Show WEALTHIEST MAN MANIN MANIN IN ALL THE WORLD MUD Diamond King Richer Than Rockefeller r and as Simple Simples as s Wagners Wagner's Life Lie Itself CONTROLS MINES IN AFRICA Lives ot tr and amid Well ell Sall el Said U UI to I Po n c x an al Even E cl I of Dollars 1 Richer than Rockefeller richer than th the oil 01 king wealth rp l surpasses that of oc governments Is Alfred Belt Relt el of Jr South Sout Africa Arle and London Londot He lie himself himself him him- self 31 does not hot say it for tr r he lie hA has no wa way o of estimating within millions of ot pounds sterling his tremendous accumulations But with a ji r pride England tots els him against America In hi the matter Ii of money mOI money and and It I must be n a. a salt said that thai ignition England's claims seem worthy worth of ff rec- rec For FOI this undersized nervous timid little man Is the tIme actual h head d of ot th the diamond industry of or the world orl and controls with Ith undisputed I power the and ammi price of oC this mo most t precious jf if gems gem He lii II owns Ol 0 or commands the company which own o the owns the only diamond dia ulia- mond minus mines of an any Importance In th the arid and anc it I I Is for him to sa say just how univ lal shall hal bo hi mined and anti put pilL on the market for princes wine agents and ant thet thel millionaires to hu buy Said S to n Be Ih c Alfred Dc Belt Beit according to authorities Jr jf hi his own country country or or or rather his adopted country ou 1 hy for 10 ho Ih a was born horn In ls Is Is said It to bo he a billionaire he hI on only I man who hn has e ever achieved Ic hat lint distinction Just Jut what this mean ul n 10 to one can think for or the 11 human mind a annot comprehend a billion John D D. Rockefeller r. It I hn has l been ien n n ho Is as near nea to being leing a n billionaire IH Is 11 a man can well wel bo be 11 under antler r existing tl O Of course Ol this doea tUR not liot meal that lint he ho 11 I has lins a n billion dollars or convert his h tremendous holdings Into nto anything 11 like that hint Not ot In actual as ia a h that Is IR for rm tins the total stock tuc of or noney In tho tim world Is less leas than titan 3 2 Ii The rIme question I is whet whether her John D. D Roc Rockefeller rI If it he ho hall hail to convert his into hun cash a h or Ot collateral could coult do tin tint dot t to tuu tl as great JInt effect as A Alfred Belt Diamonds in iii n Car Cm Lots Probably in such uch a contest BoiL Beit have hav the ad advantage for din din- Hn touts s anti and ant diamond mines look more morel l Ike e ready mone money than railroads railroad and ill fields Rockefeller of oC course can canY canay ay Y turning hl his hand add Immeasurably o 1 his fortune b by Increasing tutu the price tf If oil oi a cent a it gallon galon hut but on the other land mand so o Carl can Belt Delt by br pushing up the tl tl ost of diamonds a a. shilling or so a n carat crat Th The fortune of either man Is t l may be said aid jl Just t as much as the will wi stand tand for Ol Rockefellers Rockefeller's wealth is the resul result of oC his having what time tho orld mu must t have till have ol ha oil and Us its Is prod by-prod- prot by-prot- acts Boll on ii th other hanl deals nl lU et ui JH H. H lt 1 h nr enough l U l t h I luxuries J ke I tn jV- jV a necessity It I Is pr precisely CI h his ills ability 0 to do 10 this hot bitt makes him such a power In iii tl thin thu noney one world He lie le controls the three great cones Ii II r mines mine In Iii n r r whence all al the hue o of the world come Two wo if f th these e are arc being con constantly worl worked mil their precious output Stored away awa 0 o be h. marketed when necessary n The he bitt hicl th the richest mine of all al It I I Is bel be- be l Ip 1 vod has hat never be been n touch touched d and anti the It may Contain can not even e cn 10 P estimated sl ma The futility of or tr trying ng to dispute that 1 man t with wih time the power of or either Rockefeller flock Rocke feller of of Belt Bel 1 Is Ii worth may mav r readily or bo hc len seen Kadi Is easily ensly worth that sum stun If he lie chooses to be bl The rite only question i is which of or th time the two non men If the thi tIl necessity should hould arise could coul J the lie h more easily ci obtain th the larger al' al Hum suni f actual money And Ant the thc answer C an Js Is Alfred BI Blot t Not lt a Sll Showy Who then Is this colossus S coloS of or finance ho the utilitarian this money king who iho front from Ioli anna standpoint Is the mo most t successful success success- uCC s- s ful human being that lint has ever lived d H He I Is no showy how