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Show Shrouds Do Not Carry Pockets. THE WILL of I-Ierr Krupp, the great gun manufacturer, who died ten days ago, left the works at Essen to the testator's eldest daughter, Bertha, Ber-tha, to be administered by the widow until the daughter attains her majority. The-great gun factory and subsidiary properties are estimated to be worth $75,000,000. This makes Frauiein Bertha Ber-tha Krupp far and away the wealthiest girl in the world, the next being. Miss May'Goelet, who was left $20,000,000 by her father. Last Friday Frau Krupp, on behalf of her daughter, Bertha, announced an-nounced a gift of $250,000 for the improvement im-provement of the town of Essen. Frau Krupp and her other daughter, Barbara, Bar-bara, will divide $75,000,000. We take the above paragraph from the Chicago Tribune. Without a mo--ment's reflection, one may accept its statement as accurate. Perhaps it is, and perhaps Bertha Krupp inherits more wealth than any of the girls tforn to the-czar and czarina of Russia, the richest couple in the world. Let it stand, then, with respect to the richest girl.. What about the richest boy? The other day. a son was born to W. A. Clark, jr., of Butte. The grandfather of this infant is Senator W. A. Clark of Montana. Nobody knows the wealth of Senator Clark, or can even approximate approxi-mate it. It is said that the senator himself cannot fix it within twenty millions mil-lions of an accurate sum. The day upon which the Clark child came into the world, his grandfather uequeauieo. to mm a gut or a million dollars. When the boy arrives at the age of Bertha Krupp, the unearned increment in-crement of his grandfather's gift will amount to dizzy figures. Of course, the same silent process will go on increasing increas-ing the wealth of Bertah Krupp, but there, are other circumstances which will avail the Butte child to overtake the German -girl and place her far behind be-hind in inherited wealth. If the Clark fortune multiplies at the same rate as the other great fortunes of the present pres-ent generation have grown, the one which will descend to the Clark grand- ' J.'. " . ' : - - - . son will, be perhaps the greatest in the world. .... Think of it for a moment. W"hat heirs are there to divide the Clark wealth when, in the ordinary course of events, the senator passes from this world. There are two sons and two daughters. One of the daughters has a daughter, but William A., jr., is the only one who has a son. According to the rule of primogeniture, providing no son is born to Charles Clark, the two-weeks-old Clark ultimately will become the head of the family. Estimating Senator Clark's fortune at $100,000,000, this gives him a $10,000,-000 $10,000,-000 increase every year. When the little lit-tle Butte boy is 25 years old the Clark fortune, held by' the present head of the house, will thus be $450,000,000. There is no other private fortune in the world, present or prpspective, of the size of the' Clark fortune today, or as it will be twenty-five years hence, that is to be divided among so few heirs of the blood. Only six descendants of Senator Clark are alive today. It is natural to sup- pose that the grandson will secure the 1 bulk of the fortune, especially if the child's father names him W. A. Clark III. And what does this child gain by such immense -wealth? He cannot escape the physical ills of human flesh. A poor boy will have as much sport out of a hoop as young Clark can get out of an automobile. A beggar can stop a toothache with a pinch of salt .as easily as a high-priced dentist can ease the tooth of this wealthy babe. After all, what he will enjoy will not be much more than his board and clothes. Even the satisfaction of earning these 'by honest sweat is denied him, although it was honest sweat that started the Clark millions. How consoling is the reflection that shrouds do not carry pockets. ( |