Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21
HustIing Millionaire Baronet, Who
Is Really Running the Pro-
teCtionist Campaign.
TO KNOCK OUT FREE TRADE
,iany Points of Resemblance Between
Sir Alexander Henderson and His
american Prototype Now Dead.
enoclal colreapondenee.

Special Correspondence.
z ONDON. March l2--Wheu the big
manufacturers of America de-
cided that their interests de-
manded a great Increase in the
protective tariff they turned 10 the late
Mark Hanna, great business man
who. until then, had little to do with
politics to take charge of the cam
paign. And now. when a considerable
number of business men in England
have arrived at the opinion that the
adoption OF the protective principle
would be of advantage to themselves
and 10 the British trade and commerce
generally, a great business man has
come forward as the engineer of the
movement.
This man is Sir Alexander Henderson,
whose career in many respects closely
parallels that of the man who stood
behind Mckinley when he was carrying
through his tariff measure. Already
Sir Alexander is known to a few per-
sons i'll England who are familiar with
the history of American politics as the
MARK Hanna of England" Like Mark
Hanna. he IS n man of great wealth,
and like Mark Hanna, he is entirely
self-made.
is A VERY RICH MAN.
No one knows just how much Sir
Alexander is worth. Wealthy men in
England are more reticent about their
holdings than rich men in the United
states. Perhaps the fact that a reputa-
ton for great wealth invites the atten-
lion OF the income tax collector has
something to do with this. Some of
his friends say that Sir Alexander is
the owner of s1o,OOO,OOO Some put the
figure as high as $4,000 600 Sir Alex
ander, who, like most great business
men, is noted for his careful control
over his tongue, smiles and says moth
ing when the subject is discussed.
Like Mark Hanna, Sir Alexander Is
great railway man. He is chairman
Of the Great Central railway, which
runs from London to Manchester, and
he has Just succeeded in engineering
what Is practically an amalganation of
his lins with the Great Northern rail.
way. 4he antitrust outcry has been
raised In England against this merger,
aud the board of trade has filed an OBJ
lection to it. The matter will now have
10 come before the courts, but there is
not railway man or n business man
in England who would not be willing to
stake most of his fortune on what he |
considers the certainty that Sir Alex |
ander viii carry through the merger.
AFTER THE THUNDERBR.
To capture the London Times for the |
party of protection is the latest scheme |
OF this Mark Hanna of England His |
Efforts have been temporarily blocked |
by the courts, but in this case also
English business men predict that Sir |
Alexander viii win out.
The Times as everyone knows. is a |
national institution, and Its opinions are
adopted as their own by thousands of |
hngliShmen all the world over. When |
Joseph Chamberlain started his cam
lagn for protection a few years ago
the Times warmly supported him. but
of late II has been webbing and IL |
was decided that It must be brought in
o. line. Sir Alexander was the man Sc
lected to do IL. Its proposed transfer
10 the management of G. Arthur Pear.
son, the proprietor of several DrOtec- |
ZIONIST newspapers. is public property,
but II is not generally known that II |
was Sir Alexander Henderson who or
Eanized the deal. Sir Alexander pro-
missed TO provide $1,000 900 of his own
money for the reorganization Of the
Times. and he persuaded such great
capitalists AK Lord Rothschild, Lord
lTnaegn ri "a, "a
heah to stand good for the rest.
This Is not Sir Alexander's FIRST VEN
tutc IN capturing a newspaper for Pro-
lection. A few years ago he assisted
MI Pearson To acquire the London
standard an old established free trade
paper, and In the management nf which
nc is sim associated with Mr. Pearson.
SON or a JOURNALIST.
What manner OF man In this who has
undertaken TO reyolutionze English
business, politics and journalism? us
j. the second son of Scottish Journal
~ VINO came 10 london In the late |
iOs to write for the magazines and
neNspapers, He was born In London In
lhou When II years old he obtained n
posi- as a clerk IN an accountants office
az me muniiiccnt salary of $3.50 week.
&c stayed ~ this for four years. when
Ne was y he decided TO begin business
for himself and he Joined Tho London
STOCK exchange and opened his own Of
ter.
TO was success from tho beginning.
h'iore n" was 50 circumstances caused
MN TO enter the railway field. He
mad advised many OF his clients and
i.leuuh 10 invest In the shares of the
Great Central railway which were then
very cheap. The railway was In a bad
way but MI Henderson, as he then
was saw its great opportunity, and he
acted on his belief, Things kent going
from had 10 worse. however aud finally |
:" protect his own interests and those
Of hts friends he Joined the board of
directors. Al that time he had no
knowledge OF practical railway work,
pht he soon displayed such genius for
ofsanization that IN few years he
was called to the ioe-chairmanshlp
anu hlihlly 70 the chairmanship Of the
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