figure In the world of or society nor nO Is he lie a glowering hand hand- hant- hant rubbing scrooge who whose e voice spreads terror and destruction Just as as Rockefeller Rock Hock eler In this country countr is hardly known except by his pictures so o to 10 an nn even e Cn greater degree e with wih Alfred Aifred Blet Biet In London He lie Ie Is seldom seen hardly known and ha has a n horror horlor o of notoriety Alfred Belt is not nol a speculator H He lie Heis i ii is a n man of oC big ILlo ideas and the lie gift gIf of or the h grab His Ills quick l and anti inventive brain is j too big for Cor a n frail body ills His health never O el good gool hn has time aC after l' l time broken down under the thC strain He lie Ut ha has a small smal and slender physique antI and Is not hot reckoned at all al cute in small sinaI transactions He Lie HC has the large luminous lumInous lum him inous brown eyes ye of a dreamer and tho lie point of or view of or an optimist but with within wih knack of or getting in tn extraordinary U nearly tarl r l everything he lie hl wants I He lie Is ab absolutely ab- ab I ab-I a bundle of s and his u uc is itt at times quite quie distress distress- ing In moments of or excitement It I I is impossible for tor him to sit It still nih tl ills Ils hands are always In movement movement move move- mo l ment and ant he emphasizes his hiM remarks b by nervous ncr tugs lugs at his at-his his anal small fair mus mus- tache 1 He lie Is hardly known In society iut he lie Is very cry popular with wih hl his own associates 1 The They call al him Alfred Aifred him the tho little man and refer to as aM He Ut has a n delightful l house at nt 26 Park Parle Lan Lane London c and Ial really palatial of- of fleis In the elt city but hut he lie 11 is not flOt o t tous In fact he Is one of time the 11 most anti and una unassuming men that you could meet I He iL it Wear eaLS n. n um o u Diamond Diamond- Although he lie hn has the lie controlling In Inter Interest In- In ter crest terest st In iii the hO tw great rent diamond fields felds In South Africa he lie 11 wears no He Ho do does not affect jewelry at all al for personal adornment but h he has a great reat taste for OT and antI a n magnificent collection of or antique decorated Jeweled objects No one can nn estimate how much money has ham been made mode In South Africa since nearly Cort forty years CarN nio ago when an unsuspecting picked up a n shining shimming pebble on on a desolate farm In Billion certainly Undoubtedly Un Un- moro moore treasure I In a ti diamonds and gold have hn hen been taken from th the South Houth African moines mines In th the last Int thirty thirty- eight Ight years than an any single man maim has po possessed ed ince since the world began lint Had one oiw man owned the tue mines mimics of oC South Africa Arlu ho he would have ha e been the richest man mun of or our time Lime Yet the greater part of or this wealth Is la In the Immix hands of oC very try few ew men len and ant of th these Alfred Bolt BoltIn In a long wa VU way the richest So far rat as ns tho the control of ot solid soUl cash is Js concerned there thre is little lIttie Ite doubt that Mr Mu II Beit Is Js the world richest self made man 10 In Ih the Son S1 of or German ii Merchant itt He le 1 IB Is the son 21 nf Cf ifa a 0 German merchant and at 20 years ear of at ago found Count himself with wUI cr very little Ite mane mooney money bu but with wih fair talt pros pros- l. l on A stool In a shipping ship shIp ping office oHe at it Hamburg Bamburg He was heir to his fathers father r Jt steady going dY H but buth buthI buthe h he hI was WOI put In the th he office as an ordinary f employs employ to l I learn arn rn the technicalities of ot th the the- business from froni the thc bottom to th the top It was wan in connection with this thin business that th h he took tool th time the tp sUp t p which lid led Il him hint on onto onto onto to fortune Thirty eight years en ago the first Olt diamond din dia mond was WAg picked up UJ In South Africa and there was wnM a rurh r lh to 10 the country from Germany a ys w well l as 18 from England fingland A AIrik h brisk trade ti sprang up tip and and larJ for tor stores More and anil ant machinery reached u Hamburg Ham burg luts merchants merchant One On of at the firm Irm affected affect ed I by sudden growth of or commerce was nan wal the thE lie shipping firm to CI young Pelt and as to that time the th prospect t In South A Africa was not a ctr- ctr one on and credit orders were wr til risky I a R crach being possible nt at moment the It an any firm decided to la fend out a representative f to Investigate th the tho report