Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-11-06

James Stillman chairman Of the Ma.
tional City bank. was the third Of the
business trio. of which Messrs. Morgan
and Baker were the others His inter.
est in the City bank stock is large and
he has many other interests and invest
mentS
Profits of J. P. Morgan & Co.
The present J. r. Morgan. to whom
fell nearly all of his fathers property.
was naturally included in the list Of
those put down ascertain. 1t has been
reported that in some years the busi-
ness of j. + Morgan alone has yielded
profit of $1.0O0.O00 each to the prin-
cipal partners
Vincent AstOr'S immense holdings of
revenue producing real estate in New
York put him in the list without any
hesitation
L. c. Converse Is a large stakeholder
in the United States Steel corporation
and was one of those who brought
about its formation.
james Il. Duke Is another man re-
garded as surely In this class He was
the leading spirit in the formation OF
the old tobacco trust. Of which he was
president until its dissolution Mr..
Duke has since lived in England
large part Of the time. but remains IN
American citizen. with big estate
near Somerville. N. j. His tax may
have been paid in the district in which
Somerville is located or In New York.
which is his principal place of business
in the United States.
Thomas +. Ryan may have paid his
tax in Virginia. which he has usually
considered his place of residence. or
he may have paid 1t In New York.
where his chief business interests are.
In any event. there is little doubt that
he is in the 81 100000 income class.
W. A. Clark, Mrs. Sage and Others.
Ex-senator Clark OF Montana. who
now makes his principal residence in
New York, has extensive and highly
profitable mining interests in Montana
and elsewhere. us well as lumber. rail-
road and newspaper properties. Mrs.
Sage was practically the sole heir to
the Sage fortune. and. while she has
distributed much in charities. her pres
ent holdings are considered sufficient
to earn an income Of $l.U0OO0O or more.
Mrs. Hartman received the bulk Of
the Hartman estate She Is believed
to be surely in receipt of $1.OOO.OOO net
income year.
Many others were regarded as quite
likely to be in the same class. John D.
! A lid Is,hV foI-
Ter as the head of the Standard Oil and
had been associated with MIR. Rookie
Teller for many years. His stock hold
ings are understood to be very large.
George j. Gould Is the head of the
Gould family. with important railroad
and other interests. developed from
those left by Jay Gould. George W.
Perkins was the chief agent In the
formation Of both the steel and the
harvester trust and for some years
was u partner in the firm of J. p Nor
gan 4 Co. Daniel G. Reid is the chief
factor in the highly profitable Ameri-
can Can company. He has many bank-
ing and railroad interests and organ
lied the Tobacco Products Corporation.
William S. Tod Is u large stakeholder
in Northern Pacific and has other ex-
tensive interests.
Charles Steele Is one Of the older
partners of j. P. Morgan & Co., d.
rector Of the Steel corporation and in
terested In q considerable number of
railroads Arthur Curtiss james Is vice
president of Phelps. Dodge Il Co.. with
large copper. railroad and banking In
terests. Mr.. Dodge has practically the
same interests as Mr.. James. Daniel
Guggenheim Is the head of the great
Guggenheim interests in copper and
other metals, both mining and smelt-
ing. and stakeholder In several i'm.
pOrtant banks.
Hetty Green the Richest Woman.
Colonel Oliver H. Payne is a large
holder Of oil and tobacco stocks. ia
cob H. Schiff Is the head OF Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. Hetty Green has long been
known as 1.-The richest woman In the
world"
AS for some others regarded IA likely
to be in the million year class: Fl. P.
Dawson Is member Of J. P. Morgan
& Co. Judge Gary h the head of the
Steel corporation. Mr.. Schwab Is pres
ident of the Bethlehem Steel company
and was the first president of the Steel
corporation and. before that of the
Carnegie Steel company. Otto q.
Kahn is partner In Kuhn. Loeb 4 Co.
Norman 3. Ream Is u director Of the
Steel corporation and has extensive
railroad and banking interests. Lew
p. Morton ia chairman OF the Guaranty
Trust company and has large private
fortune aside from that's connection.
". K. Vanderbilt is q leading capitatiAt
in the railroad world. August Relmont
Ii the head OF Il big banking Arin. John
D. Ryan Is president Of the Amalga.
mated Copper company and also has
banking and railroad interests c. X.
G.. Billings Is one of the chief owners