Chapter III: Patents the Greatest Source of Wealth

"Upon what meat does this, our Caesar, feed, that he has grown so great?"--Shakespeare.

THE SOURCES OF WEALTH.

_The diagram below shows very } _The cry nowadays is that
clearly the rich men of the world, } there are no chances for
and the source of their wealth_: } accumulating wealth as did
} these people--in some ways
} this is right._
}
} _Three of the avenues to
} wealth are pretty well closed:
} Taking each up in turn we find_

1ST. NATURAL WEALTH. }
}
Secured by Mining, Drilling and } FIRST.
Digging. Examples: }
John D. Rockefeller, } Mines and Oil Wells are becoming
Henry H. Rogers, } scarcer every year, and there
Barney Barnato, } are few which remain undiscovered.
and many others. }

2ND. REAL ESTATE. }
}
Advances in value as by buying } SECOND.
lots in a growing city and taking }
advantage of its growth. Examples: } Real Estate takes an inside
Hetty Green, } knowledge of conditions, which
The Vanderbilts, } none but men who give the
Russell Sage, } subject deep study can hope to
and many others. } acquire.

3RD. TRANSPORTATION. }
}
Steam Railways, Electric Railways, } THIRD.
and Steamboat lines. Examples: }
The Goulds, } Transportation requires
Thomas J. Ryan, } big capital, and the small
E. H. Harriman. } investor on the "outside" has
} no chance whatsoever.

4TH. PATENTS. }
}
Inventions on articles in use in } FOURTH.
the manufactures, the arts, the }
home. Examples: } PATENTS ARE TO-DAY THE
Carnegie, Edison, } GREATEST SOURCE OF WEALTH.
Schwab, Maxim, }
Krupp, Westinghouse, } "Genius, that power which
Pullman, Bell, } dazzles mortal eyes,
Welsbach, Singer, } Is oft but perseverance in
Hewitt, McCormick, } disguise."
Acheson, Colt, }
Marconi, Bessemer, }
and thousands of others. }