page_title: Charles Henry Jones (businessman)
section_title: Public life
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Henry Jones (businessman) / Public life
caption_attribution_description: English: Commonwealth Shoe &amp; Leather Company, Main Factory at Whitman Mass 1911
context_page_description: Charles H. Jones, was an American capitalist and philanthropist, who amassed a fortune engaging in many fields of business and industry including leather and shoe manufacturing, cattle breeding, dairy farming, and real estate development.
  Born to Isaac Rodney Jones and Harriet Jones, Charles married Bessie Roberts of Boston in December 1882, and fathered four children.
context_section_description: Charles H. Jones's prominence in the shoe manufacturing business led to him being considered by some to be the most knowledgeable person in the world on the subject.  His business interests led him to become active in public policy, fighting unceasingly in Washington to keep the import of leather hides free from tariffs. He assisted in the framing of four tariff acts:
  The Dingley Act of 1897
  Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909
  Underwood-Simmons Act of 1913
  Fordney–McCumber Tariff Act of 1922
  In 1909 Dartmouth College recognized him with an honorary master's degree. Although he had frequently been mentioned as a possible candidate for Governor,  Jones refused the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant
  Governor of Massachusetts and never sought public office.  He did accept the position of Director of the First National Bank of Boston, Batchelder & Lincoln Co.,  Transportation Committee Chairman for the Boston Chamber of Commerce, held executive offices for the New England Shoe & Leather Association, the National Bank of Redemption and  the Boylston Machinery Company.  Club memberships included the Guernsey Club of Boston, Boston City, Exchange, Boot & Shoe, Eastern and Beverly Yacht Clubs. Jones attended the First Baptist Church of Weston, was a Trustee of the Gordon College of Theology and Missions and served as a Director of the Evangelistic Association of Missions.
  Recreation included sailing on his 30' sailboat The Ashumet, farming and hunting. Interests ranged from art, education and literature, to travel and improving methods in manufacturing.
caption: Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Company, Main Factory 1911
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