Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-14

Is a SANDER. No one who knows Indiana
people could ever think that they DID not
have the nerve to follow anything they
were after. Probably they concluded that
Kansas was the softest thing in sight and
stayed with 1t.
Yankees of the East.
However, that expression has never been
applied to the Yankees of "'way down
east" Scratch successful man anywhere
In the northwestern states and It's dollars
to doughnuts you'll find a man who was
born in one of the states east Of the Hud-
son and whose ancestors. II not himself.
had endured the vigorous training OF that
section. They were bound to succeed In
the west. Their natures were Injured TO
the severe discipline, mental and physical.
of their environment. Transplanted TO the
free and open atmosphere of the west, 1t
was inevitable that they should expand,
reach out grasp and control In their new
surroundings, where there was room for
expansion
You can trace a line OF them. all the way
across country, beginning at the western
reserve in Ohio. Canny. hard-headeo.
close-fisted folk. keen to earn and caretul
to save; determined, kindly, tpspitabie
without being extravagant, frugal without
being stingy; brave to hold what they nave
won by their own effort and conceding 10
others their due as well. 1t Is wonderful
strain of blood. making TOT the pest GU
ample to the new peoples who have come
in from foreign lands.
Most of them were driven to the western
country by pressure of overpopulation anu
underproductivity of the east. Wherever
they fastened they took deep root ana
chung steadfastiy. They raised STURDY
stock retaining the instincts ana traol,
tons of their Yankee ancestry, improved
perhaps by being grated upon the more
nourshng west.
A Fitting Example.
Leslie NJ Shaw is a fitting example or
class. He spent his youth in the hard
school of narrow New England Ire.
Born in Vermont in 1913, he lived in the
little town of Stowe He received gooo
education at the academy at MorrlsVilie
and when he was twenty-one years OF age
went to Iowa. He earned the means 10
graduate himself from the low"
of Law in 1876. 49,.
This keen young Yankee, ANXIOUS 10 So
ahead" as they say out west, iookeu apoI
him for the best way TO make some lT Iu ~
money quickly. He realized that ooiiais
would breed dollars mighty fast In that re.
gion and that time, given reasoia rg,s
number of dollars with which 10 Deeh- ',a
Start was humble enough. he ioaueu ~
Nth n stock of fruit trees and started gu.
W cell them to the farmers. Iowa neeoeo
Sruit trees In those days. Hardy Ia lie.
ON the broad prairies, viewing with NV ,is
rnnch complacency his fat crop Oh cVl., Az,
herds of cattle and droves OF hogs. Dut o'o
ne banker for a little fruit orchard
Nest Of them were Yankees ana IN the iohs
uinter evenings their mouths wateieu "a
the succulent apples of the OLD hohes' ,',.
Sh,u resolved that apples were MS iohs
.t - no set out scores and scores Oh
80 Great orchards of Iowa. he deait iaiI
~ md in delivering the goods mace
friends. He became known throughout oil
that region ,ou,Yar ba
had friends, ready made, among the farm
ers litigation there was In plenty. no
one ever accused New Englanaer Oh reaui,
ness to give up point claimed In his own
favor If the courts could help him sustain
it, Mr. Shaw in those days was natural
born trader, they say. Between law cases
he traded for anything IN sish.' 49,,
soon he saw a chance to trade In farm
mortgages He and his law firm would
deal in mortgages and attend to the law
part of the trade as a side ISSUE
Started a Bank.
Pretty soon, as the prospect opened, they
felt the need of more capital. Nothing
easier than to start bank in connection
with the law firm. Thus they caught the
clients, coming and going Up to the out
break of the Bryan fever, in 1896, Leslie
NJ Shaw was nothing but business man
and lawyer. He had class In Sunday
school and used to get them into debates.
Then ne got 10 duuiesoihS soAoois anu hnc
assemblages. First thing he knew, the
politicians got their eye on him. Good
takers were wanted about that time
He could tell a cracking good story and
keep an audience interested. He was earn
estly opposed to free silver, his banking
experience giving him the cue In that d.
rection. The republicans took him up and
ran him for governor, electing him. In
1902 he was asked to become Secretary of
the Treasury and accepted. He still knows
a good Iowa mortgage when he sees one.
Mr.. Shaw is undoubtedly candidate for
the presidency. He believes in himself and
in his luck. He has seen enough of Presi-
that he would make good one. Anyhow,
he Is going after the job. Next February
he will resign from the cabinet and will