Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1902 — He Refuses to Write. [ARTICLE]

He Refuses to Write.

That a man can successfully conduct a vast business for a number of years without writing or signing a letter seems to be incredible in this age of universal letter-writing, but it is said that J. Edward Addicks, who is president of a dozen corporations, never writes or signs a communication of any description. Some years ago Mr. Addicks, according to the story, wrote a hasty letter to an old friend and business associate, but, by some fortunate accident, it was not mailed. The next day the injustice of the letter was so strongly impressed upon his mind that he vowed that he would never write another letter. He has telephones in each of his four homes, in those of all his confidential agents and employes, and in the private offices of all of the many corporations with which he is identified, and all are paid for by him personally, and all are supposed to be for his exclusive use. His secretary conducts all of the usual correspondence of his office.—Philadelphia Post.