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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
Morgan Astounded.

Perkins sat quiet for few moments.
then said that he could not give an an
SWer at once. It was MOrgan's turn to
be astounded. He agreed, however,
that Perkins should return an answer
as soon as he could find his mind. Less
than week later the young man wrote
polite note to Morgan saying be
guessed be would remain where he
was-with John A. Mccall. This re-
sistance. of course. was fatal. 1t made
Morgan think he was obliged to have
Perkins. He said as much to Mr.. Nc
Call, and Perkins came.
Mr. Morgan was standing before a
picture in New York gallery when a
handsomely dressed woman asked him
question bearing on the painting.
Mr.. Morgan, delighted to discuss such
a subject. chatted freely about art mat
tiers and then bowed himself out. The
woman said to the proprietor: 'That
| man was an art critic, / guess. He
seemed to know all about pictures. If
you know his address wish you would
send him this check. for I'm sure ap-
preciate his kindness very much"
The dealer gasped, why, madam.
that was J. Pierpont Morgan!" Later
he told the millionaire what had oc-
Cured. You might have let her send
the check" grunted Mr.. Morgan. LIT
would have been the first money ever
made out of my hobby"
An amusing story is related of Mr..
Morgan in connection with one of his
visits to Oman. in France. He en-
ployed local photographer to develop
a number of views that he had been
taking with his camera, but the pho
tOgrapher did not know the financier
and hesitated whether be should COM
plete the work or not before having
some assurance that he was going to
be paid for it. So he went down to
the local bank and asked the manager
If he happened to know anything
about a gentleman named Morgan.
IAN Americana asked the manager.
Yes replied the photographer
'Mr.-what is t?-eh-Pierpont Nor
gam"
Precisely" replied the manager
"Well, we know all we want to know
about him"
''Oh, monsieur, will it be safe to
trust him for 300 francs?'
Trust him. cried the banker
trust him for anything and every
thing he takes it into his head to
dream OFF,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
INDIANA GIRL AS DECOY
Annie MoII Is Said to Be Member of
Gang of Berlin Card
Sharpers.

Berlin, April Miss Annie Mol, a
former governess of Indianapolis. Ind
is the latest American feature in the
trial of Lieutenant Niemala and "Ba-
ron Korff Koenig" on the charge Of
card swindling. The "barons" real
name is Stallmann, and he is the son
of comparatively poor Berlin manu-
facturer Miss Mol, according to the.
evidence, was a close friend of Baron
Cramer, another of the defendants.
and was employed as a decoy by tEea
alleged gang of card sharps. II Is
averred by the prosecution that she
assisted members of the gang in black
mailing men into paying hush money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
His Purchase of Diamonds.

A leading jeWeler of Paris told the
following story about Mr. Morgan, who
had seen two magnificent diamonds
il the jewelers. shop and wanted to
present them to the New York Muse
um of Natural History for it's collec-
ton of precious stones, but be thought
the price, $4,000. eXtortionate A few
days later, however. being then in Lon
don, Mr.. Morgan wrote to the jeweler
to send the diamonds to him for a Sec
ond examination, which was done.
Within week the jeweler received
another letter from Mr.. Morgan ac-
companying small box heavily seal
ed. The letter said:
1.-THE stones are really perfect. |
would like to buy them, but think your
price abnormal. That's why | send
them back If you can let me have
them for $4,000. telegraph. at the same
time returning. duly reinsured. without
troubling about breaking the seals in
order to save time"
The jeweler decided not to reduce
the price and opened the box. The
diamonds were not there, but instead
he found Mr.. MOrgan's check for S.
600 with this brief note: iii take them
anyhow Send receipt"
1t is said that Morgan once promised
his wife that when he had amaSSed a
fortune of certain amount he would
retire from business and devote him.
self TO life of leisure. But when the
time came he begged off, What
should dO?" be said. Il am ashamed
to be idle" And he kept on at work
One of the latest incidents told of
the financier was his experience with a
dentist and what came of it.
The dentist was hurting Mr.. Morgan,
who was both blunt and frank in tell
ing him of that fact.
"One of the worst cases of destitu.
ton | know of is that Of my wife's
waSherwOman," remarked the dentist
by way of diversion
How is that?' asked Mr.. Morgan.
'Her husband died and left her thir-
teen children. Only five of them are
large enough to work"
The dentist. who kept on with both
his work and his hard luck narrative,
didn't leave out any of the narrowing
details of the widows fight for a liv-
ing in the face Of great odds. Mr.
Morgan asked question now and
then and finally, after an unusually
severe ordeal. left the operating room.
The next day the dentist received a let
ter which read about as follows:
Dear Doctor-You hurt me like the devil
yesterday but your vivid story about the
widow and her thirteen children helped
some. Enclosed find my check for $4,000.
which please turn over to the washer
woman and tell her for me that she was
fool to have thirteen children.
The dentist complied with Mr.. Nor
gan's request
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
INTEREST IN THE SESSION.
For the First Time In Many Years
Democrats Control.

