MEN OF MEANS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3573, 16 September 1905, Page 4

MEN OF MEANS.

Thomas A. Walker, a wealthy Hardin county, lowa, stockman, landed in New York city In t§3ti with but 34' cents, and still posseses the identical 24 cents, which he will retain as a valuable heirloom for his children's children. Alexander McDowell, clerk of the house of representatives at Washington, although at present a bunker and capitalist, was at one time a poor compositor on an Oil City, Pa., weekly. He is fond of telling how he laid the foundation of his fortune.

Senator Warren, although at present surrounded by all the luxury of the prosperous man, delights in telling stories of the days when his lied was a pine box filled with hay in an attic and when he had to get up every morning at three o'clock, feed the cows, split a lot of wood before breakfast and then walk three miles to school.

A friend of William C. Whitney the other day spoke of the latter gentleman’s lavish stvle of entertainment. Mr. Whitney said in reply: “I have the money and can afford the expenditure. It is the duty of every rich mm to spend as much as he can afford, and that is my way of helping those less fortunate than myself. Better five employment than give alma.”