The Washington times., 1922-09-03
FINANCE
AND
BUSINESS
BY b. G. FORBES.
investigating Conditions In West.

Investigating Conditions In West.
This remark, made to me by
prominent San Franciscan. set me TO
thinking:
There are no buster, no more sue
cessful men in California than Morti-
mer and Herbert F1eishhacker, yet
the way they have always found time
to visit and show their affection for
their mother has been beautiful"
recall one of Andrew Carnegie's
longtime friends saying to me:
Andy has some mean streaks in
his makeup, but his love for his
mother and his wonderful solicitudc
for her happiness all through his
life, atoned for them ALL" How Car
negie worshiped his mother and
made her happiness his chief con.
cern is tcuchingly revealed In mis-
autobiography.
The present ]. p. Morgan has
rather failed to make a hit with the
public because of his aloofness and
his refusal. despite all the exhorta-
tions of his associates, to do things
calculated to win public favor.
No incident ever did more to
draw the public toward Mr.. Morgan
than the publication in many news
papers and illustrated periodicals
of a photograph showing him arm
in-arm with his aged mother, the
picture being accompanied in most
cases by a brief comment upon the
bankers ideal devotion to his
mother.
was once interviewing Julius
Rosenwald, of Chicago. when he re-
ceived a telephone message that
his mother was about to visit his
office. He Immediately exhibited
as much exuberant happiness as
a schoolboy starting for a picnic,
From that moment all business mat
, ters were cast aside. l learned
from Mr.. Rosenwald's secretary
that every day of his life, except
when away from the city, Mr..
Rosenwald paid a visit to his
mother. II count 1t a fresh bless
ing from God every day she is
spared to me-" Mr.. Rosenwald re-
marked to me.
]. Ogden Armour has always
been exactly like this. No matter
how engrossed he might be in
pressing affairs, Mr.. Armour al
ways took time to accompany his
mother whenever she desired to do
any travelling. He would not think
of intrusting her safety and COM
fort to anyone else.
Charles M. Schwab's tender so
| licitude for his mother and father
is we'll known. He would gladly
provide a spacious home for them,
but they prefer to live in the same
humble cottage where Charlie was
born. Mansion houses nave no at
traction for them-and he Is wise
enough not to attempt to trans
plant them against their wishes.
He does the next best thing, he
built a wonderful home for him
self near by, in Loretto, Pa, and
spends as much time as possible
there.
Owen D. Young, head Of the
a mother who prefers to live in
exactly the same rural environ
ment where she has spent her life
time, and Mr.. Young steals away
from business as often as he dares
to spend time with her.
Paul Schoup, president of the
Southern Pacife Oil Company, and
other properties of the Southern Pa
cific railway. of which he Is the prin.
cipal vice president, is another ex-
tremely busy man of affairs who
contrives to spend much time with
his aged mother IN San Francisco. a
mother who had a hard time raising
her family after the father died.
M II "a
kodak fame, found herself a widow
without means to support her young
children when her husband died.
She had to resort to keeping board
ers, Notwithstanding that her health
was poor. Mr.. Eastman has told me
that he then contracted such a loath
ing of poverty that he was spurred
| to toll day and night to extricate hts
mother and young sister from their
painful circumstances. He added,
with a smile, Even after had &C.
cumulated more than $1,000, 900, a
dread Of poverty still haunted me-"
Mr.. Eastman must have finally over
come this feeling, for he has given
away $4,000, 900 to s20,000,000 dur.
ing recent years.
One could 60 on citing instance
after instance OF conspicuously sue.
cessful and busy men who have not
allowed their affairs to prevent
them from devoting unstinted at.
tention and a generous amount of
time to their mothers.
Yet, how many men do we run
across, who imagine that they are
so overwhelmingly busy that they
have no time to devote to their
parents-or even, in some instances,
to their own children. know some
men who are rated as tremendously
successful by Dun and Bradstrset
who are pitiable failures when
measured by nonfinancial yard
sticks.
Perhaps this brief recital will bear
| fruit with some men before Il is too