Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-06 | Page 4 | Kahn and West

KAHN IAHN AND THE WEST it t is too often orten short For that rca rca- 1 l son perhaps news of the death in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York the other day of Otto H. H Kahn may have meant to most of those who r rea read ad it merely that a another lOthe very ery rich man mall and a a. patron of the tile arts had passed on Y We Vc e should recall however lOwe r that this banker stood at the right hand of E. E H. H I Hardman in his historic battles He lie was vas his banker at the lie time of the titanic struggle of the two transportation giants giant of or the time Harriman and Hill Kahn Kahns s supplied the sinews sinew of wa war when the Northern North em ern Pacific corner pl d a a a panic on the country He was vas with Harriman when he lie was Vas building the framework of what is now the mighty Union l Pacific s system It is because of what Harriman with magnificent magnificent mag mag- vision ision and daring accomplished in the west that we should associate the two names and in acknowledging our debt to the great railroad builder not forget that the acumen of the tIle financier was vas a vital factor in the opening open open- in ing up of the thc intermountain empire through affording outlets to the markets of or the nation The one man had the tile imagination and antI genius for creative construction and the other had Ind the ability to grasp the significance of the plans plan and the power ver to command the forces required to put mt tIt them em in motion Both were rugged individualists in ill a time when ruggedness rugged rugged- ness hess was challenged b by risks that made high bight adventure and romance out of ambitious and daring enterprises There e was nothing of laissez faire in those conquerors of another da day In n Otto II r. Kahn there was Avas a singular contrast con of personalities As the banker he lie was wast t typical of the money lords whom cartoonists of the period loved to depict as overfed overdressed overdressed over over over- dressed tyrants tyrants wielding g sway by the power of th the money in their bulging bags Yet his gentler nature made him a sincere sincere sin sin- cere devotee of the cultural arts He was a mainstay of the Metropolitan l opera and of painting sculpture and music Aside from engaging engaging engaging en en- his profound and genuine interest mus museums mu mu- s galleries the stage and those who strived in them found him hint generous For Por or these things he is to be remembered His appreciation lion tion and support ha haye e made ade the country richer V. V are strange contrasts contrast's s thc thic moner money moneychanger changer ll hi nger cold and calculating calculating and the man whose finer sensibilities were stirred to enthusiasm en en- by the poe poetry ry in fine music and the genius which translated ted life to canvas and marble