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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 29, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 22.

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Wealthy Men in the United States

The Washington Post of April 8 copied from the New York World the following list of wealthy men in the United States, giving their estimated wealth and annual incomes:—
CAPITAL INCOME
John D. Rockefeller $500,000,000 $50,000,000
Andrew Carnegie 300,000,000 15,000,000
William Rockefeller 200,000,000 20,000,000
Estate of Marshall Field 120,000,000 6,000,000
George F. Baker 100,000,000 5,000,000
Henry Phipps 100,000,000 5,000,000
Henry C. Frick 100,000,000 5,000,000
William A. Clark 80,000,000 4,000,000
Estate of J. P. Morgan 75,000,000 7,500,000
Estate of E. H. Harriman 68,000,000 3,400,000
Estate of Russell Sage 64,000,000 3,200,000
W. K. Vanderbilt 50,000,000 2,500,000
Estate of John S. Kennedy 65,000,000 3,250,000
Estate of John J. Astor 70,000,000 3,500,000
W. W. Astor 70,000,000 3,600,000
J. J. Hill 70,000,000 3,500,000
Isaac Stephenson 74,000,000 3,700,000
Jay Gould estate 70,000,000 3,500,000
Mrs. Hetty Green 60,000,000 3,000,000
Estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt 50,000,000 2,500,000
Estate of William Weightman 50,000,000 2,500,000
Estate of Ogden Goelet 60,000,000 3,000,000
W. H. Moore 50,000,000 2,500,000
Arthur C. James 50,000,000 2,500,000
Estate of Robert Goelet 60,000,000 3,000,000
Guggenheim estate 50,000,000 2,500,000
Thomas F. Ryan 50,000,000 2,500,000
Edward Morris 45,000,000 2,250,000
J. O. Armour 45,000,000 2,250,000
The name of Frederick Weyerhauser, of St. Paul, the “lumber king,” does not appear in the above list. He is regarded as one of the wealthiest men in the country. He owns, it is said, 60,000 square miles of standing trees, and it has often been stated in print that he is “richer than Rockefeller.”
In the $25,000,000 to $35,000,000 class, yielding incomes of $1,250,000 to $1,750,000, are James Stillman, J. H. Schiff, Charles M. Pratt, J. H. Flagler, Quincy A. Shaw, E. T. Bedford, E. T. Stotesbury, John Claflin, Henry Walters, E. C. Converse, Clarence H. Mackay, Nathaniel Thayer, W. H. Moore, and the estates of H. H. Rogers, Robert Winsor, George Smith, W. B. Leeds, W. Scully, John Arbuckle, J. Crosby Brown, John F. Dryden, W. L. Elkins, and O. H. Payne.