Mr Ir Jilt nt wo wa WI at the time but ht he had established himself HO ato 0 well weli In th the good graces grace of at Ih the heads of 01 tIme the hl business I that ta t lie h. h wa chosen chos chos- en for or the th task tuk and et t sail for Cap Capt Town Going to Africa In those thos days das was wal tot lot ot such an easy tIming thinK an as al It I Is II today Not ot aninch ao an inch of or time the JI 0 miles mUs of at railway now In Inu u use had then lisp been laid aid and the only WO way o of oC tn eln traveling In tn Africa A a was b by bullock team team In this way Mr 11 hell Belt journeyed some 3 or 40 mile mit mIles from Cape Town to 10 where he found Cound a city I of oC madmen Gold seekers rs from every er part art of the lii civilized world were there therl attracted 1 by the stories of fortunes made mad h by a stroke of or the pick luck There was no order no system no laws law no method either In iti business or government o comp competition had brought many of or th the moines mines to the lie verge erg of or ruin there were enormous lo losses from thefts t which th there then rf was wa no tome rem dy 13 Illicit diamond 1 buying wa wn wal carried on onon onon onon on a huge scale and general chaos prea pro pre a II fd It was waR the young Germans German's great op opportunity opportunity op- op and he was not nol slow to selz seizu It It Ills years of or training in time the Hamburg shipping office hadnot ot been a wasted l Ho liE was cool llIn cool oik a man of or orderly business butt busi nf ness hess methods anti and he hf quickly realized that lint not till nil the th wealth of or lh the miner mine would save from ruin unless order took the place of or chaos anti time the Industry In In- was placed paced on a proper commercial commercial commer commer- cial basis basin Jor Forgetting time the purpose 1 01 foi which he lint hall been sent nt out Mr r. r Belt nelt set II setto setto to work w to accomplish this object am ant bon tion found round himself so o Indispensable to the diamond Indu Industry tr that be lie r resolved ol 1 tc t I remain In the time country for COt some years e Prom From that hint time limn his hili fortune was mad I and since sIne then It has been growing ro faster fast fast- er cr Ulan than he Ito can enn count It It Preceded Cecil Though the Int late hate Cell Cecil Rhodes Is associated with the hl history tor o ol 01 South Africa Mr I. I licit Belt J was In that thai country several years before him lim anti and b It was al he who first t realized the danger 01 oi putting p too man ninny many on the tilt market mark mark- ct et at once Ho lie saw anti that diamonds ml h easily become so heap cheap as nM to III he profitless to 10 mine and he tie began gun to carr carry out hi hb idea dlo Tf hf r controlling the lie mat hot by Iy up lp scattered claims claim Time TIlt f i lH was wn thai when Mr tr Rhodes appeared tl on the seem Mr Jr Belt wn was uvas already well voll established a a a J. sort soil of or a n diamond king In his hiM own do main The advent of or Mr h Rhodes how however ever 1 tl was as aM Ih dt to work a n great change In tn tho he state of affairs The flue great hou house f of ot Werner r lt nm zinC Co Is Ix the he loathing leading house In the thu Ie Icy diamond trade anti and Mr 11 Belt Helt Is al e en n associated with man many other oilier gigantic con con- On of at his hiM firms holds ae Ie aers s r-s of or the most valuable aluC agricultural ant ammO mineral mIneral- land In the tIme Transvaal and amid Mr 11 Dolt Belt Is he hImself i lf Jf tIme the I 1 t Sl owner of or mines an and land In the Souti SouLt African republic IJ He lie Is n t director of or tin the British South African nn company compan thi thu t nit nip 11 Concel Concessions a and ammi n 1 th time the lion all nil of them rno most t valuable properties I I Is beyond doubt that Mr Mi Belt Helt elt hl has amass amassed amassed ed cd the h biggest f t Individual h fortune eVl eVee made out of or gold go arid anti diamond mines There was 1 In New Mew cw York recently n a mar who ha hns been hen Intimately ly acquainted wilt Alfred Belt nelt for years Ho lii was WOR Jo Josept pt Lewis one otic of or thu wealthiest and anil mos mo JI diamond merchants merchant In Jn Lon Ion London lion ti don oti il Belt has has- one eon of tl e creates hu business ami pl executive minds I r eve ete Ceen en came m l In IA c cOntract n ft It Lewis JJ It lIc p. p without t exception excels nn aim any man mal who has hal gone Korie one Into Inlo the ChI great 01 gold 1 nm alit diamond ld of oC Africa Any one emt tha knows know the th man would have t no caup I U IC wonder at hs tremendous success |