The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-05

1 A uniformed doorman barred the
way when l presented the card. but
later came and admitted me. was
/ ushured into large mahogany fitted
/ oflce-an Office that rirnled the Of
fee OF Chaurcey Depew IN the Grand
Central
Before me 4; a vide fat-topped desk
vas a well set-up young man. He
( looked me sqaarely IN the eye.
There was a boyish look about him.
| but there was something about his
I java mark OF observation-disclosures
convinced me It was my man.
Before me was Charles S. Ficlds;eel.
who has Just reached his thirtieih
Z year-and TO me he Is the most inter-
esting figure in all Of the era OF pros
perity that has come to financial New
York.
Young men who decry the lack Of
opportunities in America should bark
en- TO the story OF this unusual young
man. Fifteen years ago he was
messenger boy. He cane 20 New YORK
/ from Canada with no capital but am
bition and a rugged determination 10
succeed.
Today young Fieldstccl IS not only
millionaire. but owns a home on eX-
elusive Riverside Drive. 4 large couG-
try estate at Deal Beach. a fine town
house IN Boston and q large home In
/ Florida. He has several cars. he has
a box at the opera. he Is one o! the
/ largest contributors 10 charities
fact. by the way. learned from 9th
ers ard not from him.
Enjoys Lie.
/ And what IS best Of all he is full Of
I the JOY OF living. saw 4 little sign
in a tiny gold frame upon his desk
which read:
Thinking Right is Thanking God ."
Surely that IS q rev angle Of think
ing in the district where feroc!ous
bears are supposed 10 tear Al the
throats OF the Innocent lambs. Young
FieldStecl was born in Toronto. He
acquired a common school education
and was then sent 20 the George Wash
!ngtoa University. After that his par
ents decided that II was better that he
shuhie for himself and so he came &c
New York.
Consider at the age Of so a few Of
this young mans achievements. He
promoted and financed several natur-
al natural gas companies in Canada,
copper mines in Colorado and the Va
cum Gas and OIL Company. Ltd. lie
- also president and secretary
OF the Pay-as-You-En Enter Car Company
and furnished he funds 20 protect the
stockholders during a period OF lit
CATION
Two years ago young Frelds5eel saw
the opportunities IN oil in Canada. No
went into the field himself and then
financed The company which ow ows
1900 acres OF gas ad oil leases IN the
new Port Rurwell field.
The many wells in tho Ontario fields
which have produced oil and 2as in
paving quantities for more than twenty
Eve years, are still said 20 be good
producers.
Is Very Modest.
There IS something about Fclds'eol
that IS irresistably appealing believe
: u Is his modesiy. ! remarked ne was
! doing big things for ono so young.
i Well. I don't know" he said Any
I man who links he has the world by
the tail and is about 20 snap It's head
of for the dclcctat!on 81 mankind Is
, unsafe II is the man who constantly
wants 10 do bigger things who rises
70 the top and stays put. ~ h were
: As an Investment broker have al
ways cons dcred that l was occupyin.
: the same responsibility that a bank
! president owes 20 his depositors.
Q have worked for eighteen hours a dag
: al stretch and never less than twelve
There IS something in . man iudn:
J JOY in his work.
81 care very little for tho heater
: but 20 20 the opera now and then. N!
chief recreation is motoring. Whol
!, tagged by business rush out 10 hi
country and bowl along the smooth
: roads and untangle any knotty cues
ton that may be perplexing me"
o Here you have the story OF mer'
boy who has grasped his opportuns
tics and held unto them and gone u
I the ladder rung by rung.
h Employees Admire Him.
? HIS employees admire him. but the.
! do not fawn at his feet Several time
during my interview heads OF depart
: ments came IN. They met him on
basis Of equality. There was no ring
ing and YET / learned from men Il
the street that he had the most loya
employees OF any OF the larger houses
Ono man said TO him: What d