RECENT BIG FORTUNES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 179, 21 August 1909, Page 4

RECENT BIG FORTUNES.

Sumo ivmarkablo romances arc rov< aicd by the huge fortunes that have 1 been loft recently by men who have taken a prominent place ill the rmlusl rial lift* of the world. But more notable >iil! i- the fact that in most cases the Ibusiness have been built up from wry .small beginnings. I The late Mr. Andrew Pears, the manu-, i t;wtunv i.f the famous soap bearing his name, amazed a .fortune of .€134,000. .Mr. William Whiteley. the famous : T.uivi-rsai provider." made a fortune of on C2.ooo.uiH> from hi* world-faiued bn-iness i n We>tbourne Orove. 1 ' In spite of the keen competition of mammoth stores, there .still seems a i -hanee l" ma!\" money. vSome months ~igo the A >ter ;n "Whiteley," Mr. Thos. I». Wanamakei; died and left exactly tM.ltio.ooo. the profits of bin vast store 'si Philadelphia. Another "WhiteleN" . hru just died in Paris, M. Chauchard. of ihe Magasin du Jymvre. Starting'with ,a few shillings, he has left the gigantic . fortune of €7,200,000. besides 'bequeathing to the French nation the most costly < objection of pictures in the world, lie left the editor of the Figaro a legacy of Hiis funeral created an immense sensation in Paris, and his grave h -aid to he guarded night and day. The late Mr. 1). H. Wills, who was o n* n' the largest tobacco manufacturers' in tlh* world, amassed a fortune of near,iy cumo.uoo. | The shipping industry has added much ,to the romance of modern business. .Sir I Donald lurrie, by girdling the earth I. with fitntmship lines, enriched his family j by nearly. £2,500,000; and among other j men who "have ''made money" from the I shipping industry are Mr. j* .T. Bibbv, | of the Bibbv line, to the tune of nearly 1 €2,000,000; anil Kir William Gray, who made over £ 1,500,000. Olr. Heiirv H. Rogers, tho "mains*pring" of that gigantic monopoly, the Standard OM ""rust. when he died a few wefek* ago. Ir t to his son and three daughters the colossal sum of £15,000.000. * Mr. Charle« Morrison, the Loudon multi-iniliionarc. left the huge sum of €10,000.000. The magnitude of thin can he realised bv the fact that the Ttvasurv will benefit in death duties to the extent of juft on €2.000,000. The prince of Park Lane millionaires. < Mr. Alfred Beit, was one of the most lavish givers. His charities during his lifetime ran into well oyer sfeven figures. j a-id at hi? death he willed just on I C 2.000.000 to public funds, besides leav-j

ill" a vast slim to his relative". I The late Cecil Rhodes, tin- great em-

nire-lmilder, bequeathed to the nation in 1002 •practically the whole of his immense fortune aptl possessions, valued at al>out €11,000.000. • Hut the most amazing fortune that ever figured in a will was left liv Mr. Marshall Field, who was •the second richest man in the world. When he died in KHHi his heirs' shared the astounding sum of £00,000,000. —■ Home paper.