Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 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 1,000 millionaires in the United States, and the man worth from $l0,000,0t)0 to $20,000,000 is so common that liis presence excites little, if any, comment. To-day this nation possesses not only the greatest number of rich mon but also the richest of any on the globe. A list of America’s ten richest men, with the sums they are worth, would be made up as follows: William Waldorf Astor, $1- 0,000,000; Jay Gould, $100,000,00'; John D. Rockefeller, $90,(00,000; Cornelius Vanderbilt, $90,000,0n0; William K. Vanderbilt, $80,000,000; John Jacob Astor, $70,000,000; Henry M. Flagler, $(0,000,000; 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 $700.0 0,000, a sum the vastness of which bailies human comprehension.