The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-07-30
RICH MEN WORK HARD.
Long Hours Kept By Many Leading
MilliOnaireS.


keyed to work at the speed of au express
train. Henceforth there is not a momen
Of inaction and until bedtime his mind i
at work getting things ready for the mex
day
Even then he does not always stop Fo
| instance. James Stillman, president of tn,
| National CITY Bank, of New York, has
telephone at the head of his bed and it i
there for use His business associates ar,
not surprise to be called up at any hou
! Of the night for consultation. Business i
business for Mr. Stillman at / a. NJ, JUS
a. it l. at 10. He Is in his office an hon
before the bank opens, and rarely leave
before ( 80. luncheon being served at hi
desk and eaten between answers to the
! telephone.
I READS THREE BUSHELS oF MAIL.
Surely an expert correspondent would
/ not envy August Belmont his snap
( He insists on reading all hi- letters per.
/ >uualiy, and opens every day more than
+ three bushel baskets Of mail u be sure no
suggestion may escape him. The many
I sided character of the man will bring him
a suggestion from an outsider for change
I ia the color schemes Of subway station,
/ 4 report Of a financial nature an estimate
on construction, then protest, followed
/ perhaps, by an offer for a race horse.
In the building Of the S35, 600, O00
subway not thing Is done until it has
been passed upon By Mr. Belmont, whether
1t means the expenditure OF ! cent or 81,
nHu. 600 He started out with the theory
that if be began to hand the small details
over to hi, >uhoriInate> it would not be
hong before their ideas Of triHes would grow
and large questions would be settled with
out hl- knowledge AS president Of a
rapid transit company, 4 construction com
pany, a national bank a realty company
and Jockey club, director IN five rail
Tusds. life insurance company. seven
banks a trlst company. a race track and
10 other concerns mercantile, manutac-
turing and tnnsporialipn-he has ne idle
moments.
Where would mechanic be who should
attcmpg to keep the affairs of all these con
Germs straight in his head for month
"; Mr. Belmont has found time to make
himself the authority in the Fast On the
breeding 1t horses
uoCLp WORKS FASTEST aF ALL
E George J Gould Is another millionaire
wi,h an extraordinary capacity for work
f Ia fact. it i an accepted fact that Mr
I Gould can accomplish more work IN given
I time than ans other huancier. simply be
( cause Of his grasp Of details aud bis Won
terfaily accurate memory. From the prices
I II lies and spikes and the lasting qualities
7 of the different woods 20 the capacity, con
dliloa and ssrategieal Importance 81 every
I railrnla IN the nitci States be Is 50 thor.
oaehly informed that he can and generally
+ ll.~ make hl, decisions seemingly On i'm
pulse Bus Il the truth were known i,
Z would probably De found that they were
Z the rs=ui, q deliberations Al Lakewood
Z tie Seldom j. 10 his office more than three
( DAYS a week, but when he enters, which Is
+ by To a. cloek. # be Is going 10 BE- there,
I he Is ready to - through an astounding
taas. Of business
lie procc,si. a, fast a three secretarie,
can fIlnu him, and then he Is ready to
discuss questions u policy with his cabinet
Nlr. Gould bchycs the collective mind Of
b., advisers works better and more surely
during luncheon, hrnce it l. Al A. rich and
expensive midday meal a. !, served IN
Nrw York thar the affairs Of the Gould
properties are guided By following this
sevsuingly JOYOUS bat raally strenuous course
Mr. Gould ha. increased the 6 600 miles
of railroad lcit by hl, father a dozen years
aeu io IL 900. aud doubled hls personal
wcalgh
HANDLES STANDARD OIL PoLIcfES
II. II Rogers, vice president Of the
Standard ud Company. once said. The
richer man gets the less he knows what
he ha, unless hr works TO protect 1t.
Acting on thar principle no detail has been
too small no labor too arda0us, 40 hours
too bong for him, and at - the same pas
,ioa lor work possesses him. 1t is his Gus
tom 20 bury himself in his office At 3 o clock
in the morning Usually he remains until
, D. IN, but il not inirequently happens
that midnight finds him there All poll
cies Of the Standard Oil and its allied
properties, all plans Of extensions, absorp-
ton or suppression, all increases or de
creases in the prices Of oils aud all agree
ments with transportation companies are
under his direction. And as large part
of the Rockefeller holdings are in copper,
Mr.. Rogers Is identified with the mining
industry.
Three generations from shirt sleeves
TO shirt sleeves Is exempi6ed in the case
OF Cornelius Nauderbilt-not, however
froni necessity. but because Of his love Of
labor. Every day he is in New IorS he
NAV be found standing at a drafting table
oT poring over books or mechanical or elec
trical engineering. and he keeps two or
three craftsmen working with him or under
his supervision. That his work Is emi-
nently practical Is atteSted by the trebox
and boiler for locomotives now in use on
all the great systems of the United States,
inventions of his brain
CASSATr WORKS AT EMPRESS SPEED.
The trip of \. j Cassatt from Phila-
delphia to New York in IS minutes TO at
tend a directors meeting is but fair IN
dication of the speed at which he works
He is indefatiglble, and through the vice
presidents of the Pennsylvania Railroad
keeps in touch every move. Beginning
business life as a rodman with a surveying
party on the Pennsylvania, he has never
shirked the sheer hard work by which he
climbed TO the top.
4 man working with almost as much
speed as George Gould is +. ii. Hanl-
man. who caused the Northern Pacific
corner by his fight with }. Pierpont Nor
Gan, and who controls 20, 600 miles OF
railroad Knowing almost every inch of
the United States, in SO far as 1t affects
railroading, his forte is strategy, and he
relies on this to make him the railroad king
of the United States. Sharp and inclslve,
the man gains admittance to him needs
have his questions on his tongue 5 up, tor
if he hesitates Mr. Hartman will prod hlm
along.
Among other men who are in the class
with those named are j. j. Hill, who has