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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1898. 2> “BOOK OF WEALTH,” ALL ABOUT THE RICH, AND IT COSTS $2500 A COPY By BANCROFT AUTHOR OF WeALTH® IT UESCRIBES THE GLORIES OF THE YR, RICH FROM THE ARGONAUTS T0 JAY GOULD, AND IT DECORATED: ONLY FOUR HUNDRED -. - “Tre BooK oF | — IS BEAUTIFULLY COPIES PRINTED. OBODY but a milllonaire can af- | Wall street and Clncinnati, Ohto, an || THE BOOK OF ford to buy the edition de luxe of “The Book of Wealth.” The edition costs $2500, and it cannot be expected that the humble book should bring it to your It is devoted to the ents of the rich and powerful, New York occupies a s the Herald. k have been and the three sec- s, NOW will be T for deliv- next X It is not ale in the book stalls, for ective purchaser might soil binding and its China silk lin- ¥ t 1 i Howe Bancroft, a San Fran- , now in Cambridge, He Is related dis- the histori- loits in the wnich, his e him to recognition . matter of kinship. tes in a very enter- it the rich and what Hubert cisco literar his tus, he tells pros| I of all ages 7 eses to the om Alexander to Astor.”” ivith the men of pelf in c s his book with pages to the goings and of Gotham’s Seth Low 1 s in the world on yusness in the illust 1000 pa, k is printed, 1. It consists of nto ten sections of 100 page ompanied by etchings and photo- a portfolio. The with 2500 illustra- in od >nd with the last ifth 2 appear- it they have been retouched. The binding of this old gold armure silk, ally imported for he Bancroft to these the Company, of Chicago. Everything con- nected with this volume was either ed in Chicago or brought direct- Chicago for the purpose. The in- of the covers are lined with white will be only 400 volumes of 'k published. The first ol- comprise an edition de lu cago publishers call it the oi copy. This edition costs §: e will be 250 more volumes, which be sold for $1000 each. They have 5 quite as much silk and less gold g There this inting. g the New Yorkers who have ribed for the edition de luxe are 0. H. P. Belmont, who w send to the Duchess of Marlbor- her ough; Mrs. Astor, J. Pierpont Morgan, copy F. O. Matthiessen, Charles Frederick Hoffman and C. P. Huntington. One of the most interesting things connected with this volume Is the col- lection of plates. The originals of the made stly owned by Mr. Bancroft others were made especially ‘Book of Wealth,” and the ar Chicago especlally to pro- ater colors and etchings 1 which the plates were made. Br s he conceived the the “Book of Wealth” while en- reparation of a work de- Fair at Chicago. f the nations as national exposition phize. He reached history of the v page the im- > jewels of Isabel . furnished Colum tures from which they were n p! mind Mr. of thi spent several : did not have to he was a man of began the elaborate 'wealth himsel from original sources. rope, where he rece | a iy of the gov- | He gathered engravi | stes, paintings from every 1[:\?11‘4m}g15éi and then came | ates, where he | de an exhaustive study of Jife 1 ew. | large city. He has gathered hun- ds of pictures of places and build- s which stand as representative of 1th. The Roman Forum, the tem- of Solomon, the Baths of Caracalla, have their parts in the portfolios of the “Bock of Wealth.” “The object of this work,” says Mr. Bancroft, “is neither to extol personal riches nor thcse by whom they have been gathered, but to show what wealth has done for mankind and how, with the aid of wealth, an has improved his condition, has enlarged and refined the intellectual and moral qualities of his nature, developing the arts and sci- ence building up cities and common- | 3 ing into exis s of beauty E m wealth, , embodies all that most { and noble in the nature and handiwork of man—wealth of intel and moral wealth, as well as mate possessions in the form of money or | | property. “To follow history through delicate and interesting paths,” he says, “is the mission of the ‘Book of Wealth.! The and fall of the various empires of is : la, India, China and Africa, of| Greece and the seething of the reat caldron: f usurpation and r ion on the Bosphorus, in Spain Germany France and Eng g g in what endless subjects for the student of humani And when came the con- quest of rica, what infamies were committed in the name of gold glory—Montezuma murdered by Cort and ahualpa by ¥ rro, after each had paid the tribute demanded of him ad to the extent of a room full of gold and silver v pearls and precious stones and fine feather work. -velopment of the mines in tralia, in Africa, Rus- inte notwithstanding lver, the of sider that quantities of gold a copper, lead and taken from the e iron, oal which have been rth, a hundred times more yet remains to be gathered. Then the rich freighted galleons from Amer- ica, which the pirates of the West In- dies preyed upon for a century; how they made fat the hidalgos and filled to repletion the coffers of Spain, until the abuse of riches