Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17

most important Industrial centres OF silk.
IRON ana sugar. were poor boys with nat
ural ability for only gift
IN the mercantile or financial world we
see mat Clafin, Jordan Lord Barrhelds
anu IeId were kings in commerce; Phelps
1"u Douge were poor notaries; Gould.
AoSketeUer' Sage and Field. little secre-
taries ut supra
il ~ ue porn poor, according to Carnegie
Is great thing. People deplnre. he writes
poverty; but K is evident that only the dis
I'm life. " 'uS'e's
carnegie foresaw immediately the nroa,
IN the steel industry. woodruf rr,dio,.t
IA'er the advantage OF iron bridge. ov.,
wooden ones, which he adopted row
away, making an immense fortune I.c.s
StIore TINS Astor foresaw the enormous
iue.eIopment OF New York and bought real
estate which he disposed OF nFre-Vs,d
with immense profits
rhlPps' thinking Of the possible ,..t,z.,
uoh OF the treasures of The a., - -
nInWrecks, invented the diving bel VA.
Gerolt embraced the advantages a, ~.
discovery OF Fulton and changed his sal.
ing vessels Into steamships maLIrs :.
hundred per cent profit
Avidity egotism
Inc Unsuitable egotism OF nrob, ,,,L,,.
characteristic OF all men OF enter
p iIse' sometimes Il shows the mos,
oErLous manifestations. Aston answered
When asked why he continued ,ccu,,,,t,,
ing money when he was aIre,d, ',,,,I,o.
halre'-'It Is not making money that a.
know it," sNes me 10
Ho'keteller said recently, speakiny a,
t WI.o should succeed hlm:-"He has "a
80 apuu. the production of petroleum.
ana railroad administration. and ba nn.t
not nave scruples, or. rather no sbat, 80,
IldliIlest any emotion before the ruin ~ a
uoNth or score OF people nor before The
protest OF those who lose through a rebate
in their salaries ana H. -" 'eoate
prices" increase IN
The real fact Of the immense n.rs,,.,
wealth lies in the avidity OF snacni,t,na
oIIu more yet in its inexorable execution
ONer all human conventionalism
mus HaVemeyer with the small sum,
ut u nun oy banker makes a trust
when allows him to sell sugar twenty ner
eent cheaper than another COMPANY. Win
the absence of buyers the shares os thts
latter company go down, and then IL ne
moment for raising the price ~ susar
oolglng the people to buy anew from he
new company which has to raise it's price
also Inc shares have been bought bv
were worth $4,000 '''
Girard was extremely avarictor. 49,,
maltreated merCilessly his wife v,bo oo,,iS
not resist such treatment and died LSrt~h,
began MS fortune with 100000 lires isnt
uy banker Soon after he created a
society winch bankrupted his benefactor.
On this account, when Astor. Carneyis
and Rockefeller proclaim "probity' as one
OF the necessary gifts to success they GER
talnly must refer to a problty sui generIs
IL Is seen that even In evil the multi
millionnaires do not distance themselves
from the average man.
What really is different in these man ,.
what called q gaI
them think of using wealth for the benefit
or human kind or science as Carnegie:
but all or the majority, think of creating
Tor themselves special atmosphere barely
dinerent from that of kings, and many OF
them dream besides OF finding a fantss
which will in its origin star
from some noble II not royal family.
Some resign themselves to descend from
the American pioneers others in exchange
find their ancestors in Henry ~: the re-
mainder call themselves relatives OF the
Norman conquerors.
1t is only natural that with such IDEAS
they should acquire the royal and aristo-
cratic pomp. and that their drawing rooms
which surpass In luxury the European
courts, should only be open 10 their equals,
In their monetary acceptatioh of the word
1t is just to remember that some have
given their millions good investment
either toward universities or Institutes of
Pole. Harvard, Rockefeller. Morgan, L.
high and Girard. but, besides being few
they have acted only on the impulse OF
their vanity, trying to surpass each other
In this princely fashion.
Rockefeller confessed at a meeting:
They say that II is a triumph to make
money, but in my judgment the most un-
fortunate man is he who only has gold.
n I had to choose my destiny now would
prefer to strive after some object In life
.ather than be a millionaire"
Young and Carnegie not only have
opened their treasures in favor OF the In
.ellectual advancement of the people, but
hey make OF these fortunate applications
" their money a daily and apostolic conse-
ration.
For which, II by inverting the Biblical
nailed ction, ten multimillionnaires like
hem could be found. the progress OF the
world would be undoubtedly accelerated
md human existence would become more
,ndurable.