The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-13
Men Who Make Good
Amid Strenuous Strife

Stuyvesant Fish, whose contest with
e. H. Hartman over the control of the
Illinois Central railroad has made him
the object of more than usual public
interest, is a fighter as we'll as a fin
;ancier, and without sacrificing facts
to ALTERATION, says the Chicago Rec
onr-Herald, may be said to be one of
of the most modest of American men
of millions. In the management Of
a vast business interest he has come
so near to putting into actual practice
the principle of the square deal" in
capitalism as to become striking f1g-
ure in the financial world a person
ality that is refreshing for its rarity.
Mr.. Fish, although he has made his
own mark in the world and has risen
to his present high standing through
his own merit, comes of family that
has furnished warriors of note in
every conflict in which the United
States has been engaged, from the
revolutionary struggle to the recent
scrimmage with Spain, and has pro-
duced as we'll statesmen who have
taken leading part in the building of
the nation. With these historic ante
cedents and large capital to back him.
it is not surprising, perhaps. that he
should prove factor to be reckoned
with when he undertakes to defend
from attack the principles OF manage
;ment of the great corporation. the de-
velopment of which has been the pride
of his life, or when he puts his weight
and influence on the side of reform In
the conduct of huge life insurance
company, with its hundreds of immeas-
ureable importance for public good or
evil.
In both these roles, in which he has
been most active recently-as pro-
,tector of the Illinois Central from those
who would make 1t the prey of stock
manipulators. and as the man behind
the broom in the housekeeping oper-
atoms of the operations of the Mutual
Life Insurance company-he has
shown the wisdom and virility that his
early career forecast and proved him.
self something more than the ordinary
Wall street magnate, the rich man who
does not feel the obligation to make his
life one of the usefulness, to others
as we'll as himself
A man still In the prime of life, OF
physical as we'll as financial weight,
several inches over six feet In height,
ordinarily slow in his motions, ordinar-
lily of few words and those of simple
directness; with features Of rugged
masculinity which speak instantly the
absence of all trace of idle ease;
rather bristling mustache under his
strong nose and penetrating eye. and
finally with a bearing more IKE a SOL
dier's than railroad president's-such
Is the Styvesant Fish Of today.
He is 81 years old and the youngest
son of the late Hamilton Fish, former
governor of New York state. and secre-
tary of state under Grant. He Is a
grandson of Nicholas Fish, who served
in the war of the revolution with dis
tinction. On the maternal side he is
descended from Peter Stuyvesant. the
famous Dutch colonial governor
Though with forbears of wealth and
high social standing Stuyvesant Fish
had to work like any pOr mans son
when young, and to this day shows the
effect Of that hard training in the
school of life. In 1871, when he was 20
years old. having just left college. he
was put to work In minor place In
the Office of the president Of the ILL
nois Central railroad. He was often
SO hard up that he had to walk from
his boarding house to his Office.
According to one chronicler OF the
hariships rich men have to undergo
as boys when this one complained to
his father the latter asked him how
between house and office.
Three cents each way" replied
Stuyvesant.