The Washington herald., 1907-06-16

him a little because he was so little and
so bald, for he lost his hair early. Bat
after the trust had got the cane sugar
refining Of the country into its own hands.
with everything arranged 70 suit, OK
nard showed Brooklyn, the trust, and the
rest of the world that he was In small
need Of sympathy from any one.
one Of the first in the United states 70
see that there was a future In beet Sug-r,
he determined to organize the industry,
Before he could make a real beginning
on the job he had 20 learn the conditions
under which beet sugar was made IN
France and Germany To 90 this he wed
on beet sugar farms over there for some
time. studying the soil climate, condi-
tions, and methods Of cultivation. When
he got all ready he brought three families
Of beet sugar growers 10 the United
States and told them 10 hunt the right
climate. When they found 1t he bought
land for them and set them % work
raising beets. built factories for them and
himself, and began 10 make beet sugar.
Fought Hawaiian Annexation.
To-day the industry is a big thing. In
cidentalIy. while Oxnard was building il
up he fought the annexation Of Hawaii.
losing the fight at last, but proiongins
it amazingly: then he fought Canadian
reciprocity losing that fight too finally,
hut CARRYING fl on with vig0r and bril-
nancv and-in 19Ol-he began a campaign
to get a United States Senator's s<at
from California where he had established
his legal residence.
He hasn't won that fight rs yet, but
maybe he will some time, az all events
his friends expect him TO keep on trying
Oxnard is one Of the suavest, gentlest
men YOU ever met. and one Of the easiest
milionaires alive to talk with But he
won't give you any attention a minute
longer than your talk Is Of the sort that
looks profitable 20 Oxnard. He Is In
business for business purposes, and D,
won't waste time answering what he
considers foolish questions.
He ia a judicious art collector. he
knows horses like a Jockey. and cattle
like "a rancher he can Outwork any Of
his clerks: he is one of the best read Of
the millonaires, and HIS cosmopolitan
life has made him real citizen Of The
world
HnvemeyerS Not Turfmen Now.
There was time when the Have
meyers, who dominate the sugar trust
were important turfmen, but that day
has passed. There was q time. also. when
the Lorlllards Of the tobacco trust were
/ big racing men. Pierre Lorillard's horse
/ Iroquois, won the English Derby one
year. as you remember, perhaps. The
/ Lorillard colors are watched for no more
as they We're In the past, however. moi
will they be in the near future. Despite
Timothy D. Sullivan's racing prominence
no one may properly be said 10 hay,
taken the place Of Richard Croker on
/ the American turf Croker sent the mare
Biakestown over this year for the Sub.
urban. but she broke down.
No Rockefeller. no Rogers. no FIagler
nor any other Standard Oh man has set
come 10 the front in the racing game. al
though William Rockefeller used 20 be q
/ famous fancier of trOtters. Neither !. =
Morgan nor his son, nor J. !. HN nor ht
SONS. fancy the turf They know about
struggles for supremacy that are far NOR,
amusing and interesting 20 them than IN,
mos, hotly contested horse race in th,
world could possibly be.
.C.puisht laU. D, Dexter MARSHALL