The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-22
LAWYERS REACHING GREAT HEIGHTS IN EXECUTIVE PLACES Notable Example of Their Striking Achievements
 During Past
PLACE SOME GREAT
 CONCERNS ON FEET
Steel Corporation, American Sugar and American Biscuit Company All Organized and Admin
 istered by Lawyers
Hx ROLLAND

New York, June T.-(Special.)-On or the leading lawyers of the United States who was a member of the party which was invited by George Westinghouse to visit Niagara Falls in 1892 and to inspect the beginning of the work which. two or three years later, was perfected and be- came the great electric plant on the Niagara banks, raid to sir. Westinghouse in the hearing of others, that as for him self he was no more than what other lawyers area critic. an analyzer, and in no sense a constructive force. That was the prevailing impression at the time this remark was made, but since then lawyers have achieved great sue cess in the executive management along modern lines of some of the larger cor poratons That Is sgnally illustrated in the career of Judge E. H. Gary, who rsssed from the practice of law into executive association, first with the Fed eral Steel company and later with the United States Steel corporation. So, also, it was demonstrated by the late president of the Reading, George F. Baer, and it is now being daily proved by the mana agement of the Hartman railroad system ty Judge Lovett, first a lawyer and then a railroad executive.
 few days ago the pres dent of the American Sugar Refining company, Charles H. Allen, entitled to be called gov ernor-for he was civil governor of Porto Rico at one time-resgned as president of the American Sugar Refining company Governor Allen did not withdraw from in- innate association with the company but he remains as director Sometime in the rtt,4a
 president of the sugar company, and the Inference was strong in the financial dis trict that he would in the course of lew months become president of this company. When it was announced that Governor Allen had resigned the infer ence of last winter that he would be sue ceeded by MT. Babst was strengthened Here, then, is another illustration of the error made g years ago ny a great law yer when he said the lawyer is a critic and an analyzer and is not constructice force
 When Mr Bahst began practicing law in Detroit he probably had not the slight est suspicion that the day would come when he would abandon practice and be- ecme associated first with one and later With anothe. of the great American busi- ness corporations. This was the eXperi- efce also of Judge A. W. Green who Was so successful in h-s iegal practice in Chicago as to be ape to count confident- " upon an annual il come of S75,00l year. He was persuaded by Narshall Field H. II. Porter and some others in Chicago to abandon practice that yielded him so great an amount yearly as this to undertake the executive direction of the Lewly organized National Biscuit com pany With Judge Green, later, became associated MT Babst and the yearly re- rorts which tell of the extraordina rilv successful achievements of this corpora ton tell also of the success of two men Nho had been trained as lawyers and who abandoned pract to take up executive hlanagement of a business corporation.
 Marshall Fields Choice
 In the estate of George r. Pullman were certain securities representing a baking corporation. The executors of the estate believed that instead of sacrificing these securities they could be utilized in buid- Ing up a very great corporation whose