brought decay upon the nation. “Agriculture, manufactures and com- merce command attention, particularly when the productions and traffic of the world are brought together and treated of as a,whole and covering all historic tim Fanaticism, in the form of the Crusades, broke the barriers of the i terchange of customs and commodities in the eleventh and twelfth centuri to the lasting benefit of mankind. “The wealth of the world i Much as has been gathered and crea infinitely more vet to con just begun to get rich. ust entered upon ghe zation in which wealth is so powerful a factor. And the ‘Book of Wealth’ shows how clearly all this is, how wealth one with civilization, how to the a cumulation of property, of whatever adds to the comfort and happiness of mankind, we owe all that we have and | are, all our education, refinement and | progress.” New York comes in for much atten- tion* on the part of Mr. Bancreft. He | regards this city as the center of wealth and culture, in spite of the fact | that the work is published in Chicago. | He begins with a historical sketch of the New Netherlands and New York. He follows the lines of material growth | and the achievements of the men who | founded the city wh cali Greater New York. First comesketches and incidents connected with the wealth of the Dutch era. He treats of | he days when silver spoons were | scarce and sugar was a luxury. He| tells how the handful of Dutchmen | grew in wealth by trading skins with the Indians and digging for sassafras | limitles tec root. He ‘goes back to the old days when the Bowery was the center of fashion, a popular driveway, a con- course crowded by wealth and gayety. He speaks of noted hostelries of the olden time, and of mansions built with brick from Holland and mahog- | any from Jamaica. Among those of whom he writes as contributing to material advancement in these early times is Johannes de Pey- ster. He follows the De Peysters from that day to the present. He calls at- tention to the manner in which, by their wealth, their talents, patriotism and benevolence, they have added to the prosperity of the city. This historian of the rich devotes many pages to Peter Warren, captain and commodore. He refers to the com- modore’s exploit in capturing “sixteen sail of privateers, securing plate valued at £250,000.” Commodore Warren in- vested his fortune in New York real es- tate. He purchased three hundred acres of land along Broadway, which wasaft- erward cut up into lots of twelve and fiften acres each. . The old Warren homestead is described at length. | Around it were grouped the homes of such notable New Yorkers as James Janney, William Bayard and Oliver De Lancey. \ |CAIMILLUS AND THE G/\V Ly “”l LEy To THE FIRST |SECTION oF WEALTH . A= / N o*‘g e (==} S ! ‘When the Amerlcans regalned posses- sion of the city, in 1783, the political control of the State was divided among the Livingstons, the Clintons and the The author speaks of Rob- n, who gave liberally to and sold some of his property colle; te pages to the Clinton family. Charles Clinton, who came from Ire- land to Philadelphia in 1792 in charge of a company of emigrants. His son, General George Clinton, was five times nor of the State and fourth Vice- ident of the United States. There s Brigadier General James Clinton Revolutionary fame and the father of De Witt Clinton, who became Gov- ernor, Mayor and State Senator, and the chief promoter of the Erie A canal. Mr. Bancroft speaks of the Van Rens- as contributing much to the | prosperity of New York. Kil- n Van Rensselaer, the founder of the family, acquired along the Hudson. This property farmed out by him and his succe: under a kind of feudal tenure. Stephen ras aid his country. He devotes several | There was | | refers to the Astor library which o of | Jerome, Daniel Groesbeck, Jacob Lit- | Hatch, | 700,000 acres of X‘dnd‘ sors | |and value Gec Van Rensselaer, fifth in descent frem the founder, was one of the promoters of the Erie canal. He also founded the Van Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at | Troy Gouverneur Morris, founder of anoth- er notable family, was chairman of the 1 Comm ners from the first meeting until within a few months of his death. He purchased the land scame the monial estate, and is now called Morrisania. Much will be said in this work con- cerning the Astor family. The author notes the the fur tra feunded by the head of the house Astor. He speaks in other pages of the material advancement and Drogress made by the Astors and of how their | it was a dull day when what would be | a1lth has benefited the city of New | k. a partner of John Jacob 1 of great wealth and in nearly every county s exceedingly lib- eral. In the yes he gave to pub- lic and private charities 200,000 acres in lots of fifty acres each. He gave John Brown special and substantial aid in his project for freeing the negroes. Mr. Bancroft recently spoke in a gen- eral way of what he will say concern- ing New Yorkers who