The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1919-12-19
WHO Is THE RICHEST MAN?

NhiCdso NEWS no Is the ricn-
est man in the world? Some say
/ Rockefeller Not so very long ago
the stock answer TO this question
was: The ear of Russia" Hist
ory has furnished a sardonic So
quel to that prcpoStcrous delusion.
Nor is Rockefeller now the rich
est man in the world. Out in Ncb-
raska, however. there is n man
who confcsscs that he is cnor-
mouSly rich, that counts. Who
can doubt that, if the truth were
known some such Midas a.S this
Nebraskian is actually the worlds
richest man? Compared with his.
how cheap, how worse than worth
less were the possessions Of that
poor puppct, Nicholas. c2ar Of Ru-
Ssia, at the height Of his So-caIled
power, his tinS!cd magnifcenec?!
Ncbraska'S rich man-his
name is F.. Meyers writes to the
editor of the Norfolk (Neb.)
News:
i wonder If YOU knew that
one of the richest men in the
world lives fourteen miles north
of Norfolk right here in Nchia-
ska That man is the writer. {
am Just a common plug black
smith, but, oh. how rich, | 90 to
my lahorS each morning work
nutill noon, go to dinner, return
at ! p. m. and work until six
o'clock. | enjoy The greatest OF
all blessings good health. Rock
fellcr would give all ne possesses
in money or holdings for my
stomach, but he cant have it.
Each day sees something accom-
plishcd and every job of work |
turn out feel that | have done
my customer a service worthy Of
my hire.
Il have 4 most wonderful little
wife, she has stuck To me 22 years
now, so | know she must bc dan.
dy to accomplish that ! have .
little house, Il beautiful little dau-
ghter, a son grown TO maturity
now in hfe's game for himself.
Rich? Why. man alive, who can
possibly be richer?
Then to add u all the abovr
riches. | take down my old shot
gun in season and rambic thru
the fields, wood and tanplc ia
search of an elusive cottontaii
teal. mallard, with my faithfui
old pointer at my heel (now past
III years ODD and he is ~ happy
as when we are on the hunt.
Then when get back. oh. hoW
good everything docs taste
Then when night has spread It's
mantle over this good old uni
verse, | settle down in good old
easy chair, enjoy a smoke and then
roll into bed TO be embraced hy
Morpheus, and never hear sound
until the break Of another day
Well. guess, Dollars? No. not
many. You inquired about rich
cs, not material wealth.
The height of my ambition is
so To live that | may have no re-
grets for having lived, when the
time comes for me TO shuttle OF
this mortal coil and hope by that
time to accumulate just enough
dollars that myself and mine may
not be the object Of charity.
This then. is my idea Of rich
man. If any one enjoys life more
than | do he is 10 be cnvied for
his riches"
All of which is. Of course, dis
gustingly bourgeous. To employ the
jargon of professional envy and
discomfort Yet this man who boa
SITS so shamelesSly OF riches has
amaSscd his almost fabulous wes
tlh in the manner contemplated by
founders of the American republic.
He has taken full advantage of the
institutions of the land that cs-
tablish Justice and insure domes-
tic tranquility. Consequently
Karl Marx and Trotsky have no
message for him.
What then, shall De done with
this plutoccatr Clearly he is an
enemy Of the proletarian rcYoi.
uton. 1t may be necessary d little
later TO establish q ,pecia rlib.
unal of the red terror in Pierce,
Ncb.. fittingly TO attend to his case