For the First Time In Many Years
Democrats Control.
Elements in the extra session of con-
gress are unusual. President Wilson
has called the great body together at a
time when his party has absolute con-
troll of every branch Of the govern
ment relating to legislation.
This has not been the case before in
twenty years During that period of
long ago when the Democrats were in
power President Cleveland called an
extra session. but the conditions were
vastly different from now.
The extra session under President
Wilson is remarkable because the law
makers TO a large extent are men of
comparatively recent rise to prOmi-
nence, Because of the fact that the
Democratic party is providing a change
from Republican rule for the first time
in sixteen years great interest is GEN.
tered upon tbs dOings of congress.
Virtually a new generation of legis-
latOrs has sprung up With but a very
few exceptions there are no men who
figured in congressional dOings of
twenty years ago who are sharing the
responsibilities Of the body now.
Of only one thing has the public been
absolutely certain. and that is that the
tariff would be first and foremost
among the subjects for work by the
legislators, and that revision downward
would be the purpose. The legislators
themselves have not known Just how
the revision is to be managed. and it
has been we'll understood that they
would not all be pleased over all
the details Of the ultimate changes.
The subject has been thraShed over so
often and earnestly that its intrica cies
have become feared.
The ways and means committee,
which has had the task of drafting the
tentative form of the new tariff meas
ure, has been unable to announce COM
pletion of its work in advance of the
extra session. but the probability is
that the measure will be taken up
schedule by schedule.
The public has been led to expect
that after the tariff is disposed of con
gress will consider currency, the i'll
come tax. Philippine independence and
the Panama tolls questions
Much publicity has been given to the
proposed national income tax. The tax
will probably apply only to incomes of
over $1,000 annually. Certain members
of congress hold that this sort of levy
would be confined to but compare
lively small proportion of the public
and that the revenue would not be suf-
f1cient. They argue that an inheritance
tax should be added to insure the need
ed revenue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09

gan to feel hot and nervous. He told
the entire history of the Palisades
movement. Morgan continued to stare
vacantly. Perkins felt sore and stop
ped talking. Morgan swung around in
his chair, fingered his cigar, stared va
cantly some more and said, well, l
don't know much about the Palisades,
but how would you like to become a
partner in my frm?' Perkins has new
er forgotten the sensations of that mo-
ment. He managed to say finally that
he did not know how he should like it.
'T'n guarantee you-how much does
Mccall give you?'' twenty-five
thousand year." "Pn guarantee you
$250,000 year, and whatever more is
coming as your share of the firms
profits you shall get. want an an
swer at once"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
Many Interesting Stories
Are Related of J.P. Morgan
Great FinanCier LOOmed
Big as a Witness
Before PujO
Hearing

