The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-10-30
TWELVE
AMERICAN
WIDOWS
WHO
COULD
BUY
CHICAGO

scheme OF the twentieth
- century. In the United
States their hold Is
strongest. The grip of feminine i'm
pcrialism has been vastly enhanced by
the recent succession of Mrs. Mary
NJ Harrington, wife Of the late rail-
road Napoleon. Edward H. Hartman,
TO practically complete control of
$100,000.000, representing holdings
over almost the complete railroad
skeleton of the United States, She
is now the worlds wealthiest woman.
and in the etiquette OF the court Of
dollar marks, she marches to the van
OF an auriferous galaxy of money
queens
The female sovereigns of history
who ruled and practiced despotism
over millions of subjects, declared
war. surrounded themselves with pan.
oply and display. and through caprice
caused the death of thousands, had
no such amount of power for good or
evil, as these modern women mon
archs. They WELD sceptors over null
titudes Of Industrial workers with
even more completeness of authority,
80 far as the aim of bread-winning
goes, than the debt-ridden queens of
old who measured force by count
of swords and lances.
m HE stupendous figure $36S, 600, 900
sums the resources of dozen of
Americas wealthiest widows. 1t
is impossible, of course, to give the
exact figures. The public statements
are not to be relied upon, always, and
II is believed the estimate here given
would fall under instead of over the
mark A dozen other names might
be added to the list. almost doubling
Its totals.
It is hard to imagine what could be
done with this stupendous sum of
money. The mere figures are too great
to be grasped. 1t is only when COM
PARSONS are made that one may un-
derstand what s36s. 100000 means.
These IL widows could buy all the
real estate of Chicago at its assessed
valuation of $344,399,927, and have a
rrifie of more than $4,000, 900 left
with which they could place gold
wire fence around the great city in
order to keep out the trespassers.
They might, II they owned the city,
legally evict all it's inhabitants and
turn the metropolis into a deserted
village-unless such an extreme ex-
ercise of the privileges Of ownership
should create a revolution.
At six per cent. interest as a total
income on their combined fortunes
they could keep the city running, in
GLIDING the fire and police depart
ments. and have housekeeping money
left without intrenching upon their
capital. The expense of operating all
the schools in the city would hardly
take their pin money.
~ ETTING away from Chicago, and
II seeking broader outlook, out
of their estimated income these
IL women could with ease Shout
der the interest on the national debts
of any of the following countries:
New Zealand, Bulgaria, Canada,
Denmark. Egypt, Greece, Mexico.
Netherlands. Norway. Roumania, Uru-
quay.
They could assume the total debt
of this combined array of nations:
Switzerland. Bolivia, Nicaragua, Sal
vador, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Persia, I
Peru, Siam, Venezuela.
Their wealth is greater than the
whole Of the real estate property and
improvements in any of these states |
In the union:
Vermont, Delaware, Indian Terri |
tory. Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico.
Arizona, Nevada.
They could purchase all the man
ufacturing machinery, tools imple-
ments and equipment Of the great |
manufacturing group of New England
states. With the exception of New |
York. Chicago and Philadelphia this