New-York tribune., 1910-01-05
PRAISE Mr.. MILLS.
Friends and associates Unite an
Tributes.

friendships with him. Flags were at half
mast in front OF the Offices of the Bank of
New York, Metropolitan, United States and
Farmers Loan and Trust companies and
the other institutions of which he had
been a director or officer
Robert w. de Forest, trustee and secre-
tary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
said: THE Metropolitan Museum of Art
has sustained a most serious loss in the
death of D. o. Mills He was one of
its oldest trustees. having held that Office
continuously from 1882 to the time of his
death Since 1906 he had been first vice
president He had been member at one
time or another of all of it's important COM
mittees He was for several years chair
man of its executive committee. He had
been constant and regular in his attend
ance at all board and COMMITTEES meetings,
where his breadth of view and sound COM
mon sense had always made themselves
manifest. He had endeared himself to all
his fellow trustees by his uniform courtesy
and geniaIity OF spirit
Levi P. Morton, president of the Morton
Trust Company and former Governor of
New York. said: "I am too shocked in
learning Of the unexpected death of my old
friend and associate, D. o. Mills, to at
tempt to express my estimate of his char
to the many enterprises with which he was
connected. 1t is the personal side of it
which al this moment appeals to me-and 1
can only think of those qualities of heart
and mind which endeared him to his
friends"
]. Edward Simmons, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, said 81 have been
associated with Mr.. Mills for the last TWEEN
ty years in business, and have never met a
man, possessed of such great wealth and
influence, who was modest in all his
lations with men, or one who had their con-
fdence to a greater degree. His Judgment
was respected and his high character ad-
mired by all with whom he came in contact
The business world has lost one of its
brightest lights and the country one of its
most loyal and useful citizens"
James Speyer, the banker, said: Il first
met Mr.. Mills over twenty years ago,
through my association with the late c. P
Huntington, of whom Mr. Mills was an in
innate friend. ! have always admired Mr.
Milss business judgment, high character
and unassuming nature and modesty. There
were few men like him in New York and
he was an example to the younger genera
ton of what an American business man
should be-
General Thomas H Hubbard, president OF
the International Banking Corporation,
said Mr.. Mills was a man whom all es-
teemed very highly. Every one will be
sorry to hear of his death
Henry Clews. the well known banker
said: ''Mr. Mills was one of natures no.
blemen. His UNIVERSAL courtesy, his
thoughtful kindness and his desire to bene-
fit his fellow men without pauperizing them
all made him a shining mark in business
and private life. He amassed a fortune
and no envied him, for he won it fairly
by hard work and careful saving. The rich
and the poor both will miss him, for in his
death all classes have lost good, true
friend.
He was one Of the few remaining mem
bers OF the picturesque group of forty
miners who went TO California over sixty
years ago. when gold first discovered in
that state. He was my personal friend for
many yeaIp. I knew him in business and
In his homo life. In both ne was a model
citizen and good man. and he will be
missed from the Atlantic to the Pacific, for
he had q home on both oceans"
The Rev Ernest NJ. Stires, rector of ST.
Thomas's Church, Fifth avenue and SD
street, Of the vestry of which Mr.. Mills was
a member. said:
Mr.. Mills had the power of a long life
rich in experience, combined with the inter
est and enthusiasm OF youth. Like Mr.
Jesup and Mr.. Kennedy, he was at his best
at the last. He was a Christian gentle
man whose charities were many and whose
wise philanthropy helped men 10 help them
selves
THE passing of three such men as have
mentioned increases the responsibility of
those who must take up their work, but such
examples must inspire men with hope and
courage"
Archer NJ. Huntington said I'd. o. Mills
was among the last of that older group of
great builders whose integrity and genius
developed this nation. Those of the later
generation who knew him loved him we'll
and will understand how great i loss is in
volved in his death"
w. c. Brown, president of the New York
Central, said: "In the death OF Mr. D. O.
Mills the road has lost a stealfast friend
and a wise counsellor. Notwithstanding his
Advanced age, up to the time of his depart
ure for California in the late autumn of
1903 Mr.. Mills attended almost every meet
ing of the board of directors and took an
active, intelligent helpful interest in every
thing connected with the position.
He had an abiding confidence in the
growth and development of the country and
appreciated the necessity for improvements
and extensions in transportation facilities
to take care OF this development
HE was a man of very strong character
pronounced in his opinions courageous and
answering in mis- convictions but at the
same time always considerate and respect
full Of the opinion of others, urging his own
with a kindness and dignity that left no
sting or bitterness"
AdOlph Lewisohn, the banker, said: THE
death OF Mr.. Mills is a great loss, not only
to the city of New York, where he had
been a conspicuous figure in the business
world, but to the country at large His
sterling qualities as conservative business
man and a practical philanthropist made
his name known Familiarity everywhere.
He was quick to recognize the necessity in
New York for comfortable but cheap
housing places for respectable men who
had no homes and who would not consort
with the people who assembled at the
cheap lodging houses. and the manner in
which he supplied that want, improving on
similar institutions founded by Lord Row
ton, showed that he knew how to combine
business with philanthropy.
Mr. Mills had the knack to help deserv-
ing people help themselves and did much
real good without pauperizing the people
who benefited by his charity
II was never closely associated with Mr.
Mills in business, but had occasion TO meet
him often and was always impressed by
his genial manner and his clear judgment