The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-14
IyILpiYSAHEAD T.B.WALKRR
uUiiI pINI kIN6 PREDIITS
Ia SWISS DTNi>IIR.
Irrn.r ~ atn,uE "I Wealth nj the Rate
.f ~ Sr,. IH', o'pO q YEAR Travel.
a.. ,ra,r,. PaNmrni sf FreIghi>, In-
,... . nu o. ties for . Illgh rarIH


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..... " Walker 81 Minneapolis.
.r throughout th" Northwest
... Co. rr" knE' and who - stop
} tel Seville. predicts a bust
.. goo more than four years ~
1900. within two wears ur oven
..E- y IN" Democrats arr sue
..-.. .YEh"ut tho country m the
II c,'uld b" staVcd On en-
o.. .' N4Ikar asserts. II Americans
90 spending their money at
t.. .ld & giving EuTuIs' and other
,r.....- surplus ~ pn" way nr an-
.-.. Ir,-.-u quarters Of "A hIllIou dollars
.v.. .r0 What we get from them.
". " err says he has studied the sub
.. .ughS and that his figures arr
...... nt ms cunjccturrs will prove
,..... . ','s- hls warning - h.",lcd
y ... .. T.rSaw the Jnnrr pf 1874 aud
.r ... Q BUSINESS absolutely ia tune To-
,. ..~ '.rtun" he saw the manic 81
t,u. n.'. .,' Il came and was able /" stand
r.- .t.irr It In time. and again ~ 1897
.r,...~ wing iuw and was not hurt
o.. .n MS country Nj Walker Is SAID
Of, ...rv - h- nearly as rich AS John ID
......p.r he admits that he IN one
o, ,.. uggrSt individual Operators in
,.rI'-.. md lumber ia tho world. and be-
TO-, r.s interests IA Minnesota he owns
r.,r acres Il timber IN California.
,.. -tI. whit" and sugar pine Some time
-, 'l" ,iItpr of the Minneapolis Tunes
i.,..rti,"t hun as a captain ~ industry.
.r. .,uthr'rt~t patron of art. scholar.
.trru-r .tt"rateur. municipal expert.
,-.t..rr ,rIdeut uf economies. traveller.
Uurt-.rutu and hnanclcr la spite of
al. .4, Nrlght ct Characterization MI
NtIsrr a. - ~ hale and hearty. active.
.lt Nri-.s e., be useful tn tn" community
srI rh..,...utry for another twenty years.
p 20. 90 \-nl. OHIO, Mr Walker was
o. ~n { q -hu"mdker. who had gone
u.r. irHm new York STATE When the
...t ir,.. Il ~ cam" along th" elder
Mts.. NHn had pruspered through the
,....-. .urrut ut the Western Reserve.
....~,... .t.. he had IA "A wagon tram -
..... .H'.t.~' with which he started To
I..iHrrld. tie got rs tar a. NaTronsburg.
v ana then sucCumhcd &" cholera
i.- wagon tram continued 60 California
..' vls sid ont at the enormous prices
t..'. REVEALING un the Toast. hIt Mrs.
N,.,r tid her ChIdren never got a cent.
N.liE Walker had a hard struggle
s".'Ir 4 ..u education. hut he put himself
t'...E' College hy acting - a travelling
=. .-~rHau part of the wear. aui a. - he
...t".ruuA - contract 20 fuTuIsh Ties and
,.r iy,ppl - a railroad Many ut his
y amen We're college, students VIII were
f,.ag to- ,iucat. Themselves After
81. s-r hat ht,'u w"rkIug at thu u,4-lu'~s
O. eighteen months the raiiIpaI com
....N faiI.i AMI Malk-r hat ru'lIrg Tut
~. "rIrncc - his rroht from hi~ venture.
] ~ IA" tooA to selling ErruIstpu"e
soon after thu while NalA-r Ma travel
ing through IsoUusIu b" had a tentative
'eT OF = UTut'-~SorskIp 81 mathematics
~. III. state University The trustees
took too hong 10 make up their minds.
- Walker packed up his CrInt-tore-
lud went Town into Iowa. Their" b." net
A. -n'h',-lAStir CItiycu ct MIru"ar oils.
WHO paIut-i IN" tlItur" 81 ths' town m
such glowiug culcTs that III Walker
threw up hIs jph and iCiuei t'uv"rg n"i
-IrveyinR marty vhI'h Was going mp
trough Minnesota and he Jaw not only
Minneapolis hut also haf a lot OF hgntIrg
e. 10 with the indians. Who we're then
u. The wsrpsih
Nft"r three years "a the Government
-.r.lC' Walker wss enpioy-i N the sur
r., ~ the ~ Paul Snd Duluth Railway
was then that he got at idea OF the
abilities Of the lumber industry ard
o.. ret IN 70 help build mills and towns
...,.ghout Minnesota
~. newspapers out there say that Nr.
s.. ser hss heen closely iieT titled with
very branch ~ the commercial develop
Pr. EFT II Minreap potts For twenty years
be- friends have heen urginR him to be-
.. .r" q canGI late for the United states
ar.. Int h. mas ALWAYS refused. lie -
Do. . -.-- i-nt uf the lihrary hoard OF the
..v ara SEs mainly Instrumental IN
-a.'. the Ill rary building which
.-.- "sI.~- . library the Minnesota
s., ..ruv of Natural Science and the
'"ai oils Society Of Pine Arts AMI It's
- 4.. the-'. institutions Mr Walker
.- ...u = literal patron In addition
rs. Nrat ls said to le the largest pri-
... lection 81 painting. marbles
1ff.,J,a- IN the middle West To
'. allows III. public free access
.- -u.i hat he never had "A labor trouble
..v klJ and when a few year- ago
p 'T' newspapers out there got mp
'''7-' 70 who vas the most popular
"t. .r minnesota Mr. Walker came out
..f 20 "a large majority
r'. .rsl year axp a national convention
10. ...I ~ SAL Lake CITY 10 devise mems
... 'r 'a-rIr'-. fpr inducing the American
'H 90" America first before going
....... IT,. result Il the convention
'. tIun.n'ment Of a commission
.n So Walker was a member. win
DAVID -'dr. Jordan. president Of III"
.'a.f stanford Jr tniver-i,y sN-
"A 80 K francis and several Oth-r-
600 Srv- = bringing the subject -
'.a'. o. + th" people. but thH com
...'T met One reason was
..a ." r,'-Ii..goe- - the members were
r''.-'.g 20 a. u seemed neNt to inn !
3D.. g"t them together
"a. I".-.rh investigations and dis
-- .. e B. r"v papers and magazines
..r... inter. ieSs It'll md vIdlIa
WAGER Yesterday lit was found
general public did not appreciate /
damage g. our country he
.."r messing European travel
.'..o pu.t - very diffcuit 10 chang" /
...I' > ne. "xfTayagant waste ,
r.tai.~ I lave studied TIA" 7
tl''u'y and thi- waste j.
90. not only not realize how
.a hey ~ from European travel .
O.. -.grtH..s = Il fsrF.-