Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-18
strikebreakers Die Rich.

Farley, the breaker, is dead,
and has left behind him a fortune
Well over a million dollars-that is,
upward of e200, ,000
Two hundred thousand pounds-all
made bv fighting trade unions, and
all within dozen years, for Farley
was only thirty-six years old when
consumption killed him. Truly a
wonderful record
Farley kept a paid army of thou
sand strike breakers ready to go any
where or do anything. He had a
reserve of 10000 more. He boasted
that he could break any strike with
in fortnight, and he never broke
his word. His fees were enormous.
He once was paid the lump sum of
10000 by a federation of Boston en-
ployers.
There are many ways of making
a living, but few of gaining wealth.
If you study records of wills you will
be struck by the fact that it is often
Just those callings which are most
despised which actually afford some
thing better than competence.
For example, only a few weeks ago,
a chimney sweep. who had pursued
his calling in a south-coast water
place, left by will the sum of e6,000
This is just the same amount as
was bequeathed his wife by an out
porter at Bolton railway station, who
died in January. 1911.
Mr.. Jacob King, bathing machine
proprietor at Bexhill. who died in
March. 1910. left fortune Of nearly
f12,000. while an American sand ar
tist." named Murrell, is said to have
saved more than double that amount
in the course of twenty-seve years
work on the beaches.
One of the most amazing of such
cases is the Sheffield scissors grinder
who, by hard work and thrifty habits,
became q wealthy man and died in
November. 1911, worth over 100000
To turn to purely curious methods
Of earning fortunes.
Antonio Ferrer was Swiss shep-
herd who in his way was a bit of
an artist. Instead of drawing, he
used to weave hair and wool into
quaint devices.
An English lady saw some Of his
work, brought him to England, and
paid for his training. Soon after
wards Ferrer set up IN business In
Regent street. His trade grew, and
he foresaw a craze. He sent back to
Switzerland for number of pauper
girls, whom he trained to the work,
and soon he had a splendid house in
southern suburb, and had establish
ed branches of his business all over
England. He made over 2100.000 be-
fore the craze slowly died away.
Everyone has heard Of the profess
sional applauder or "claquer'' who
used to be employed in all French
theatres, especially on first night.
Some seven or eight years ago NJ.
Jules Ledoux, a claque organizer, died
leaving a quarter of a million francs.
or over 10000.
Some thirty years ago a young
French railway engineer, a very wild
youth. drifted out to India. He fell
in love with q native woman. married
her, and settled down in native
house at Nyree, near Allahabad.'
His wife came out Of family who
We're hereditary brick-makers. She
managed to interest him in the work,
and told him secrets unknown to most
white men. He went into business
and prospered SO greatly that, at his
death few years ago, niece In
England inherited 100000.
There is a man living in London,
today, who has made a quarter OF a
million by backing race-horses, an
other whose income OF fS0,000 a year
arises from the manufacture of pills,
while a third. who lives at the rate
of at least $4,000 a year. is a man
of humble parentage whose wealth has
accrued entirely from the manufac-
ture OF particular brand of sau-
sage.