power is felt not alone in the
Dusy world Of the bulls and bears, but
Is so far-reaching that by a turn OF his
nnger he can make his name felt in
the furthest corners Of the globe.
Apart from his landed enterprises. he
IS now practically in command Of the
Atlantic ocean and the ships that sail
thereon.
His personality is. very marked. II is
recorded that priest who went to visit
Mr.. Morgan on behalf of the coal min
ers during the last big strike, returned
10 MS home and said: II saw many
wonderful sights in New York. but Mr.
morgan is the most wonderful thing I
ever saw in my life anywhere"
Hates the PHOTOGRAPHER.
The great financier has more than
one popularity. While he hates To be
photographed, he has no objection to
being looked at. Indeed. he works in
an Office that is separated from the
main Morgan Offices by only a glass
partition. New Workers allude to Nor
gan's office as 1.-The glass cage" OF
course, any one may enter the main
once and so a peep at the august per-
sonage is not difficult TO obtain How
ever, this 81 about as near to Morgan
as the average man can get. He is dis
unctly an autOCrat. OF course. It is not
impossible to secure an interview with
bim-that IS, to sit for a few minutes
IN his private office-for an interview
generally consists in the visitor doing
RH the talking, while Mr.. Morgan list
ems until the end Of his visitors re-
marks, when Mr.. Morgan says, NO
Sometimes he says YES" but those
NWO words seem the entire Morgan
vocabulary so far as interviews are
concerned. When he does not want to
answer question direct, he closes his
mouth Ike a steel trap and will not
answer at all. He is short and vigor-
ous. and his manner can put a man out
Of his office quicker than any prize
1gnter on record could manage it.
when he says mo" there is no mistake
about Il, and no chance that il will not
be heard. He is aggressive to the point
or nerceness. He impresses you as a
man who must have forced his wav bv
Anquenchable energy. It seems fmpos-
eible to believe that he controls as he
does the destinies Of more enterprises
1han any other living man, with the
wiling consent OF the people interested.
Won't Have Secretary.
A glance through the Office OF the
magnate will impress his traits Of char
Hcter on the mind. Every one hons
Through the hoop when Mr. Morgan
moves. The routine business Of the Of
flee is pursued like clockwork- The
quiet, gentle tones Of the employees show
mat they are not used to any exbibi-
ton of gaIf-nnt1fnn Sc
are not paid so much to think as to
obey.
One peculiarly OF Mr.. Morgan is he
Will not employ a private secretary. He
mas been questioned many times on
This peculiar notion, but never has Civ
en- any satisfactory answer to the in
Qulrles- He transacts an enormous
amount OF business himself. and die
Iates large volume Of correspondence.
but the letters which the average man
OF large enterprise usually con7nes To
MS private secretary. Mr.. Morgan con-
fines to no one. He attends to them
himself. Though this involves a great
deal OF work, Mr.. Morgan never com
plains about il. 1t is a good thing for
MIN he does not have to attend to the
whole Of the Morgan correspondence.
or even look after the detail Of sorting
II. for this Is more than any one man
could attend to.
The Morgan mail is something stu
pendous, In fact, &c involves the run
ming Of a small postoffice in the Nor
gan Offices. Seven men are employed
fl this department alone The mail
arrives all day long The first batch
frequently fills two wagons. Three men
are kept busy all day sorting the let
tiers and putting them into their re-
spective boxes to be carried IN turn by
boys to the different heads of DEPART
ments. Each letter is stamped in the
Morgan Office, showing the exact time
st was delivered there. ANY delay can
be traced to its source without much
trouble.