~ ATHATEVER we may think of
ERWE j. PierpOnt Morgan, the
Wv New York multimillionaire,
banker and financier, the
fact remains that for one man money
power he had both ancients and mod
ems beaten to a FRAGILE. III the classic
language of Theodore Roosevelt
The spot light of public attention was
focused directly upon Mr. Morgan in
connection with the sessions of the
famous Pujo money trust hearing at
Washington. Mr.. Morgan was called
as a witness, and his colossal power
over financial affairs the country over
was probed into by Samuel Untermy-
er, the adroit attorney for the senate
committee.
Instead of seeking to evade questions
and cover the facts as to his great
money deals. Mr. Morgan answered
frankly. Though he disclaimed pos
sessing power to make or break other
men who adventured in finance, it
was made clear that not infrequently
enterprises he did not approve failed
Mr. Morgan had nine lawyers Serv.
ing him with advice before the COM
mittee. and he paid them $62. 800, ac-
cOrding TO an authentic estimate The
attorneys had scarcely anything to do
at the hearing. though they consulted
with the tinancier for days in advance
Of his testimony
of fifty-eight corporations and held
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
SHORT MESSAGE
STICKS TO TARIFF
President Wilson Advises the
Extra Session.
URGENT NEED OF REFORMS

Chief Executive Says Recent Elections
Laid a Duty Upon the Democratic
Party, Which Must Tighten the Bur-
den of the People-Says 1t Would Be
Unwise to Move Forward HeadIono
or With Reckless Haste; That Bust
ness Must Be Encouraged, Not De-
stroyed, but That Everything That
Has a Sembance of Privilege Must
Be Observation-Disclosures Special Mes
sage Dealing With Needed Banking
and Currency Laws.
To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives:
l have called the congress together
in extraordinary session because a
duty was laid upon the party now in
power at the recent elections which it
ought to perform promptly in order
that the burden carried by the people
under existing law may be lightened
as soon as possible and in order, also.
that the business interests of the coun-
try may not be kept too long in sus-
pense as to what the fiscal changes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09

0ucers under the stimulation of a ON
slant necessity to be efficient, econon-
1cal and enterpriSing. masters of con-
pet1t1ve supremacy. better workers AMI
merchants than any in the world
Aside from the duties laid upon arti-
cleS which we do not and probably
cannot produce. therefore. and the
duties laid upon luxuries and merely
for the sake of the revenues they yield,
the object of the tariff duties hence
forth laid must be effective competi-
ton. the whetting of American wits by
contest with the wits of the rest of the
world
1t would be unWise to move toward
this end headlong. with reckless haste
or with strokes that cut at the very
roots OF what has grown up among
US by long process and at our own in
vitatiOn. 1t does not alter a thing to
upset it and break it and deprive it Of
a chance to change. 1t destroys it.
We must make changes in our fiscal
laws, in our fiscal system. whose OBJ
ject is development. more free and
wholesome development. not revolution
or upset or confusion We must build
up trade. especially foreign trade. We
need the outlet and the enlarged field
of energy more than we ever did be-
fore. We must build up industry as
we'll and must adopt freedom in the
place of artificial stimulation only so
far as it will build. not pull down. In
dealing with the tariff the method by
which this may be done will be a mat
ter of judgment. exercised item by
item. To some not accustomed TO the
excitements and responsibilities of
greater freedom our methods may in
some respects and at some points seem
heroic. but remedies may be heroic
and yet be remedies. 1t is our BUSH
ness to make sure that they are genu-
inc remedies. Our object is clear. If
our motive is above just challenge
and only an occasional error of judg-
ment is chargeabIe against us we shall
be fortunate.
Thorough, but Moderate.
We are called upon to render the
country a great service in more mat
terS than one. Our responsibility
should be met and our methods should
be thorough. as thorough as moderate
and well considered. based upon the
facts as they are. and not worked out
as if we were beginners We are to
deal with the facts of our own day,
with the facts of no other and to make
laws which square with those facts.
1t is beSt-indeed. it is n+ceSSary-to
begin with the tariff | will urge moth
ing upon you now at the opening of
your session which can obscure that
first object or divert our energies from
that clearly defined duty. At later
time may take the liberty of calling
your attention to reforms which should
press close upon the heels of the tariff
changes. if not accompany them. Of
which the chief is the reform of our
banking and currency laws. but just
now | refrain. For the present | put
these matters on one side and think
only of this one thing-of the changes
in our fiscal system which may best
serve to open once more the free chan
nels of prosperity to a great people
whom we would serve to the utmost
and throughout both rank and file.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House, April y. 1913.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09

