Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1919 — PICKING UP THAT PIN. [ARTICLE]

PICKING UP THAT PIN.

A story told of E. H. Harriman, who j died leaving an estate of $75,000,000, credits him with one day picking up a' small steel letter clip dropped on the floor by a careless employee. *Td Hke to have as my annual Income,” said Mr. Harriman, “the value of material thrown away every year by I Indifferent workers in tht* offices and factories of America. In a few years fd be the richest mad in the world.” *