The sun., 1912-08-04
man WHOSE DEATH
STRIKERS PRAYED FOR
Baron Devonport's Rise From
Nothing to Wealth and
Power.
MADE WAY BY HARD WORK
Now Head Of the Board In
Charge Of the Port Of
London.

LONDON. July ~. Hudson ES'anie
Kearley. better known rs Paron De CT
port. only escaped being the man OF .!ss
wee', here through being o> errhado~ed
by Winston Churchill and his na, speech
In the House of Commons. The attention
OF London and indeed of all England
has been concentrated upon Lord lie, on
port with growing intensity in the last
few weeks by his uncompromisinG atti-
tude in respect to the>dock and lcnSshorc
strike.
He is the chairman of the body known
as the Port Of London Authority. which
since an act OF Parliament passed in nos.
principally passed through his ad' ocacy
has charge Of administering, prcscr> ing
and improving the Port Of London. IL
az for his death that the strikers prayed.
Lord Dev onport ia above all things
a selfmade man. A London newspaper
q day or two ago briefly epitomiled his
life in the following manner:
1885, Born Of farming stock. a, JAbridee.
Middlesex
is7, Left surrey County School to 60
into tea Office as clerk. without salary.
S13--TOok service with another Tea
dealer a. clerk. at coo year
1870 Founded tea firm of his own with
out any employees
| 1850 Was drawing ont OF his business an
income OF L? 900 TO c3.ooo year.
| iss,-Started with Mr. TOnge the Inter-
national stores tgroccrs' shops all over the
country.
| Present time -- Internat tional Stores. over
,oo in number, apitai million sterling, in
come six figures.
! 1t IL needless to ray that man who
thus advanced by leaps and bounds from
/ nothing to great wealth started with un-
common intelligence and will power.
Like go many other successful men. how
ev err he declares that he got ahead en-
tirely through hard work.
When he was a small clerk he got up
cry morning before O'Clock. break
tasted at half past. left for his business
at 7:i5 o'clock and only returned to his
home at 8 o'cloc, in the evening. He
had definite ambition: he wanted 70
get out Of the counting room and into
the salesroom But ii was usual forty
years ago. as indeed it is still to-day.
for young men going to the salesroom
to pay a premium, generally 1900. often
as high as 500 guineas for the privilege.
Young Hudson kearley's father had
no money to pay such a premium. The
boy could not have saved 1t out OF his
wages in twenty years hut he made
up his mind to get there. and what he did
demonstrated his value so clearly to his
employers that they were glad to take
him in without any premium.
After he had made his pile he went
into politics, as selfmade Englishmen
are apt 10 do. He was for many years
an energetic NJ. Pa radical Of all things
in the world. Then he got a small post
in the Government and showed that he
could be useful there too.
At last the great idea Of the London
port act came to him. He agitated It.
he helped to draft it. ne pushed 1t through
the Commons. and naturally when 1t
became law he was the first man chosen
to head the body which was to adminisAef
it. The post carries salary OF 3c0.0
a year.with it0 but Lord Devonport saya
he doesnt need the money. 1t il rumored
he gives it away The honor OF serving
the nation is his reward for his expendi-
|. ture of time and trouble.
A recent caller on Lord Dew onport
expresses disappointment at not finding
l in him the type Of unbending employer
. portrayed in Mr.. Galswo orthy's "Strife.
: He in NJ wise looks the part. Instead
, oil. square. stubborn features. with grim
3 hard mouth, steely eyes and shaggy
r eyebrows. ne has frank. ruddy open
air face, u genial manner and kindly
r eye His jaw shows determination and
!, the lines about his eyes tell of hard work
= but the light in them shows that he hAi
'' not been made inhuman by hard fighting
or love Of mastery. Speaking OF thu
n strikers. he said:
g ~These men-and when I speak ol
. them ] always mean the leaders whs
a have forced the dockerr into Q falss
q position by way Of showing their owl
I. power-t these men. l say. must be mad,
10 understand that there are still eom'
. OF us left who will stand up and face them
9 for the men. they are dupes."