New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09
RICH MEMS FATHEPS
Poor Americans U7hO Begot p.
ciaI Giants

10 IL an interesting and Instructive e..
least four out Of i've OF American u1ul,,-,.r-.-
are sons OF men who. IN their most ao,r-,..
probably never knew what II was n 60
come OF q week Indeed. % the msfo-,,- -
such a modest revenue would have saar,ss -
The father OF Andrew Carnegie. tbougb -.
early and late damask weaver ar No.
was barely able 70 supply the hurnblss. !,
saries for his small family. and when s..
came % supplant hand weaving he was -
to sell his looms and hts few sticks o. 49,,
and take his boys % America. where n g.
plOyment as a weaver IN one OF the cotfo, 49,.
Of Allegheny City. and where one OF his s,,, i,
though he dreamt Il. was 70 auass one az 49,.
colossal fortunes the world has ever know,
The father OF John y. Rockefeller. who's. ~.
to-day is said 70 be at least double thar 10 ].
Mr.. Carnegie. cultivated a few barrs- -.
Tioga County. y. Y. and added a H,ila =,
family exchequer (scanty enough A. the b..r /
sending out his boys to hoe and plough ana =
corn for neighbOring farmers. W A. Cls-s
copper king or Montana. whose fortune IA =
ously estimated a. from fSg00a 20 fabulo, !
ures (some even credit him with an ir,,-.
5000 a day., Is the son OF a small Pennu-,.
farmer who probably never cleared 100 I'm 49,.
Ele year OF his life. and for whom the fu,s-s =
ionsire did the hardest OF farm labor until -,
dttel ne Add reached manhood
The father Of W. 5. s;ratton. the COLORADO q,
king. was a small boat builder a, Isnsr,uT-
ind. with many children and purse =
filed that he was compelled % take his son a.
rom school at fourteen % apprentices him h /
carpenter. Commodore Vanderbilt founder AZ II
oS the wealthiesr families in the world N
Graded in the direst poverty. and between tie a,
of six and sixteen earned his own living bv usr.--
ing any odd Jobs that came HIS wsv. from ssr-,
newspapers and holding horses Co farm labor =.
porter's work. and JAY Could. who accumula,st,
fortune Of n5.050ts0 before he died. nj the a.. :
hfty-eisht. was the son Of a struggling farmer y.
found 50 much use for his sons services that )
practically received no schooling az an
Sir Hiram Maxim. the millionaire inventor "a
for father a small miller. whose business was 3
Improbable that his son had 10 exc our the An.
income by farm work and wood turning before :
tne age o. fourteen, he was appreuticed 20 a o.
whose air brake has Welded such a golden haus
was the son or a mechanical engineer iu a su
way OF business John ". Mackay. the "siu
Elnk' was the son OF a destitute lrishman y.
emigrated 70 America with hts family On search
fortune. and after two wears of terrible struss
dled leaving a penniless widow % support hers
and her young children as best she could.
The father OF James Gordon Bennett. ire mi
reached Boston good many years ago with scar
~ cent IN his pocket-iudeed. he Was so r.
that for TWO Gays he went without food, untha
was able 70 relieve his hunger By picking up co-
IN the street
Russell Sage. who left a fortune 81 over 81 p"
the yOun gest Of six children Of very poo
parents. and was totllng On farm osiore ne We
ten. The parents Of Mr. PillsbUry, The 'nour IN
OF North America. were IN poor Circumstances
and his bOyhO0d was passed IN very humble nom
and Mr.. Gates. Mr.. Letter and Potter Palmer WeI
al sons OF small farmers and served their appla
ticeship work 4 farm labOrers John Wan
maker. whose stores and ricnes are famous =
world over is the and grandson 81 orlc EInlaei
and the father Of Mr.. Heinz. who has made milue
out Of his condiments. made modest income
brickmaker and market gardener.-Ild- Bits