| Show JUGGLING WITH MILLIONS The Moore Brothers Promoters Poor a n Few Ago Now They Thoy Aro Reputed 0 Financial Fairy p om O I in debt to on f olk th r of ot the ledger Is the rec recIN IN rd of ot Wilam William U I and James H 1 Moore J the past a Ie years The Tho came tale In August with wih the thew Ull w ot l jamond Match corner ht he on tho 11 other side of or tho thohas th I tie has hal be b in n made In about three bra time tr through a rare genius for tur FB ana Ild consolidation and a n fw dg K of f I stock markets such el tl n lO ls f An th are going to emulate ie r fIm le of Andrew Andrw Carnegie says sa 1 W and JI o or UI up niOne for tor H They v i y a lS much to give Ut l i but n J ha lu Lar ot Skibo 11 have Just as go a I un hale II Just as much In the The lat haw made their In the r ot n X y viage ae theIr ThaI Is There they the fc t t of ot th Ih tart r V In nm fe The announce l e other dv day gif ram ral ln In n a t t 1 tr Ih fl H th that I h II the K of the money W 1 u ue I that more t 1 to 10 read at la In any Oreene a It t was wa W class public library It I Js probable that tie amount will wi be for a u 00 public library will wi loom up u uIn In ns as the national capital does In Washington The village of Greene does loes not ap appear appear pear on many of at the maps It I Is the home of only on about 1200 people and is II principally renowned In the thc days Ins ns the birthplace of ot the Moore brothers who have ha taken rank among amonI the great greatest greatt est t st promoters and the financiers of the tho country TIle The village Is situated ed NI up In the alle about twenty tW n miles above N Y Yand and all It II is Iles said to be n decidedly lovely spot It was bis bl enough nough for the I as ns boys bu s but It I hold them after they the had reached young manhood when they packed up their belongings and cum came west eAt Hut But how did they make makl that J 0 iO MO ol That Is II a n financial fairy As some of the old ulli astronomers used URel to descend Into deep hol s In the round ground descent the better to see eee tho Iho stars so HO the Moore More heter brothers went deep down own Into bank to start their present great Areat for fortune fortune tune Down there they seem seel lo to have planted a magic mn l seed Fe that sprang and has hM grown grun like Jacks benn nn stalk to carry them to the highest pinnacles or at financial fame The bankruptcy came I mOlt Chi know with wih the collapse of at the corner In Diamond Diamant Match stock In Au August gust When the books were bal all ul around aroun after that t famous deal the Moores were Just about 1 In debt and an with nary a shill shilling sh shIng ing to pay ay it I That would have hae killed some ome men but the tho Moores declined to toI stay sta financially dead They The told tol their I creditors they would woul pay PR out ot If given givena a n little time they the have haYI done It ItAn And An the creditors who wel decent when the tle crash come have been bee paid palt many man times over OEr In the tle chances chanres the Moores have lue given Riven them th m to make rake money one since they the regained their footing Those who were ugly ugh have had hn Just enough to square their accounts and no more The organization of the National Ills Bis Biscuit cult company compan or the crabl er trust back In 1895 wa the thc step of ot the Moores toward financial revivification They cleaned c nned up probably on the of the company and an an another another other later on a n clever Cleer deal dell with wih the common stock In the tho local market maret The war with Spain brought u halt to their Industries In ns It did to the lie Industry of the entire entre country but when wIlen that was wa over they set sel to work again and early In U completed the atlon of ot the American Tin Plate com company pany The deal proved n success from the start HI one bright morning LaSalle InHale street wu startled with the Information that the Moores had hit wt It with wih the Diamond lamond Match ratch company and paid up nil ni other claims against them were out of debt deM Since e that time they have hap been he n adding millions to millions until they stand Atall now on a level In the financial and Industrial rial wor with wih J Pierpont Morgan lorRan and the other money captains of ot tho United States The consolidation of o competitive ln In companies Into large ar e single concerns has been the foundation and anil superstructure of the Moore brothers fortune William H n or Judge Jud e Moors has hal been the tha organizer and II I the younger ouner has been the th market man Hit en them they th y have combined abilities that are ar not surpassed In their line lne by h any an other two men en now In business Altogether they have organised and floated seven Reven big Industrial corpora corporations beginning with wih Biscuit back In ISIS 1 ending with wih the American Cnn nn company a 1 concern which Is Just now no put on Ul the market These TheIl sewn seven havo a com combined capita of nothing le les s than S and an the list looky look like this Cele of ot common stock In payment for tor their of organizing the company That amount of stock Is worth nearly In the stock t today tota They The keep It I all ni at the start