The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-12
HAS MADE FlNANCIERS
SIT UP AND NOTICE
''uncIe" John Morrissey, lust
Before His Death, Said He
Thought "Danny" Longed
for Home Folks.

last ton 0oyu 10 Tue 0uoCI toeI OeuicS
@. Reid IL to resign from the director.
ate OF the Rock Island railway COM
pany. M. Reid now 10 in Europe from
which country he 10 to return the lat
ter part of this month. Mr.. Reed has
been since his tin plate days. most
strenuously and deeply interested in
Rock Island in Q financial way. Some
are saying that he will be compelled
to hand In his resignation a. q direc-
tor.
or mongers are aware that they have
long been doing to Dan Reid almost
everything on the calendar. except
getting his bank roll. And that fat.
tens with each passing year. Those
who have been taught object lessons
In their financial Aghting with Mr..
Reid. when afterward sising up their
bank rolls. invariably have discover.
ed that Reid had COPIED most Of the
roll. and what each and every one had
to content himself with was exper.
ience Any man who could come to
New York and single handed finance
himself. control and own what Mr..
Reid does In railroads. banks. imam
cial trust companies. and In all the
other corporations, without any a.
sistance whatever from Wall street,
must be good on figures. brains. be-
sides fighter and yet diplomat.
lenes For Riehmend.
Uncle" John Morrissey Of Indian
apolis, who financially aided Reid
when he was struggling to make .
success Of the tin plate project, died
not long ago. Shortly before his death
hs remarked to . friend:
II wonder II Danny wouldn't like to
b hack homo In Indiana. Yachts and
Dusope. swell country and city homes
may sound big down here In New
York. but know Danny. an . way
down In his heart believe that he
longs for his old homo and the old
byes-what's lift Nv thim-in Rich
mond.
1.-THE power Nv wealth 10 great. but
Il cana buy happiness and content
ment any better In New York or Paris
than Il can out home.
"Will Danny give up the tight in
New York for control Of the Rock L.
land road and 90 back to Richmond.
- ask. Not. me bucco. till the Pear
on-FArquhar Kuhn-Loeb and the 9TH
Or interests give him everything he
asks for. They're . tough crowd to
buck against sure. but Danny can be
tough too. an Danny 10 mighty good
on big figgers.
Besides that no comes Of Irish
stock on his mothers side. an he's .
born fighter BY nature. that lad. But
while he 10 fighter. he 10 also diplo.
mat By instinct"
Mr.. Reid. Leeds and the Moore
brothers came to New York 70 live
In 1900. In order to BE- ON the battle
ground and to meet In the open or In
closed warfare the giants Of Anance.
The battle wagsd fast. furious and bit.
ter for . time.
First II was J. p. Morgan. then the
late y. H. Hartman. and down the
line all along. But Dan Reid 10 still
on deck and shows no scars.
Many . scalp hangs up In the mem
Dries Of Dan Reid. He made the Stan
dard Oil crowd. Mr.. Morgan. and even
Mr.. Hartman cit up and take notice
A Tip From Rogers.
On one occasion H. H. Rogers. on
his own yacht. the Kanawha. the fast
est anoat at that time. Was returning
from the last international yacht race
John n. Archbold asked him who
owned the yacht Reclaire. which wal
showing the Kanawha it, heels. Mr.
Rogers was chatting with Mark Twain
and looked up surprised 70 zee has
fast yacht being passed 20 easily BY
the Reclaire.
.John." said Mr. Rogers thought
fully. "that 10 . beautiful yact. very
trim and fast. Il 10 owned BY Daniel
q. Reid-riaplate Reid. Keep youl
eye on him. John. he's far the smart
est and shrewdest OF the Rock Island
crowd"
Nj. Rogers sising up Of Mr. Reid
was repeated aftsrward to tho Indi
ana mans friend BY . gentleman IN
the Rogers party at that time. Time
has proved that H. H. Rogers. who
was . Ane Judge Of men. was right.
OF the original four. RGld. Leeds
and the Moore brothers. but two ars
now on the nring line. Reid and
Judge Moore. And now Wall street
10 trying to prove Il that the former
10 70 b forced back from HE position
IN The lead Of the Kings OF finance.
A. the late n. H. Rogers remarke(
On that yacht Of HE. unbeatable unti
the Reclairo passe0 u on the high 80
''koop your eye On Daniel Grey Reid.
have secured nom Narshall. Fielt
& CO. a Chicago, first class uphol
s&erer. give prompt attention 70 Il
kin1s Of work. J, n. 1,asasll. Phout
l7es. 1s 9 ~.
II, lospItal Tao Day Saturday