New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
PRESS LAUDS MORGAN
Newspapers Unite in HaiIlng
Him as Giant Force.
HIS HONESTY EMPHASIZED
rrond of Comment Is That He
Will Probably Remain
Unique Figure.

.sn is. in part. as follows:
The Herald":
Mr.. !. Picrpont Morgan was a colossal
,r,crican-a massive figure in the affairs
= the world. His place may be occupied
during the present generation, but it is
.,nch 10 be doubted whether ii will he
filed
"Hc was much misunderstood because
n his rcticonco. which was mistaken for
mart Of the strong character Of the man.
hu the country has again and again
oved him a debt as he stepped into the
h,sach when all around him. men In office
and al the head Of great institutions
we're losing their heads and panic and
national Generalization threatened. And
no one ever knew him to boast Of what
he had done
The World.
.lIe wa. the last OF his line There will
not be another J. Pierpont Morgan. Never
again will such power as Mr.. Morgan eX-
.-ted over money and credit and prosper
i,v be concentrated ia the hands of a sin
clio individual Never again will condi-
inns Of government make ii possible for
any anancier to bestride the country like
Colossus
IF mere money is TO have a free hand
IN exploiting a country. this country was
s,rtunate indeed in having J. Pierpont
uorran IS the head of its unofficial finan-
eal system No man clothed with ire
sponslble. autOcratic power could be ex-
pected 20 WELD il more honorably or ably
or patriotically than he. But the system
itself is impossible. No free people could
bpr tolerate il and remain free people"
THE sun.
There is one aspect of Mr.. Morgan's
eharactcr on which ii is interesting to
dwell this morning. Like most really
great mon. although not like all Of them.
No lacked altogether that subtlety and
complies ingenuity OF mental process
which in the popular view is the only
n,ssible explanation of such mastery
az Il was his 10 win and hold in the af-
fairs Of life. Probably lac went through
the half century OF his phenomenal
career. from his advent i'm business in
the early 6os equipped with the honor
able traditions of banking methods in
bsrited from Junius Spencer Morgan end
George Peabody TO his last days in the
hotel room at Rome. without having ever
eomprehended the meaning of the word
fnesse' i'm the sense in which il is en-
ployed 10y the psychologists of success
and exalted by the smaller pursuers Of
success
The Times:
we may look upon Mr.. Morgans like
asain--there were great men before and
after Acamennon-but We shall not look
uDon another career like his. The time
FOR that has gone by Conditions have
changed. and Mr Morgan. the mighty
and dominant figure Of finance. did more
than any other man to change them. Mr.
Morgan was born for leadership. for con-
y,ructive work With his unmatched aoili-
ties with his character and the confidence
he inspired. and with his power to or
ganize and command, il was inevitable
thar he should be the leader the builder
u I'm the domain Of American finance
The growth in his time was prodiglous'
and now Wall Street is beyond the need
or the possibility Of one-man leadership.
The Press:
I'VE have lost very great man IN the
death Of Mr. Morgan-an uncrowned mon
arch 4 kingdom OF conspicuous political
snlnence accentuates the bigness of a
really great man. Without either of these
T.,
squsl eminence by his own inherent quail
ties which made him easily the COM
mandirr figure in the vast world Of con-
sruc,ive and administrative finance.
Mr. Morgan was great because he was
iorn great There isn't much worth while
zones out of a man that God didn't put
n,o him. Tho best man ever does In
his world. his greatest achievements. are
Dot better than the natural fruitase OF me
qualities God LODGED in him.
The Commercial:
When John Pierpont Morgan passed
sssy Yesterday in Rome the whole world
banking and finance lost its greatest
| and most picturesque figure Men did not
count his wealth. but his deeds ana ne
\ VII be remembered for the work ne niu
1 and the risks he took 70 serve his country
l and his fellow men. a born leader OF
Ten. he never shirked responsibility. lie
vas gifted with that indispensable az
rihu,e Of greatness in execution aolltF
h pick the right men and willingness 10
rst them"
The Brooklyn Eagle:
Several men may have maze hloi '
saney None made money more hones'i!
Z nd Justly None used his wealth. more
elpfullv or less for purposes OF sell
osbration. Not one was so universally
bought Of as more a man than money
thx"
The Evening Mall:
With the death OF John Pierpont Nor
s>a IN Rome the foremost leader III tne
aodern world Of finance. Industry ana
~rmercc passes from sight
HIS was the broadcst vision, the pray
heart and the most unbreakabie "ord
Z he whole scene Of American construc-
Neefort."
The Evening Post:
The personal domination which MI
-efgan exercised over other men IN the
<n OF large affairs has had few parai-
1'; the magnitude Of the undertakings
winch that mastcrful leadership playeo
epsrt has had none. Mr. Morgan's pres
se resched it's climax when the financiai
-1n had begun to think in hundreds Oh
l ~eefs. but the power OF his personality
II L.. q