starl of at courle but tho have been In the market on every rise the in this antI and every other stock they the were connected has hns had hall Their knowledge of ot the affairs of the company prompted them last summer to buy IU up 1 Tin fin Plate common by b the theart cart art load around S 20 O and 25 2 A share The price of or this stock has since o been heen COlmon J slack fock Total Tin Plate O Union nn 1600 1000 St American Steel 2600 Total 1 O Four I our of ot thew companies National Steel Ste l Tin Plat Steel Stel Hoop Sheet Steel Sterl have hao beon n taken Into Mr Mar or guns consolidation the Trilled l and ant the terms on which they th were taken Indi Indicate cate catl v wr rv clearly the Moores are negotiators as ni well M RS promoters Two of the Moore lor companies Tin Plate and tHel were taken at better beter terms than w erl rp glen given to any of ot the theother theother other figures which make the present stock about 2 to 1 as nl compared with lh their original coat cost The Moore ot indeed cut about ns nA big a fig figure Ig great reat consolidation ure In Mr Ir Morgans r as aa does Mr Ir Morgan n himself It I would probably be he I cult for tor even the Moores themselves to say lar which of at their yielded them the great greate grEnt e t amount of ot profit It wag 81 Tin Plato They Th ae re d to h have v re rt as ni high as aB 79 9 a share and Is I now around 70 iO How much they have cleaned up ull In this and nn tile other deals they th have been een In only the Moores themselves cnn can know but a conserva conservative tive estimate of their combined wealth by b people ptole who nio all closely connected with wih them th m does not put It I below U And tho UH people who know them all ni tm glad Clad they th have made mn e It It The wonderful financial success s these two brothers have had would have probably turm d the tha bends of at men with wIh less rugged character but there thero seems Jo be no difference In their man manner ner ler now no from what wha t It I was hi the dayn da when they wore were bust hust They The do nut not 1 affect the ways of ot the rich and proud but number among amon their friends now the men who were their friends in ad nd adversity and of thou those were wre their playmates Gr Grune back In the little village of n One reason why HO Mu people are glad to sec St the Moores make mako such great creat fortunes Is that they the arc good spend era They The Ire nrc In their tastes but they the spend money mune like Iko water on the things they enjoy Kanh l of ot thom them Is possessed of ot an Inordinate love for good horses and they the keep keell up a Il hot rivalry In which of the two can keep thc til better string James II I Moore waN UH the organizer of tho hor 1 show In Chicago o last winter many of his and his hil brothers line tn were among tho prize winners nt that event ev nt Down own In Now York Yok William H Moore has his n a string of thirty five I roadsters raddle horses hor B and he hI has hus found It nw s nry to build huld a I at nt a I cost ost of to house them prop erly cr Jamas II H lias hns about as many man that aro frequently Been Ie n on the boulevard tl l of ot Chicago on the roads near his hb summer home nt at Geneva Next after driving a I good horse golf gol Is IA the favorite pastime of both hoth the Moores They are nr members of ot several l ot the clubs around arun Chicago New York nn both play a 1 fairly nood came A little less than a I couple of ot years William H I Moore moved to New York It I being decided that the Interests lR of at the big steel companies with which he h connected could coul bo bc handled better there th re than In Chicago ChICO He ni has hiI bought and now occupies the fine hou c that wal built hul for W B R U O Stokes at 4 Kasl I fourth tr lt adjoining Fifth avenue the residence of Henry Henr M t The house Is a n five te story structure that cost rost him Ho le has hns spent as nR much moro more In furnish furnishing ing fitting it I up Aside from his town house he he also has hu a n fine summer summerplace place In one of the suburbs near New York where his hil family spends a n large part of oC the tho year er While W H I Moore has moved mow 11 back to his hlA native State James Jame H has pre fre t to remain a R At Lake Geneva he has ha nearly Marly completed a I fine summer lummer that in h b 1 elu itu P P and Is IA remarkable even een In that tolon of beautiful places The fhe hOUE and 1111 vast are ar understood to have cost Oi about 00 In II addition additon to thin Mr Ir Monro H I building n city cl home hon In Michigan avenue that will wi rival the finest t along that famous street an Hr both po of n nl sense n or if humor At the time they WP MII 1 started out Olt nf their financial difficulties the Ih Jo JO loiter wheat corner ro r and with wih n a lots of ut about H A market with witha wih a friendship for tr Letter Ieler put Into bin hil gns l one day cA the statement that there tl wan no reason Aon why h should not recoup hla hil broken fortunes 8 The TIll had done It I and RII was as brilliant at a of the th 1 Hf The lh WI w Mi hon own to H I I Moore and it hl hil comment Wi I RUMS gut he hI Is more morl brilliant than the ger thO failure Moorea loN He le certainly made a big bigger |