are mentioned in his book. He said: “Cornelius Vanderbilt’s career and the wealth of his descendants are re- viewed at length. Cornelius Vander- bilt, the head of the house, is a man of refined and intellectual tastes, as is srge W. Vanderbilt, who is emphat- cholarly in his tastes. Plato nt, Horace and Dante are his favorite authors. There are few places in the world which surpass ingrandeur ge W. Vanderbilt's 30,- Gerrit Smith Astor, was a n purchased land in New York. 000 acres and magnincent residence in the Blue Ridge for lina. s of . orth Caro- The house in a 100-acre park, enty-five acres of garden and - Belmont family, came to New agent for the Rothschilds. He was a native of Germany, and married a daughter of Commodore Perry. He was a patron of the fine arts and of the turf, a diplomat and a banker. “The Garrisons are of the best stock se of John Jacob Astor in |of Manhattan Island, being connected | de and traces the various en- | with the Coverts, the Kingslands and terprises in which he was engaged. He | Schuylers. JA “With Daniel BY WILL H. Loww Drew, Leonard W. Cooke and Fisk and With them tle, Jay life was a continual same. a fortune to many men was not won | or lost. tutions, and founded Drew Theological | College with a donation of $500,000; | Groesback was worth $10,000,000. Jay | Cooke made his millions as agent for the Government 7-30 and 5-20 bonds. “Other members in ‘The Book of Wealth’ are Jay Gould whose fortune was placed at $100,000,000; Russell Sage, | James R. Keene, who has $3,000,00 | Joseph J. O'Donohue, who has $5,000,- 1 000; John H. Staver, | H. Inman at $8,000,000. | *“Matthew V. ar laid the founda- | tion of his fortune as a brewer. He | gave Vassar College during his life | $650,000, and his heirs gave much more. | Peter Cooper is known to fame as a | philanthropist. James B. Colgate has given $2,000,000 to Coigate University; Eazra Cornell, 00 vers « to Cornell Uni- J ] ark gave a million for Clark University; Rockefeller has given millions to Cnlcago University. Besides $1,000,000 from Seth Low, Co- lumbia Coliege has had notable gifts from J. Pierpont Morgan, N. C. Scher- orn, Cornelius Vanderbilt and s James, Charles Contoit left $15,- 000,000 to charity mostly to Episcopal institutions in New York City. Charles E. Green has given $1,500,000 to Prince- ton College. “Erastus Corning, Henry Foreman, Silas Seymour, Sidney Dillon and Chauncey Depew are mentioned among the railway men. “Conspicuous among the wealth and | fashion peculiarly of to-day are: Fred- | erick Gebhard, John Bigelow, Stuyve- MANUFACTURING EGGS, OYSTERS AND MILK | OTHER THINGS YOU EAT IN SUCH A CLEVER WAY THAT YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE. Food Gommissioners Have Taken Up the Matter and a Big Hand Against Such Adulterations. Battle Is on ANCY eating manufactured oys- ters. Think of cracking an in- nocent-looking boiled egg that had been turned out like a sau- sage from some factory labora- tory around the corner. Fancy drink- ing “manufactured milk” with no milk about it. Those are only a few of the substi- tutes for food that are being discovered by the men who are battling for pure food. The fight has been going on for some time now, but so warm has it be- come that scientists and authorities of several Governments are holding meet- ings to formulate more systematic plans of campaign against the food adulterants. special food commissions and United States Government has set a number of analytical chemists to the task of throwing all the light possible on food adulterations and food substi- tutes. Some remarkable discoveries have been made by them; discoveries that will simply astound the plain, every-day man who eats a plain, every- day meal. Manufactured milk is an extraordin- ary compcsition, and an ingenious Bos- tenian was in the way of making a tidy | fortune out of his recipe, when the au- thorities cut short his trade and landed him in jail. The milk he made was not adulterated milk, the stuff that some purveyors furnish by simply adding water or chalk or starch and water to milk. After some months of experimental work, this Boston genius succeeded in evclving from a minute percentage of milk and a solution of salts a beverage that in all outer respects resembled milk. His concoction could be placed on the market at about one-tenth the cost of milk obtained from cows. In werking out the theory, the inge- nious Yankee kept in mind two impar- tant facts; first, that his non-bovine milk must taste the same as the real article, which meant that a solution of salts must be found that would give a sweet saline taste; second, that his sub- stitute must look exactly like cow’'s milk. In both of these points he succeeded beyond detection. Unfortunately for himself he entirely overlooked the rel- ative nutritive value of his concoction and bona-fide milk. A chemical analy- sis placed the amount of nutritious matter in the manufactured milk at “nil” and declared in addition that