Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-09

! cause they did not ask him leading
questions and try TO take away his
money. IN the country ne was as God
made MIN. In business he was as wall
street made him. There is a difference
here. one that win appear greater
the more IL Is contemplated.
GREAT CONSTRUCTIVE GENIUS.
The best two things about Nj. Har-
riman were that he was constructive
and had a national view OF things. TI1
was not alone "A stock manipulation,
hut o builder. History must give him
this credit II Is questionable 70 We
have had any greater railroad build
ers than he The manner I'm which he
took the rundown and bankrupt Union
Pacific went over the ground and saw
the business there was for the line,
coupled with the subsequent courage
and energy he displayed In pouring
hundreds OF millions into straiehten-
ing and improving the road showed a
constructive genius OF the first order.
Ruthless he might have been. yet the
fact that h. did things. and big things
az that must be told 10 his praise.
The story Of bridging Great salt lake
and draining the salton sea is not one
that could Doe told of every man, not
even of every railroad king He
touched most Of the properties that
them up. Overcapitalize he probably
did, although he called il capitalizlng
tht flHure Used Wall street methods.
romo OF them OF a doubtful kind-With
THIS his enemies charged him. And
Hartman had enemies, bitter and big
ones. with Theodore Roosevelt OK
president OF the United states at their
mead II Is perfectly true that In the
world of men he had more foes that
a D.
Yet when this is said we cannot forget
those east side boys in New York nor
those shouting children AZ Arden A
man that loves child and Is loved by
IL IN return cannot be all bad
Balriman's national vision Was
shown In manifold ways Though
born near New York city and living
boz or about 10 an his life. he did not
have tho NeW York Viewpoint He
saw America from the angle Of tho
Pacific coast and of the central west,
ns Wen as OF the east. he had enough
imagination 10 forecast the future OF
the country Ia count on IL as most
Important factor in AN his business
enterprises. he coud see theI dcsir-
ability OF buying steamship lines
across the Pacific. of planning. "a rail
road Zoo Mexico. Few men realized the
possibilities of the great empire build
ing on the shores of the Pacihc ocean
with moro clcarncss than Hartman
Though small in body and even In
brain, be was not small IN his grasp of
things he thought In terms Of the
continent planned IN millions built
With systems.
MS GREATEST MONUMENT
Hartman has often been compared
90 JAY Gould. I'M ms own opinion ne
was nieger man than Gould and
hattur One with am the abuse that
has been htapcd upon him AZ ls en-
titled 600 that which HE own deeds
carved OFT ie WIS not as shrond
man un the stock exchange ns
Gould. NOT as foxy perhaps, IL you
hkr fhe tenn. hut he had Infinitely
hggDr ideals and mofe audaclty to
plan and execute great undertaking.
Gould was essentially hnancier.
Hartman was that and more. aud ID
d. tho more that Nill redeem him
The romance of thc Pacific railroads
ami steamship lines aud OF his other
great railroad deals cannot be- wiped
un tht slate. Whatever we may think
ol Hartman in wan street or Harli-
man in politics, or Hartman in IN
sufanee ON Hartman IA Chicago and
Acton, hir work uu the pacinc empire.
both this side and on tho seas. viii
nrc the imagination ana compel re-
sneCi Good and evil ninele ln an
mru This b. tho guod of Hartman
20 h hiH greatest monument
% was Recently stated that HarrI-
MAN controlled 1900 miles OF rail-
wa1. or slN times across me cont
uent that these lines employ 20 000
men, that la addition, he directed 5l-