Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1892 — The Income of Millionaires, [ARTICLE]

The Income of Millionaires,

Less than 40 years ago the American millionaire was considered a rare bird, but now there are more than t,OOO millionaires in the United States, and tho man worth from $j 0,000,0 D to $20,0 0,000 is so common that his presence excites little, if any, oorument. T<s-day this nation possesses not only the greatest number of rich men but also the richest of any on ho globe. A list of America’s ten richest men, with the sums they are worth, would be made up as follows: William Waldorf Astor, $i,,0,0()0,000; Jay Gould, $100,000,00' ; John D. Rockefeller, $90,(.00,000; Cornelius Vanderbilt, $90,000,000; William K. Vanderbilt, $80,000,000; John Jacob Astor, $70,000,000; Henry M. Flagler, $60,000,000; John I. Blair, $50,000,000; Leland Stanford, $50,00o,000; Collis P. Huntington, $50,000,000. The fortunes of these ton men foot up the stupendous total of $790,0 'O,OOO, a sum the vastness of which baffles human comprehension.