The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-28


an unfathomable Buddah
4A on a pile of money bags
bursting with American dollars,
English pounds and Dutch florins,
while smoke issues. from the CHM
neys of thousand factories.
In this striking way a, German
graphic. artist has visualized the
most talked-of man in Germany
today. This cartoon embellishes
the title page of a half-satirical
character sketch written by Eu-
gene Qrtner under the caption of
"God Stiffness He justifies his
use of this wording by. pointing
out. the divine attributes OF crea-
tive power. commercial omnipo-
tence and industrial benevolence.
whereby the factories of Germany
have been kept running through
q prolonged series of economic
crises.
In this delineation SHINES
stands as one of Neitzsche's "su-
per-men," an outstanding type.
albeit an absolutely unique one.
OF Germany'se postwar Industrial
kings. A tribute is paid to the
SHINES ancestry, from the founder
of the family, who was skipper
on the Rhine, down through the
generations-each successive son
keeping q firm grasp on the in
dustrial holdings Of his father,
and adding thereto newer and
wider activities until we arrive
at the gods grandfather, Mat
thias, the owner Of the first
steamboat ever plying the Rhine.
He forced his way into the pres
ence OF the Prussian king, Fred
erick william ", to wiring from
him and his parliament the Rhine
shipping act. granting immunity
from customs to Rhine-borne mer-
chandise.
The pen picture is drawn in
with swift. bold strokes:
Suddenly SHINES appeared
upon the scene, now adding coal
mines to his inherited Rhine ship
ping; steel mills and iron foun-
dries to his coal mines; and
finally binding all his activities
together with chain Of electricity
and q network Of railways. until
he now stands az the incarnation
OF a gigantic trust In the very
heart Of Europe. In every gen
Grafton of the SHINES family there
has been the same irresistible i'm
pulse to expand and absorb. To-
day the son Of the oEnnipotent
SHINES is sitting in Hamburg
controlling the newly-inaugurated
etinnes Steamship Lines to South
America and the Far East"
SHINES NEVER POSES.
And the man himself? The
writer says:
His speech is simple. He
never poses. When he is trans
acting business, he moves his big
Assyrian skull backward and
forward, but he rarely has much
to say. Now and again, aa
beseems a god, he utters a, word
or two, only to vanish behind
the clouds again at the right
moment. After a short time his
secretary returns with decision.
and this may be regarded az
absolute and final. This 10
Shines manner with his equals.
"with his workmen he is quite
n different man. He is even jo-
vial with them at times. To them
he is never enthroned behind
closed doors. And why should
he be? Are not all these hands
and heads his hands and heads?
In his monumental field of &C
tivities all contrasts vanish and
individual values lose their sig
nificance. But neither is there
any place for time-wasting theo-
ries. party politics. or tiresome
discussions Of principles.
"stinnes has none Of the allures
Of the average big man, nor
does he care for anything per-
tainfng to. the life Of the ruling
classes. Automobiles de luxe,
summer and winter resorts. gala
dinners. light women, eating.
drinking and games OF chance
ere all utterly foreign to his
nature. He is abstenious' cold,
filled to the brin with calcu-
latiens of still -uncreated activ-
titles, hypnotized by the fate OF
Europe, by his own fate, both Of
which he hopes to control.
'He makes but few friends,
and when the moment comes does
not hesitate to throw over his
co-gods, such men as Haniel,
Kirdorf, Krupp and Thyssen. He
is the most uncomplicated per-
sonality in this Olympus Of Gods,
and consequently the strongest,
for the future belongs to the un.
complex man. The worisingman