Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21

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| ern company. He put an end To that NJ
| once, and arranged for working
agreement, which hss lasted for many
years and which has finally eliminated
in the merger which win probably be
carried through soon.
MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL.
His greatest business achievement.
however, was the financing of the Man
chester ship canal Everyone win re-
member how that great undertaking
tagged at first. Several flnanciers
tried their hands at IL and burnt their
fingers. The Rothschilds tried 1t and
gave ii up i'm despair. At last Mr.. Hen
derson was appealed to and he carried
1t through triumphantly to success. The
Manchester ship canal has insured the
prosperity of Manchester and inciden-
tally 1t has brought millions of dollars
worth of business TO the Great Central
railway. To Mr.. Henderson it brought
the baronetcy which was conferred On
him in 1902.
SUCCESSFUL IN POLITICS.
In spite OF the great business affairs
in which he was constantly engaged
Sir Alexander found time for politics.
He sat as Unionist NJ p. for West
STANFORD from 1898 until the last gem
eral election, and when Mr.. Chamber
lain first put forward his protection
proposals he became one of his warm
est supporters. Sir Alexander was n
leading member of the Tariff Reform
league to inquire into the state of
British industry and collect facts and
figures which would tell in favor of
to ssps
of statistics proved of incalculable val
ue to the commission and that many of
It's reports are largely his work
WORKS EIGHTEEN HOURS A DAY.
How does he manage to accomplish
so much work and 10 reconcile so many
apparently conflicting interests? The
secret of 1t all is hard work He works
lS hours day. He rises mt dawn and
goes through his letters before break
fast in his house at Princes Gate. Lon
don. ana dictates replies to his secre-
tary. Then follows dash in a swift
motor car to the offices of the Great
Central Railway at Marlebone station.
where the chiefs of departments SUBJ
init their reports 70 him and receive
instructions. The afternoon is given to.
receiving business callers and the oven
ing Is devoted either to private business
at home or public business abroad At
nearly every meal he has guest who
has come to discuss some business mat
ter.
II must not be supposed that his i'm
terests arc wholly i'm business, how
over. Like most Englishmen he is a
great lover of the country ana during
the summer he travels everx day 10
and from his beautiful seat AT Buscot
park, Berkshire, which he bought
with 1000 acres of surrounding land.
in 1855. There he breeds shire hors-
es on an extensive scale and he has
carried off most of the prizes al the
English horse and agricultural shows
for this class Of horse.
MAGNIFICENT HOME.
The house, which was built by
Adam the famous architect in 1855,
has been entirely remodelled inside.
ana II Is said To be one Of the most
magnificent homes In England. II
stands in the midst of q country that
Is probably more interesting to Ameri-
cans than any other pnrJ Of tho
world. few miles away in one di-
rection Is SugraVe manor the an
cestral home of the Washington fam
lily, and in another direction. about
the same distance, is Ponn's meeting
house at Jordans.
Sir Alexander also owns beauti-
full estate al Glenalmond In Central
perthshire. Scotland. which he bought
for $3.50 900. in 1905. and he spends
a few weeks there I'm the shooting
season every fall. Every year IN
March, he goes to the Riviera for a
month with his wife, but even when
he is on the Riviera or IN Scotland,
he IL In close touch by telegraph with
his AFFAIRS in England.
TACITuRN AND RESERVED.
Such IS the man To whom the Eng
lish protectipnists look 10 play the
role OF Mark Hanna here. Though, as
1 have stated, there are many points
of resemblance between their meth
eds ana careers In personality - Alex
ander differs from his American pro-
tutype. Mark Hanna was collier"
genial and hail fellow. weli met"
with everybody, The English Mark
Hanna Is taclturn and reserved and
strict even TO harshness in his business
dealings, but in spite OF that, he Is
popular with the employees of his
various undertakings, for ne ~ Just
man. He has succeeded Ia procuring
for the protectiOnists the support Of
the most powerful newspaper organs
IN England and already the effect IL
being felt In the by-elections. liz may
be some years before the country Ia
called ON To decide AZ a general elec-
lion on the question OF protection or
free trade, but In the meantime, It Is
evident that the tide OF opinion h
flowing In the direction OF protection
The Unionists, who are the Protec-
ZIONIST party are slowly capturing
seat after scat. as II falls vacant by
death or resignation, and the men
on the inside declare that 10 Sir Alex
ander Henderson, more than any oth-
OF man, Is due the turn Of the tide.
JOHN Is. STEELE.