through his New York firm 1S5 di-
rectorships with vast power. was born
III Hartford. Conn. on April II, 1881
He was strong, healthy boy, large
for his age and full of animal spirits.
At the age of six he was sent to a
country school which then stood at
the junction of Pennington road and
Asylum avenue, in Hartford This
school was known as the west mid
die district school" and long since has
fallen before the march of progress
in New York
Nicknamed "Pip" at School.
When be entered school the teacher
called on him to rise and give his full
name so that he could be properly en-
rolled as pupil of the west middle
district school At the call of the
teacher young John rose to his feet.
Forty pairs Of eyes were fixed on him
What is your full name" asked the
teacher of the embryonic magnate.
John Pierpont Morgan, sir" an
swered the lad in a clear and unfal-
tering voice. The usual litter which
greetS an uncommon name went
around the schoolroom At recess the
boys practiced on the name, but could
not master it. So they called him
Pip" All the years he lived in Hart
ford he was known as Pip" Morgan.
Since Mr.. Pip" is the hero of Charles
Dickens story Great Expectations"
the name was not so much of a mis-
homer. Pip" Morgan certainly has
realized most of his great expecta.
lions. in which respect he has been
more fortunate than the fictitious Mr..
Pip created by the great novelist.
A Washington treasury official some
time ago told this story illustrative of
Mr.. Morgan's effort to stop financial
depression. A Jewish manufacturer
had been operating his business for
some time on credit. His notes fell
due early one November, and he went
TO bank TO get them renewed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
PRESIDENT WILSON.

are to be to which they will be requir-
ed to adjust themselves. 1t is clear
to the whole country that the tariff
duties must be altered They must be
changed to meet the radical alteration
in the conditions of our economic life
which the country has witnessed with
in the last generation While the
whole face and method of our indus
trial and commercial life were being
changed beyond recognition the tariff
schedules have remained what they
were before the change began or have
moved in the direction they were Civ
en- when no large circumstance of our
Industrial development was what it is
today. Our task is to square them
with the actual facts. The sooner that
is done the sooner we shall escape
from suffering from the facts and the
sooner our men of business will be
free to thrive by the law of nature
(the nature of free business instead
of by the law of legislation and arti-
fetal arrangement
How Tariff Has Grown.
der very far afeld in our day-very far
indeed from the field in which our
prosperity might have had a normal
growth and stimulation No one who
looks the facts squarely in the face or
knows anything that lies beneath the
surface of action can fail to perceive
the principles upon which recent tariff
ago passed beyond the modest notion
of protecting" the industries of the
country and moved boldly forward to
the idea that they were entitled to the
direct patronage of thP government.
For a long 6me-a time so long that
the men now active in public policy
hardly remember the conditions that
preceded tive have sought in our
tariff schedules to give each group of
manufacturers or producers what they
themselves thought that they needed
in order to maintain practically ex-
elusive market as against the rest OF
the world Consciously or unconscious
~ We have built up set of privileges
and exemptions from competition be-
mind which IT was easy Dy any. even
the crudest, forms of combination to
organize monopoly, until at last moth
ing is normal, nothing is obliged to
stand the tests of efficiency and econo-
my, in our world of big business, but
everything thrives by concerted ar
rangement Only new principles of
action will save us from a final hard
crystallizatjnn of monopoly and a COM
plete loss of the influences that quick
en- enterprise and keep independent en-
ergy alive.
Must Abolish PRIVILEGE.
1t is plain what those principles must
be. We must abolish everything that
bears even the sembIance of privilege
or of any kind of artificial advantage
and put our business men and pro
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
Roumanian Senate Head Dies

Bucharest, Roumania, April T.
George Cantacuzene, president of the
senate and reputed to be the richest
man in Roumania, is dead He be-
came president of the senate in 1871
He was several times premier of Rou-
mania and also held the office Of mir
ister of the interior.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
How tie Forced Bank to
Renew LOdnS--.HOw
lie Obtained
Partner

