The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
]. ]. HILL NOT
READY T0QU|T
Rslroad Masnate Declares He
viii Labor for Five and
One-haf Years More.
STILL YOUNG AT IS
Ulses Necessity Of Currency Reform
and Expresses Fear Of VIII
sons Viewpoint.

New York, Feb. 1T have still about
five and a half years work laid out be-
fore me- When / shall have finished
that I'll be eighty years old-and then j
guess ! can find something else to do
James J. Hill said this cheerily to 4
II reporter to-day. He will be seventy-five
Years old next September. but mentally
ana physically he is as strong and alert
&c are many men of fifty. Indeed. Mr..
I'LL appears to be only in the prime OF
life. And he talks that way, too. The
work he now has on hand is not even
remotely connected with transportation
or finance.
But you have worked so hard for
more than forty years. IT was suggested
10 him by his caller, that your friends
thought when you withdrew from official
responsibility with the great transporta-
ton you have built and developed you
would lay off and enjoy the remaining
years of your life at rest"
Life can only be enjoyed after a full
days work" replied the great fnancier.
adding work never kills anybody-it is
worry. never worry Worry, YOU know,
Ell / kill a cat. let alone a man."
Ir. Hill was in one of his rare dis
,sive moods about nearly everything
sept business The business of the
,rIntry is on a sound basis he said.
ger he had been pressed for an express
N on that topic. Railroad earnings
g. We this. The railroad, you know. is
Ike a river. The main stream must be
rastantly fed by its tributaries or its
l1nks viii not be kept full When it
lraintains its normal level it is certain
t. moisture, the life giving element OF
d.. soil, is abundant. This, in turn.
ans good crops, all other conditions
.-rsidered.''
Sec. No Menace Ahead.
And you see nothing ahead of seri-
- or menacing character" he was
q. ST. cd.
do not was the prompt answer
ch shortly was somewhat qualified
I..- his comments upon Presidente-lect
son.
'dr. Wilson said Mr.. Hill. lis a man
profound learning in books and of
ad culture. But maybe he doesn't
e understand the average American
zen or his viewpoint. | put it this
because nearly all that feel that
now about him l have learned from
writings and oral utterances. He
before him opportunity for construc-
A. work OF tremendous importance and
ue. If he should ask me what I re-
ded as a probable short-coming in
attitude toward the public ! would
s.- him that he talks above the heads
the people. He has been accustomed
many years to talking to advanced
iesc students that perhaps he finds it
easy TO pitch his uterances down to
level of the great average Of US. his
ow-citiZens."
Is there one reform above another
you would attempt to bring about
Tou were in the place OF Mr.. Wilson,"
Need Currency Reform.
Indeed. there is Mr.. Hill responded
h emphasis. Il certainly should strive
m the hour of my Inauguration to the
Sc of my administration as President
reduce our currency and monetary
stem to scientific basis. That is now
the pressing need of the time. The vree-
land law has afforded some help, but not
nearly enough To-day We are present
ing the anomalous spectacle to the world
of having more gold than is held by Eng
land, France, and Germany combined
and still our monetary system is SO un-
scientific that we cannot utilize this stu
pendOus financial advantage over those
countries. I hope President Wilson and
his advisers will quickly devise a scheme
that shall enable us TO utilize this ad-
vantage.
But" Mr.. Hill volunteered, amy ad-
ministration that hopes to succeed must.
primarily. foster our agricultural inter
csts 1t is a fact of vast portent that
our agricultural products for 19I2-includ-
ing everything that comes from the
farm-totaled in value $4,000 900 o00 That
represents larger amount of actual