The New York herald., 1921-01-09

whom was ready even then to wager q mil
lion dollars that the young lawyer would
get on. Mr.. Deering and Mr.. Gary attended
the same church In Chicago and. although
Mr.. Gates was not pewholder Mr.. Deering
brought him and Mr.. Gary together. Mr..
Gates was then making barbed wire and Mr..
Deerng agricultural implements.
Out of the acquaintanceship Of the three
men grew many important developments in
steel and wire industry, which in the course
Of time brought about the merger Of many
corporations and finally the creation OF the
United States Steel Corporation.
The reason that Judge Gary has succeeded
so well Is that he has wonderfully creative
mind and genius for amalgamation. which
he displayed In the case of that great COM
bination which Ii composed of more than a
dozen steel companies. all working harmoni-
ously toward a common goal.
X UT of the diamond acre of baseball
I many riches for the salaried are
gathered.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands, the
absolute dictator OF baseball. from whose
decisions there is no appeal. receives an an
nual reward of $4,000. In which is included
his $1,000 salary as United States Judge
for the Northern District of Illinois
He lives In Chicago. where he practised
law for many years and distinguished him
self as prosecutor in special cases.
Among the favorite players of the ma
tional game are Babe Ruth, whose pay for
his work at the bat is $4,000 a year. That
of Ty Cobb is like sum.
The great leaders of the game, however
do not depend entirely on their salaries, as
they also derive incomes from moving pic
ture rights and similar enterprises.
r. UGENE G. GRACE, the president of
the Bethlehem Steel Company. gets
only 500 week. according to the
books, but as he is paid in accordance with
results also his salary may be counted as
far more than that. Charles NJ. Schwab,
who discovered him. has stated publicly that
Mr.. Grace earns about sl.00o,0o annually
and sometimes more
Clerking in q country store at Goshen.
n. j.. was the way that Eugene G. Grace
started He spent his nights in study and
his afternoons of on the baseball diamond.
Thus he obtained much knowledge and dis
covered when II was that man knocked
out home run. BY sticking to his baseball
and his books he won scholarship which
helped him through Lehigh University and
gave him his degree as an electrical engi-
neer
Believing that there was future in the
steel business. he got a position with Beth
lehem and worked with all his might.
Who's that rookie over there?'' asked Mr..
Schwab one day az he was walking through
the mills and saw Grace with sweat dripping
into his eyes.
II see," was all that he said when he was
told, but from that day the advance OF Eu-
gene O.. Grace was rapid. He made the
presidency I'm 1919 and has been at the top
OF great industry ever since.
His success. although this recipe may
seem indeed antiquated material. was due to
his tireless yearning for work and his abil-
ity to see the good points in others.
~ ONE one once asked Samuel Vauclain,
the president OF the Baldwin Loco
~ motive Works OF Philadelphia what
his salary was.
Blessed II / know was his reply. for this
was before the days OF income inquisitions
1--WE been 30 busy working that never
thought about it,
II was then more than $4,000 year and
what with the interest which Mr.. Vauclain
has in the great factory which supplies
locomotives 10 all the world his incone IN
far beyond the sum regarded as a most
important milestone In life.
"Sammie" Vauclain, he was known TO
his intinates began his quest OF fortune as
laborer In the railroad roundhouse at Al
toona, Pa. near where the long and heavy
trains come numbering out Of tho tunnels
on their way to smoke bound Pfttsburg.
BY sealously cleaning out the pipes and the
tenders OF locomotives and polishing up the
brasses he learned more about the insides
Of the great mosuis OF the rails than many
engine drivers.
For eleven years he worked as a laborer.
carrying a dinner pail to the tasks Of hard
day, and coming back always with head