The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-02
WOOSUNGs TRAGEDY.
ssd Fate Of Amos W. Orker. Once
Prominent Business Man.

SUNG most prominent business men, 10
have him committed to tho State Uni
versity In the hope that he may DO
prevented from doing himself violence,
and In order that the small remnant OF
his fortune now remaining may be pre-
served to his family.
Mr.. Orker's case is one OF the saddest
that has come to public notice In Woo
sung in a generation. He was born In
Big Foot Prairie forty-two years ago.
In early life he was thrown on his own
resources, and after serving In a coun-
try store he went into the manufactur-
Ing business on his own account. Mr..
Orker was a pioneer in recognizing the
possibilities Of utilizing byproducts.
His first success was in marketing the
waste of the barrel stave plant In
which he laid the foundation OF his for
tune. This he put on the market under
the name of "Orker's Fruit OF the
Field" under which title II attained
wide popularity as a breakfast food.
The success of this venture led Mr..
Orker into other enterprises, and year
ago he was interested In many Industries.
Unfortunately his youthful necessities
had rendered II iinE'ssible for him to
obtain an education, and he was obliged
| m face tha world with only the degree
A "a lie taugh, bi,oself TO read the COM
marcis, ratings of applicants for credit,
and 10 figure interest and discounts
| in n crude fashion which never gave
his aob,ors the better OF IL In Latin
he nsyer 20, bevond eayeat emptor. and
his ,nah,iitv 10 saw "It IL I" without
counting ten was "A constant source Of
humiliation to his cultured associates.
In snite of these handlcaps Mr..
Orker achieved n respectable literary
standing IA mona of his manuscripts
vvaa ever returned stamped mo ac-
count" Ten wears ago he was ad-
rnI,tad IN tho woosunp Chanber of
Commerce. and as a delegate from that
"a, ha called NJ tha white House
last week.
Mr. orker had not been able TO find
| ov, ,vba, a,Ied business. In his ieno-
rance he had attributed to lack of funds
| a,,ona tho dahtora tho difficulties he
encountered In making collections. and
a.. bo ,.,d of tho hands In his mills he
tn,d them no ala n because business
IT,, 4, hus,rass was LAT alone for n
It'll :, ,,n,,Id ,r,nrovs and n was TO
,oI tho president tb,a That with other,
of 10 hn n
THO president received tho delega-
ton Including Mr. Ork.r. with spon-
,anoous GOOD faIlowshin and nromptly
iaid ,he,r fears bv telling them that
,ho,, s,,norad or,v fror, nsvcboIopical
6enression which was sure 70 PASS II
rho IegIslatures onlv enacted n mal-
oIar, n,,nher ~ nenal laws The dele-
! s,a,os ro,urnod howe md renor,ad this
q. ,ha hanas ,ha,, rod iaid or aud ali
wora hanny
All that "a agent one. This WAS n
lou, ya,ln,y for,neriv "dra,vinp down "
as ho nhrased I, "thirtv-tuo iron men
a,.,r,, sa,nrda," iron, Mr. orlser whom
, ha seryed In the canacitv ~ stationary
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"wo,iroi,,. tho, ,ne,no"
To his raorat,ahla inouIs,,iveness Mr.
orl,or,, dou,nf,u ,,,,,v h,. dir.c,ly traced
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had not sought IN fathom the signIf-
: ca,,a %, The pros,dan,,. nbrasa Ru,
: IN. n, ,,,,ed aissattsfac,,on ~ n more
! honr startad him on tho path thai led
to destruction
Mr. Orkar invited the man IN his home
promising m exnlain at length what a
. nsvcbological denression was In his
D ihrory.'a ,oor ,r,air a, must no con-
fessed--be found an encvcIonedic die
,ionarv inadvertan,Iv houyht NV him
: fron n yo,,no mn str,,gglipe for oh n
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