Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1904, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Section May thirty two pages with the Man who Rose to the g Tea Thronas Ami Harlace trained the Public schools in Scot of lord Strath meagre As it it was still is sufficient to Lay the foundation for vast fund of knowledge in his Fertile unique figure in and there Are few Public men than lord Strati Are better acquaint lord High corned with All subjects than lord Strath he is the in the he he never had a boyhood As boys of acres of land in have Jana Rich in min work than play for has a vast estate in through the influence of friends he Terest of the Hudson when he was a Young Man of seven common Blacksmith i himself he worked hard he did to Day he is a very Rich in have Friend that i think More Tjhan so it was was a mud clerk on tie Eye Jln working Fig fifty Cente ai5 he prepared himself for i his old clothes make him less of Hill told me his Only luxury in those Days was very fond of the Money others would have spent on clothes he spent i never Meta who possessed a greater fund of know ledge than he the financial world i should like to Tell every Young Man starting out in life the necessity of preparing himself for value of honesty and then he must be honest Andi save his the great trouble with the people today is they All want to be Rich without first having Beer ii i was very poor when i began life As a vary i looked about the magnificently furnished arid mechanically asked int one happier amid such surroundings As yours he replied great wealth cannot bring real happiness must come from a contented mind and hard great wealth is a for one has to think very hard How to make the Best use of his i would not advise any Man to strive after great i would rather be a very Man than very Rich lord Strathcona is a great Lover of Fine his gallery contains masterpieces by Van Dyke the controlling f Canadian Pacific Rall Strath Conan with his a unassuming this was the turning Point in his Bat with Pride of his his struggle with and sir Thomas lip of Nis poor but humblest of his position was the very and a rent hard Long hours and very and he has never fori lib pal but this sturdy scotch lad of his boyhood i began at the Bottom of the ladder with his relatives i fortunate Ian sifted them to lucrative thus helped them to help the determination of reaching the i applied myself faithfully to my he talking about his be ginning with the Hudson Bay l flip t whatever i had to do i did my Best to in i do it i prepared myself for a Smith first saw j higher which i was in Hopes of filling some if one does his work Well and is faithful to his employers i do not think there is any doubt that a Man can Rise in i had to work very of but one cannot Suc Ceeil in life without working i was Young and very of n poor and that he made a his Oue arty Large Fani i in his appear id that his Mother i clothes for the Strong then and could endure a great i was born in the North of Scot r scars a Mouth to you and the climate is very Vida something to put frigid so i was prepared for the extreme cold of the Arctic it did not take his superiors Long to fuel out that there was the right kind of stuff in the scotch lad of which to Kinnke a foundations of is sue rapidly promoted from one frugality i position of Trust to another until he 2 1 if Mother seemed to have Xhu extreme cold of lie Arctic re him through life for All i go is and the Long Winter nights had a effect on his yes and he was threatened with color has every there Wai no Way of getting him to a Ood fearing nation of his Host of care of the Neil s he grew older she in which i singly Ali us he speak Rivy train in ill a mans he had with she work when 1 was very Savo very in a mans he religious throughout which in f fast living is something is is always filled at it is never option he received was of for it was and the Grey North country was his Only Hope Lay in his reaching Mont journey of meant great perhaps for he had to travel five Hundred mles by dog Over vast Fields of Snow and the trading posts were few and far Between in the but he determined to take his and be set Cut with three Indian guides for in speak in of the rip he said it was the Winter i Ever experienced Dur ing the thirty years i was stationed in the Snow was unusually which made it harder for the Doss to it must have taken a great Deal of courage to have gone such a distance at that time of the i As he told me of their great i had to do he said eyesight depended upon a Man Nill do anything to save his i never for one moment cloak Ted but what we would reach and we we were nearly when we got the dogs suffered most during the i the operation on his eyes proved Suc but when the time came for him to return to the far North with its everlasting he for to take the trip at that time of the year would be almost certain and his courage about for Sook i was a Factor in the Hudson Bay company at that he with great responsibility resting upon it was that should re turn to the Post As soon As the indians wanted to wait until the warm weather began before we the Snow was so and you i no i had my duty to he everything must give place to ones you the indians insisted that they never could reach the Post the Snow so they were poor died from cold and hardships we were forced to endure before we had gone half Way the other succumbed when we were Over one Hundred Miles from the Ani you i i went it was the Only thing i