Show WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK brains of mounta n and pra ne rie in de mand in the financial center ever since the early days when D 0 mills J B haggin and catnes R keene emigrated from california to bew york the metropolis has been drawing largely on the west and south tor tr its supply of men who do things I 1 heodore P both a southerner and westerner who has undertaken to solve new york yorks s great transit lem Is the latest importation in re to the call of the east the promptness with which thos F ryan of Virgin virginia iq turned the equit able life assurance society over to its policyholders who now elect a ma bority of its board of directors and divested himself of the control of the stock which he bought from jas H hyde and the success 0 of f the new management of the society under the direction of president paul morton have created a demand for the strong men of the south and west that is greater than ever before under the morton management the equitable has made a better showing than any other insurance company in the way of im proved methods economies and in creased returns to policyholders E H gary head of the greatest cor horation po ration in the world the U S steel co john W gates henry C frick norman D ream wm win IT moore and daniel G held reid are other westerners who are among the biggest men in new york |