it was extremely Injurious. This proved too much for the Bos- ton Board of Health and it cut short the milk manufacturer’s career by con- fiscating his plant and sending him to jail. Next popped up a clever Chicago man who endeavored to knock the feather out of the hen’s cap. He placed on the market fresh-eggs, laid in a laboratory,unaided or abetted by chick- ens. Not only were the yelks and whites perfect in all respects, but even the shell defied detection. For a time things looked very black for the henneries and the artificial eggs were sold in immense quantities in the streets of Chicago. But it was very soon discovered by the amazed house- wives that while these delightfully cheap eggs could be readily boiled it was utterly impossible to poach them. The moment the inside came in con- tact with the boiling water a chemical change took place that made them un- palatable. That part of Chicago that loves poached eggs immediately rose in protest, and the Board of Health took a hand in the egg factory and the fate of the inventor. The eggs not having been sold on the system “Your money back if you don’t like them,” the inventor raked in his big profits of the first week’s sales and then locked himself up Jn his labora- tory and set apout the task of manu- facturing an egg that would poach as well as bofl. As the Board of Health has not yet accepted any of his results it is safe to say he has not yet manu- factured an egg that will satisfy the dubious authorities, ° The crowning feat, however, in the matter of artificial foods must k+ cred- ited to Fran; where an imitation oys- ter was manufactured. So successful was the made oyster that it deceived epicures who believed themselves con- noisseurs on bivalves. The inventor collected real shells and then by some process, the details of which have never become known, con- cocted a saline blanc mange. It would withstand heat, and in color, form and taste could not be told apart from a real oyster. The made oysters would keep much longer than the real oys- ters, and this very fact roused the suspicion of the authorities. The oys- ters were “‘investigated.” Foods are digested in proportion to their readiness to decompose. It was found that while the imitation oyster did not decompose it also did not di- gest.. France, which has a most strin- gent national pure-food ..w, effectu- ally stopped the sale. A very unique food substitute has just been unearthed in Paris. The mu- nicipal authorities there are compelled to keep their eyes wide open in spite of national surveillance, for the French are the most clever people in the world in making food palatable. It was discovered that one of the largest bakeries in Paris was substituting vaseline for butter in the manufacture of pastry. Vaseline is cheaper than any of the organic fats and the cakes and pies lost nothing in taste or fla- vor by the substitution. But while the palate lost nothing by the ex- change the stomach suffere. untoid + agonies, for vaseline is absolutely in- digestible. The owner of the bakery was arrest- ed and punished to the full extent of the law. The latest aspirant for honors in the *‘good as genuine” line is a Mr. Day of Cincinnati, who claims to have successfully made nutritious milk, employing electricity as one of the agencies. Chemists and scientists in- terested in this branch of foods still declare, however, that “Bossy” is still queen of the milk givers and that the factory is not built yet that can de- prive her of that honor, “Drew was liberal to religious insti- | | ,000,000; John soN AND THE (JOLDEN FLEECE 2 7y C @“&w RE R To 3l E A 5v HELEN Mowics o MAITIAN F. Baker, A. S. Hewitt, H. S. Day, Ce M. Stuart, E. L. Winthrop, H. H. Rog= ers, J. D. Archibald, W. R. Grace, John Claflin, E. S. Clarke, J. L. Mott, George T. Adee, William Watson, H. B. Bloom- ingdale, J. W. Dimmick, Jacob Rup- pert, W. D. James, J. W. Chaucer, John R. Ford, J. V. Brokaw, A. B. Cox, A. J. Adams, W. E. Wardell, H. I. Lawrence, Charles H. Hoffman, Willlam Stelnway and C. P. Huntington.” Among the plates illustrating New York which will appear in the port- folios of “The Book of Wealth” are: “Old New York,” painted by Henry Sandham; “Hudson’s Last Voyage,” “Brooklyn Bridge,” by Sonntag; “Wall Street,” an original painter etching, by Mielatz; “New York Clearing House,” “Westinghouse Electrical Works,"” “East River Docks,” “Interior Press ‘| Room, New York Herald Building,” sant Fish, William B. Dinsmore, El- | “Sound Steamboat by Night” and bridge T. Gerry, J. Hooker Hamersley, | “Astor Library.” These are to be all Austin Corbin, James B. Ireland, J.