A Giant of Business.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7911, 29 August 1905, Page 3

A Giant of Business.

Mr -J. Wanimaker (says the West- ( minster Ka/ette), who is ti> civv a ' | S. rent portrait of President Hoos©!vi It t"> th« London Carlton Club as lan acknowledgement of his ehx (ion j last ye,,r as an honorary member, is I ] t-ne of the Ijcst-known and most liijjh|ly n-sp/rli«l porsonaiiii.-s in the j Stairs. The mammoth store that he jis the proprietor of in the city oi I'hiliidrlphi.i is by general admission the most wonderful establishinetft of its kind in Amorca. The Jipurcs relating to this huge concern arc. indeed. ahikost inCitdibl/-. There are ]5 aores of selling space: in one department alone you look over two solid acres of furniture ; during the luisy season there are over .">i)i>o persons employed : 200.000 jjeoplr visit the store during thot* seasons in a single day; something like KHi miles of st'.ani pi[ies run through the estali- | lishment to heat it :it takes tuns of coal a day to ft«d the br)ilers : in ! summer 3000 quarts of ice cream are *old daily ; and so on and so otv. The r man who owns this Colossal business I'B.'. n his career with the income of £1 a mont.l His fa'her was a bricki tti-i l *t. en'l h l * liinr'T one of half a d ■ n 'hiMren who h->d to earn their li\'iiß it, ;:!! e rly ate. H.v the jisje ol f.T'.t,v h ■ h?d -avtd J:2O. \n in\.st- t. :ii r".\l (sta-'C n rftisod this ' n C '.i «. ,'iMl t t sum w, 1 the f. tind .t.t<• n of i'i.' millions that !• • i.' n- t..-«l iv. Hut Mr Man,makers wealth is rot his wily title to respect. ll.' is also a jr« nn'ous and most pr.ictic.il philanthropist, mid a PoUti- ; fan oi invm integrity.