The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11

took certain per cent of the bonds.
Nobody in particular paid him his fee.
nobody was strained or oyercharged.
The service he rendered was worth the
money; but Judge Gary's fee was
never mind the exact figures--eall IT
100000.
Not only had Judge Gary supplied
these three competitors. all of them ON
the verge of bankruptcy. a big idea,
but he also supplied himself one. Out
cf this transaction grew the United
States Steel corporation.
The Work of Genius
man who can take a complex sit
uation. where good and able men are
distressed, at their wits end, not know
ing which way to turn, and make,
friends of men who were before enc
mics, and transform bankrupt institu-
tlons into a paying enterprise, is a
genius. And the simplicity and ease
of the whole transaction is of such II
commonsense sort that one is amazed
to think that no one else had ever
Zone the thing before
1'eace, to Judge Gary's mind, isn't the
lpeace of julius Caesar. nor is his civil
lization that of Ferdinand and Torque-
mada. 1t is the antithesis of these.
Tie touched the rock of national re-
sources with the wand of his genius,
and the yelling waters gushed forth.
One of the Demos
Judge Gary is now chairman of the
beard of directors and chairman of the
financial committee of the United States
Steel corporation.
The president is James Farrell
man who has come up from the ranks,
hal ing once worked as a laborer. Step
hy step, Farrell has climbed the steel
ladder
There is a complete understanding be-
tween them. They do not usurp each
others territory, and each assumes that
the other knows his business.
When either OF these men wants to
do a thing the other gives way and
allows him to do 1T.
The general offices of the United
States Steel corporation are plain, SIM
pie, unpretentious There are no cost
" rugs, hangings or furnishings. There
is no advertising of power by conspicu-
Gus waste and certainly they do not
advertise it by conspicuous leisure.
Anybody who has business with
Judge Gary can see him.
lie has set a new example Tor eXecu-
lives in office furnishings.
Judge Gary has no desk. He simply
sits at the head of a long table, with
chairs down each side, and for two or
three hours every morning holds a con-
tinua1 reception. Anyone who wants to
see him is invited in and takes one
of the chairs. Judge Gary sits at the
head of the table, with pencil in hand
ana a pad before him, and talks or
listens.
IL you had never seen the man before,
YOU would put him down as Christian
Scientist.
lie has the placid smile, the glow OF
health, the good teeth, the bright eyes,
RI,
marks man who is on good terms
with himself, with the world, and with
his Creator.
With him nothing matters much, but
everything matters a little. And as he
visits with one after another, and gent
" disposes of them, each man going
away pleased and satisfied. thinking
that he has got something, all without
1oiy or josh, it grows upon you that
the title of the great pacificatorY is
cminently fit and proper.
Judge Gary dresses well, but not too
we'll. He wears a tiny little pearl in
lis scarf and his scarf matches his
ftting suit blends with the iron gray
OF his hair He Is becomingly bald,
but no other sign of age seems to be
in evidence,
He is never irascible, peevish, fretful
lie does not accuse. If anyone makes
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always seems to be forming a defense.
You hear him gently murmur in reply
On. well, you know his intentions are
right. He carries heavy burdens. You
must remember how long his hours are
He copes with great difficulties His
tasks are very much greater than ours
Such simple phrases, interjected in
the conversation, show the attitude of
he mans mind, He is not militant
save passively. lie wins through SYM
Lathy, through socability, through
knowing what he wants, and he does
not want anything that is not within,
reach. His plans are eminently prae-l