The Detroit times., 1911-02-13
TO Be RICH YOU
MUST HAVE BILLION
So Says Henry F. Lippitt, Who Wiii
Succeed Aldrich in United
States Senate.

PRoyIpENcF, II. l., Feb. Ia
when is man rich'
DO you know?
Is he rich man II he owns nun
dred thousand OF must he have a NIL
lion?
Go ask Henry r. Lippitt, CHOSEN 10
succeed Nelse Aldrieh In the senate
You arc supposed TO know oetore
you go that Henry Is rated nv son.
thing like Sl5,000.000. and SO you
start this way -
"Ilppitt YOU are very r'eh man.
and"
Hold up" says Lippitt' Guess
again. I'm not rich man I've only
GOT a dozen million dollars OF 80; anu
that doesn't make me rlch. Nov
when a man gets TO own half a biiiion
YOU can oegin 10 call him a rich man
and not before. See the point!
But YOU don't see--you're TOO busy
catching your breath.
It's almost two years since this
croesus from Rhode Island went 10
washington with important ana I'M
reratiye orders for the United States
senate The orders consisted OF the
cotton schedule, which the cotton
manufacturers OF New England
rad decided should go into the
Payne- Aldrich tariff bill. Lippitt ana
he rest OF them drew IL up AT cluo
luncheon and Lppitt carried IL 10
Aldrich and Smoot.
or course IL went In.
This Henry F. Iippitt, VINO on
March 4 takes the senate seat OF Al
rich Is rather an interesting citizen.
Ne Is said 10 be one of the hossiest
yachtmen who ever sang ont snip
ahoy.r He is n petted member OF
most OF rse fashionable yacht clubs
on the Atlantic seaboard. He Is one
oS the few members of the swell New
York club who know the dinerence De
tween a balloon jib and msinsah.
Also he Is one OF the rich cotton
manufacturers OF the Fall River ais
trict who know best how TO get the
! liggest dividends.
! He doesn't represent the interests,
he is one OF them. He practically
dominates the Arkwright club, and
the Arkwright club In turn dominates
the American cotton mills outside ol
the south. About a half dozen fam
lilies control three-fourths of the cot
ton spindles OF New England, and the
, bulk OF cotton mills in America are
IN New England
These families have tens Of thou
sands OF employees end they pay an
average wage of $3.50 per week per
employe.
Lippitt Is certainly great tarifi
expert. He knows all about cotton
duties from A to and back again
and what they should be-to give the
members of the Arwwright club the
best opportunities to become rich
men-half billionaires.
The new Rhode Island senator was
corn In October, 1856. He was grad
Luated from Brown university ut TWEEN
| ty-two, and started TO work In one OF
! mis- fathers cotton mills Besides be
| ing the king.pin OF the New England
cotton manufacturers. Lippitt In close
ly connected with the banking inter
ests OF Rhode Island,
He gets his biggest enjoyment on,
OF life by raising apples on his farm
Ills apples have a reputation which
spreads from one end OF the state tC
tie other
He is proud OF his apple trees. Al
most as much so as OF his family
tree. the American branch OF which
Oates hack to 1888. when John Lppitt
followed Roger Williams to the Provi
eence plantations John was thrifty
and early acquired the habit OF get
ting and holding" Some OF the lots
he staked OF now comprise some OF
the most valuable residential proper
" In Providence.
The Lippitts have not been rolling
stones. Henry now lives on the land
which was included in the home 10,
| tf the original John Eppitt Like
most immovable stones the Lippitts
have gathered some moss. not enough
10 give Henry what he regards as a
large fortune. but Henry Is young yet