Though he had been q large depositor
and was known to be man of scrupu-
lous honesty, the bank declined to
grant him an extension, insisting that
ne should pay his notes on the day
they fell due This was impossible,
and bankruptcy stared him in the face
He went to friend and asked him
what be should do.
Morgan as Samaritan.
mo bank will lend you a cent" said
his adviser. 4 have it. Go to Mr..
Morgan and state your case to him."
"Oh. he won't do anything for me-"
the Jew responded hopelessly. But
I'll try anyhow"
Mr.. Morgan received the man cour-
teously and listened to his statement
Then he turned to his phone and rang
up the bank
Mr.. SO-and-so is in my Office" he
said, land tells me you have declined
to grant him an extension of his notes.
1t is just such blankety blank people
as you who are making the conditions
serious Unless those notes are renew
ed | shall make it my business to ruin
you"
Then the financier turned to the
caller.
Il think" be said. you will find the
bank willing to extend your notes."
1t was
AT least dozen different stories
have haop fold copnopninU rho NOV in
which George w Perkins came by his
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
Liner Is DELAYED.

Plymouth, April THE American
liner New York reached Plymouth
over. eighteen hours late owing to bad
weather throughout the voyage and to.
a shortage of stokers of whom Is were
lacking,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09

partnership in the firm Of J. PierpOnt
Morgan. One of the best follows:
In the milionaires' club at New
York Morgan said over the corned beef
and cabbage to jim Stilman, then
president of the City National bank:
Il need a young man in my office
am growing old; my partners are
growing old We need a young fellow
with energy. capacity and brains Do
you happen to know one?' There's
a young man named Perkins | don't
know but be might do" said Still
man. ''Who is Perkins," asked Nor
gan. He's up there with Mccall
George w. Perkins He comes down
to our bank meetings. Mccall seems
to. think a great deal Of him"
Talking the Palisades.
Several days later Morgan was talk
ing with Robert Bacon. one of his part
ners. do you know a young man
named Perkins?' he asked Bacon said
he did. Well" said the great pro-
mOter, 81 want to see him. and | don't
want him to know that | want to see
him. Get him in here so | can look
him over" The next time Bacon saw
Perkins the latter was full of the pro-
lection of the Palisades along the Hud-
son river. Talked with the old man
about putting up some money!" said
Bacon. "Who-Mr. Morgan?" Yes; he
might help you" "Oh. guess he
wouldn't be interested" 1T won't do
any harm to try him. Have you ever
met him?" Never" Come along
over. and I'll introduce you" Perkins
went over and talked Palisades for
half an hour
Morgan stared vacantly over a big
black cigar and did not seem to be
much interested in Perkins and his
Palisades Protective union. When
Perkins stopped for breath Morgan
still pulled away and stared vacantly.
Perkins talked more Palisades. Nor
gan still stared vacantly. Perkins be-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-04-09
Must Abolish PRIVILEGE.

1t is plain what those principles must
be. We must abolish everything that
bears even the semblance of privilege
or of any kind of artificial advantage
and put our business men and pro
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-20
Arrested and Fined

An exchange tells US OF farmer
that was arrested and 6ued for selling
adulterated milk, adulterated with a
little harmless water. He wore at
the same time suit Of all wool (?)
clothes badly adulterated with shoddy,
and boots whose soles were adulterat-
ed with paper or wood shavinRs. For
breakfast he drunk adulterated coffee,
his meat was spiced with adultePated
pepper, his cakes puffed up with adul.
terated baking powder, his pickels
sOured with adulterated vinegar. his
pie seasoned with adulterated spice,
his wife was out Of sorts because she
could not make biscuits out of adul.
terated flour that had been sold her
for the "best". In fact he saw and
felt the effects OF adulterstion which
ever way he looked, aud had never
heard Of the aduiterators ever being
arrested and fined. Yet there are
those who blame the farmer for com
planning and being discontented.
The Ordway new era., 1913-06-20
Good Shooting

Lieutenant Bigelow spent most Of
last week here as special instructor
for Company L. He did not enter in.
to rifle practice on the range, but
tested each rifle before the shooting
began and hit the bulls eye every
time he shot. The distance was 200
and 500 yards. One Of the rifles con.
tained a gun wad, which no one had
been able to remove and when Lieu.
tenant BiRelow tested this rifle the
barrel burst from one end to the other.
Notwithstanding this little accident
to the rife, he hit the bulls eye just
the same.-Fowler Tribune
Lieutenant Bigelow will be remem.
bered as the officer giving a special
course of instructions to the newly
commissioned Company OF Ordway.