The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-28
STONE IS CHOSEN
FOR LARGE TASK
Head Of Stone & Webster viii be in
Charge Of Work Of Ameri-
can international
Corporation.
TO ENLARGE BUSINESS
Object Is to Push American Trade
Frontiers to End Of the Earth
Writer Tells Why
He's Chosen.

G. A. Stone of Stone e Webster, as
announced several weeks ago, was
| named to head the American Interna
i,tlonal corporation, the gigantic or
gan1zatfon formed for the purpose OF
opening fields OF trade to American
manufacturers in foreign countries
and In South America in particular
The following from the Public Service
magazine of January gives the why
of the selection Of this man for this
important position:
Why did you select Mr.. Stone to
be president Of the greatest interna-
tional enterprise ever conceived by
Americans? Frank A. Vanderslip,
originator of the American Interiia.
tionat corporation fore pushing Amer
ica's financial and commercial from
tiers to the ends Of the earth, was
asked by B. c. Forbes, financial
writer for the Hearst newspapers.
And why did Mr.. Stone accept:
"As head of the great Stone &
Webster company, Charles A. Stone
had all the comfort and satisfaction.
surely, which business conquest and
financial acquisition could give. So
cially and in every other way he was
Ideally lsitua ted in his home city OF
Boston. Why uproot' and transplant
himself in New York and plunge
anew into an unkonwn sea of colossal
business adventure?
The Answer Given.
First, Mr.. Vanderlip's answer to
Mr.. Stones selection:
When the idea Of the American
international corporation was being
evolved in the minds OF some of us.
it was not the Question of finding the
money that troubled us. To raise
s5o,000,000 was small matter
How to vitalize the $4,000, 900,
how to make Americas financial and
commercial power throughout the
world, how to send the American dol
lar into other lands to open the way
for American merchandise-that was
the one great problem.
1T was management, not money.
that exercised us-brains, practical
experience. judgment. vision. energy.
plus patriotism.
We scanned the whole country.
We quickly found that the ideal man
seemed to be Charles A. Stone.
His firm, Stone & Webster, had
attained phenomenal success in trac-
ton and public utility fields in very
broad way, and by high grade, high
minded, unimpeachable business
methods The firm stood at the top
in it's sphere. Nobody had ever
pointed a derogatory finger at Stone
& Webster.
Personality Is Liked.
4 knew his personality and liked
that very much. I knew he was even
a broader man that his business. He
had done big things not only In bust
nesss,2 but IN education, especially
technical education, and in other d.
rections. He was man of fine char
acter, of great energy, of excellent
judgment.
"'And he was rare Judge of men
as well as manager Of men. He
if it had played football, would have
played good football. because it un-
derstood and practiced team play
Not much higher tribute than that
could bezipaid to any man. 81 u
"But somes sof, shis assoctates;tZ!h1 Mr.
said, laughed at the idea Of
getting Mr.. Stone to quit his great
work for any other. That was because
they didn't know Mr.. Stone didn't
his patriotism.
Stones Explanation.
Here is Mr.. Stones own simple
Of why he consented to
make this tremendous personal sacri-
feet s.:..ysG.
Il believe it Is my duty to the men
for whose future I am responsible to
enlarge their opportunity In the
sphere OF their particular vocation as
much as I can.
"'This is one of the reasons I have
consented to draw out from an estab-
lished business to assume position
heavy with responsibility and anxiety
to myself
"The president of the United
States but voices the feeling Of the
nation that preparedness for peace
will impose obligations and RESPONSE
bilities quite commensurate with
those involved in preparedness for
war. This country must be ready to
seize the unprecedented opportuni-
ties, to meet the unheard-of RESPONSE
bi1ities commercially, which the con-
sequences Of European war will pro-
duce.
1.-The American captains Of indus
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