The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-25
FINANCE
BUSINESS IN


like to read about supermen and how
they so about accomplishing things7
Among brainy business men the ca
reer Of Napoleon L. more widely and
closely read and studied than any
other biography. not because Of their
interest In matters military. but be.
cause he was supreme in developing
means and methods of getting large
scale things done quickly and efficient
ly.
A business Napoleon has arisen in
Europe, and the interest In his 60
ings and comings and doings and say
ings Is reflected by the fact that the
cables constantly bring more news
about him than about any other PRIV.
ate citizen In the world Hugo SHINES
Is the new Colossus.
Even the late J. p. Morgan in his
palmiest days-when he brought into
being the worlds first billion dollar
industrial combination, was linking
together important railway systems
and was asgressively planning mer-
camille marine domination Of the seas
did not grip the international mag
inaton as Hugo SHINES Is gripping 1t
today. Morgan confined himself
Ill ASly " lludEiCc anu ou5hi0ob aio
confined himself also to the United
States.
SHINES has become a towering, an
overshadowing figure, not merely in
industry and mining and shipping and
newspaper publishing. but has invaded
the political field as a member of the
Reichstag and as the foremost mem.
Der Of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee. while he has extended or is ex-
tending his qualifications into many
foreign fields
Here are samples Of innumerable
headlines appearing recently in Ameri-
can newspapers: "Stinnes Plans New
Firm in Argentina" "stinnes Has
New Russian Proposal" Hugo
SHINES in New Austrian Project"
SHINES in New Venture; Said to Be
About to Found Big Buenos Aires
Newspaper" "Stinnes Seeking Control
Of German Government Roads.
gest Germany Surrender to Entente
Nations One-fourth of Her Indus.
tries" Stiffness Offer to Russia;
German Steelmaster Negotiating to
Furnish Locomotives and Cars
Fear War Between German Ship
Lines: Stinnes's Buying Of North Ger.
man Lloyd Stock Causes Apprehen.
sion in Berlin" "Stinnes May Come
Later; For the Next Two Months at
Least He Cannot Visit America, II
stiffness Swiss Paper" "Stinnes
Plans Huge Trust to Control Russian
Trade" Stiffness. Business Marvel OF
the Age" "Stinnes Trying to Buy
Danish Steel Plant" Germany Striv.
ing for a Home Line: Clash Between
Ministry and the SHINES Group Over
Railway Legislation" Stiffness Prp
posals Alarm the French" "Stinnes
Skeptical Of Russian Trade"
Out Of all the weller Of reports and
rumors. two or three facts of interest
to this country would seem to be
established. a
First-The shrewd SHINES, whose
network of facilities for investigation
Ii declared to cover the world, ap
rarenuy has very recently decided
that Russia is not yet ripe for ex
ploitation, and that for the present Il
would not pay him to invest any Of
his supposedly colossal fortune undo,
the Soviet regime.
Second - SHINES, Notwithstanding
the bewfldering number Of irons h
has in home and foreign fires, Is de
emily no little capital, to developin.
steamship lines for foreign trade.
Third-Stonnes evidently has con
| cluded that South America is anon.
the most attractive spheres for hi
| activities.
A favorable German proverb is t,
the effect that no tree ever quit,
reaches heaven. SHINES appears {,
be acting on the assumption tina
there Is absolutely no limit to wha
| he can achieve or the number o
countries he can successfully invade
The chances are, of course. that thi,
new emperor Of industry will expan,
and expand until he suffers a fat
similar to the Emperor of Germany
Yet, realize that Hugo SHINES i
no upstart, no Ponzi. His father an,
grandfather before him were men O
substance. men Of outstanding ability
men Of notable achievement Ever
before the war Stinnes-who will b
fifty on Washington's Birthday-wa
industriously and successfully extend
ing his operations, mainly in coal an,
iron and domestic shipping. That h