could not alone i had to there was no other Vay for me to i dont like to that time it was too my Rise in the Hudson Bay company was rapid after i am glad i took the this one instance in his life Only goes to show the indefatigable Energy with it has been he had risen to the position of High commissioner of the Hudson Bay be fore 1870 and was governor of the he had the Honor of being the last resident governor of the Hud son Bay he was president of the Bank of Montreal the time James Hill was trying to set control of the so Paul arid Pacific Ever on the Elert for just such deals As Hill was endeavouring to put Donald Smith furnished the captor to buy the i was very desirous of getting a Road through to Winnipeg at that so As to open up the Hudson Bay coun and or Hills Road offered the Opportunity i was looking he sex in speaking about Hill everybody was doing the talking excepting Hill he said in nobody but Hill knew just what he was even those who vere connected with Hill in the Deal didst know exactly what he was but we had the utmost Confidence in and i want to say the Confidence i placed in Hill at that time has never Ben there has been a great Deal said about Hill defrauding the dutch bondholders out of the but there int a word of truth in Hills transaction throughout the entire Deal was of the most Honor Able the Road Wasin the receivers hands and Hill bought i want to nothing could have been More just than the decision of theunited1 states supreme court in the suit brought by Farley against the owners of the great Northern rail during the first Kiel rebellion Donald was commissioned by Queen Victoria o Nippress the uprising on account of his geat knowledge of the h was so successful in his undertaking that before six months he hid subdued the rebellion and brought the leaders to for this and the great service is had rendered the Dominion As member of parliament the Queen knighted him on the completion of the Canadian Pacific in As sir Donald Knight of the order of Michael and St lord his commissioner of in 1sd7 sir Donald was elevated to the peerage under the title of lord Strathcona mount Royal As a fitting tribute to his Many Noble a most gracious Reward from her majesty on her Diamond his great Success had not dwarfed him or made him unmindful of others As is the Case with so Many who have once been poor and have acquired great on the con lord Strathcona wealth has made him see More clearly the real needs of the and he gives gives with a willing hand to All who he thinks really need his when the people of Montreal were trying to get the Council to the grounds for the Royal Victoria hos lord Strathcona quietly bought ten acres of Choice City property and gave it to the with an addition Al sum of million the Mem Bers of the Board were unanimous for naming the Hospital after lord Strath he would not listen to and insisted it should be called after Queen a common employee of the Canadian Pacific Railroad was and his widow was left penniless with a Large family of children to the the Road for damage she won her the Road appealed it again the poor woman then the big corporation to carry the suit up to the highest courts in eng the widow had no Money to fight the Road any her Law want to be and he subscription deter mined to see Justice done the poor to lord Strathcona heard of the he asked the lawyer How much it would take to carry the suit to eng twelve Hundred was the we have five Hundred of the amount already then put me Down for the said lord that woman i should have the do your Best to get it for and he gave the Money to beat his own when tasked him what he attributed his wonderful Success through life to he said when i was a boy Mother taught me to be honest and save my she was one of the Best women that Ever she made me which was another Good every Mother should teach her Chil Dren to be honest and work save their when i earning Only fifty cents a Clay i saved half of no Man can succeed in life if he spends All he frugality is a necessity in every ones then i prepared myself my every Man should himself for his word i i wish everybody could understand the necessity of preparing a myself for his sir Carnegie when he was and other great his collection of vases is rare and a magnificent suite of rooms in his palatial residence in Dorchester is still known As the Prince of Wales in commemoration of King Edwards visit to the same suite was occupied by the Duka and Duchess of York on their visit to lord Strathcona is very to tha ro3al and is highly esteemed by King he received greater special favors from Queen Victoria than any other peer in the United in spite of his eight two years lord Strathcona is Strong and Vig and possesses a marvellous his Well developed forehead and Snow White hair Elva him a patriarchal his Blue eyes Are filled with intelligence and he takes the liveliest interest in the leading topics of the when talk ing he weighs his words and he has a Way of putting things with such Force that he sweeps everything before Elm Elm May of and Secretary of the provincial department do minion filled pulpit in the methodist Church Here on sunday Wilson and Miller returned their trip Foster have put a in their shop to facilitate matters in their preparations Are being for sports on in the even ing the Elm dramatic club hold their out in the miss of spent last who is teach ing Cooks new House is being rap idly pushed and is begin Hig to 7 the smoking ruins of elevator fort William f a ;