Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-28
UNCLE SANS BIG MEN
ThumbnaiI Sketches Of Men Now
Leading American Affairs.

Leading American Affairs.
William Howard Taft. ex-prcsident
OF the United States. chairman OF the
Red Cross central committee and cap
ital's representative on labor war
board. began public career as a report
er on a Cincinnati newspaper.
Charles NJ. Schwab. head OF Bethle-
hem Steel corporation. now director
general Of the emergency fleet corpora
ton. started as $40 a week water
10y in n Pennsylvania steel mill.
John II. Ryan. president of the An
aconda Copper company and recogniz-
ed copper king Of America" now di-
rector OF aircraft production. was q
Michigan small town corner grocery
store clerk back in 1864.
Major General George W. Goethals.
famous Panama canal builder. now
qIartrrmastcr general and director OF
storage and traffic. played soldier" as
Il hoy and started right at the bottom
of the ladder as cadet at West Point.
Herbert C.. Hoover, mining engineer.
supervised reclamation OF Belgian re-
figccs. now food administrator. ran
laundry agency and waited on table in
college and then went to work as a
miner nj 81 day.
Henry l.. Dawson. partner in j. L.
Morgan " Co, now head Of the war
council of American Red Cross. was
ono" n school teacher and then n iank
runner.
Edward r. Stettinius, former head CT
the Diamond Match company, Irrm-
Der of J. l.. Morgan G. Co., and buyer
for Great Britain. now assistant sec
retary of war and surveyor general OF
army supplies. went from his fathers
steamboat building yard on the Mis-
sissippi to the Chicago wheat pit.
Bernard W. I'aruch, New York fin
ancial expert and millionaire. now
chairman OF the war industries board.
was the son of South Carolina sur
gcon who went to New York and
started rs n stock brokers' clerk.
Edward y. Hurley. Chicago business
chief. who developed pneumatic tool
industry in this country and abroad.
now chairman of the United States
shipping board, once worked on farm
for S. n month and at seventeen years
OF age was Burlington railway To-
cOmotive fireman.
Vance Mccormick, Democratic ma
tional committeeman and manager Of
Woodrow Wilson's campaign in 1916,
now chairman of the war export board,
followed the plow on his fathers Penn
sylvania farm and later went into the
bankins business and political life in
Harrisburg.
Henry Ford. maker of men and
manufacturer of autos" now co-ope-
rating with the government, particu-
larly navy, in development of air and
water forces, started in n Detroit
steam engine works as a $3.50 week
mechanic.
Paul Wargurg, New York financier.
now vice chairman Of the Federal re-
serve board. was a commission house
clerk. r.
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Colonel Samuel McRobtits. vice
president of the National City bank
New York, now head of the procure
mcnt division Of the ordnance bureau
of the war department, taught school
to get money to study law.
Julius Roscnwald. president Sears,
Rocbuck & Co., now chairman Of the
committee on supplies OF the council
of national defense. carried travelling
salcsmcns satchols as boy. clerked
in store and at %, began making
summer clothing for men.
William Griscom Coke, former pres
ilcnt OF Harlan & Hollingsworth Ship
building corporation, now "right-hand
man" to Charles 81. Schwab in ship
building programme. was an appren-
ticc in the shipyards Of Clydebank.
Scotland, and Bremerhaven, Germany.