|large plates, in color, photogravures or Pierpont Morgan, W. B. Clyde, B. W. | etchings. Silliman, H. B. Hyde, John D. Rocke- S g PRI feller, Pierre Lorillard, Robert Bonner, | ywhen Admiral Jouett was Acting William Rhinelander, Marshall O. Rob- | Secretary of the Navy, the command- erts, Duane Pell, James Abercrombie | ant of the academy at Annapolis asked Burden, N. C. Schermerhorn, George | that a cadet be court-martialed for Ehret, James McCreery, Andrew Car- | whipping five toughs and two police- negie, H. Victor Newcomb, Adrian Ise- | men, although it was done in self-de- lin, Percy R. Payne, Bradley Martin, ‘ fense. ‘‘Court-martial that fellow 2" Eugene Kelly, J. S. Kennedy, William | roared Jouett; “that boy ought to have Seward Webb, James M. Constable, | a medal. Do you suppose the Govern- Hicks Arnold, Anson Phelps Stokes, | ment hired you to raise boys to play Levi P. Morton, S. D. Babcock, George | checkers?’—Exchange. ;;!233553888888Si8888888%8’38889flfi&@fi&flfi&&&fififi&fifig & WE SHOULD HAVE A NATIONAL @ SYSTEM OF FOOD INSPEGTION. s e By Frank T. Green :S. HE recent attack of the German Government on our = fruit products has, I trust, at last aroused the o American people to the absolute need of a national < pure food law. Try as it may, the United States Government cannot entirely deny all the charges made by the German Government. The Federal Govern- ment is a parent that allpws each child or State to govern itself in the matter of pure food regulations. That this is not the best course to adopt we can see in a moment by comparing the system in Italy, Germany and France, in all of which countries a national standard exists, and the complex difficulties constantly arising. from our system. This is an era of food agitation, and our municipal Board of Health has taken strong action in regard to food and its adulterants. What is the result? We have a brand of condensed milk, for instance, that is good enough for San Francisco, but is barred out in Sacramento. In other words, each local board fixes its own standard and the result is grave financial loss to many purveyors of food products. They can buy salicylic acid in catchup for market, boracic for another, with a sprinkling of aniline red for a third. A standard brand of goods for one city is put on the black list of another. Each city exports pure foods only accord- ing to the standards of its own local Board of Health to find that the brands are not accepted in the city to ‘which the goods have been shipped. A people are great in proportion to their exports, and there are certain food preservatives and colorings that are harmless and legitimate, and cast iron legislation against these would be unjust and injurious. But just what colorings and what preservatives and what percentage and proportion of each? This is the problem that each municipal Health Board solves for itself. Under present pure food laws it is simply a case of go-as-you-please, and each city suits itself in framing Jaws and naming the pure foods its merchants shall deal in. The result is that the manufacturer is crippled. Most people do not realize the comprehensive character and sweep of the work done by the United States Department of Agriculture. Each year the chemical division of the department issues bulletins pointing out adulterants and detailing their methods of detection. In return the ana- lytical chemists are asked to state whether they have be- come cognizant of any new adulterants or methods of de- tection. The list of adulterants in the official report is a long one, and some cases of absolute imitation are noticed, notably the artificial manufacture of oysters, eggs and milk. But after having pointed out the adulterants and methods of detection the department can do no more, and the analytical chemists of - the United” States, realizing their broad duty to the producers, purchasers, sellers and consumers alike, are earnestly working for a Congres- sional act which will insure purity and definite standards for the whole country. The havqe wrought by the individual 'standards has brought forth an army of supporters for State standards of pure foods. But we should go a step farther and have a general standard passed by act of Congress. Dealers in food deserve as much protection from un- scrupulous manufacturers as the consumers, and the only way to have fair play on all sides is to have a national standard. ‘We shall have to thank Germany if her action brings home to the people the need for a national standard, for the analytical chemists and the Agricultural Department have failed to make the people realize in full the import- ance of such a measure. We should send our next Congressmen pledged to pass a law establishing a national standard, and then the splendid work of the chemical division of the Department of Agriculture can be brought into practical use. FRANK T. GREEN. Professor of Analytical Chemistry and Director of Chemical Labora- tory in the California College of Pharmacy, Associate Professor. e S S 8 I b 5 I3 & I 2 > 8 ] 8 i B & B s B B 8 8 S B 2 2 E e b 8 s 2 e 3 B B < B 8 o 8 S8 e i £ s I b 8 8 s 8 8 8 8 bl l of Medical Chemistry in the Medical Department of the Univer- sity of California. mwaa’finnsmmunuss&_auuwanusauuquqa B R R RN R RN R RN R SRR RSN N N NN SR R RN RN N N N e N RN RN NN R RN RN ERRRRRNRRRRRY