ges of _The Congressional Record_, December
12, 1907, from a speech by the Hon. Jeff Davis, United States Senator
from Arkansas. I cannot find in the pages of _The Congressional
Record_ that it made any impression upon the minds of the honorable
senators, but I hope it will make some impression upon your mind, my
friend. It is a good deal easier to get a human idea into the head of
an honest workingman than into the head of an honorable senator!

Don't be frightened by a few figures. Read them. They are full of
human interest. I have put before you some facts relating to the
shameful poverty of the workers and their pitiable condition, and now
I want to put before you some facts relating to the pitiable condition
of the non-workers. I want you to feel some pity for the millionaires!

THE RICHEST FIFTY-ONE IN THE UNITED STATES.

"When the average present-day millionaire is bluntly asked to name the
value of his earthly possessions, he finds it difficult to answer the
question correctly. It may be that he is not willing to take the
questioner into his confidence. It is doubtful whether he really
knows.

"If this is true of the millionaire himself, it follows that when
others attempt the task of estimating the amount of his wealth the
results must be conflicting. Still, excellent authorities are not
lacking on this subject, and the list of the richest fifty-one persons
in the United States has been satisfactorily compiled.

"The following list is taken from Munsey's Scrap Book of June, 1906,
and is a fair presentation of the property owned by fifty-one of the
very richest men of the United States.

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Rank | Name. | How Made. | Total Fortune.
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1 | John D. Rockefeller | Oil | $600,000,000
2 | Andrew Carnegie | Steel | 300,000,000
3 | W.W. Astor | Real Estate | 300,000,000
4 | J. Pierpont Morgan | Finance | 150,000,000
5 | William Rockefeller | Oil | 100,000,000
6 | H.H. Rogers | do | 100,000,000
7 | W.K. Vanderbilt | Railroads | 100,000,000
8 | Senator Clark | Copper | 100,000,000
9 | John Jacob Astor | Real Estate | 100,000,000
10 | Russell Sage | Finance | 80,000,0