Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1893 — 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 4,000 millionaires in the United States, and the man worth from $10,0(10,000 to $20,000,000 is so oommon that his presence excites little, if any, comment. To-day this nation possesses not only the greatest number of rich men but also the richest of any on the globe. A list of America’s ten richest men, with the Bums they are worth, would be made up as follows: William Waldorf Astor, $150,000,000; Jay Gould, $100,000,000; John D. Rockefeller, $90,000,000; Cornelius A’anderbilt, $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, $50,000,000; Collis P. Huntington, $50,000,000. The fortunes of these ten men foot up the stupendous total of $790,000,000, a sum the vastness of which baffles human comprehension.