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“ The house of H. A. Metz and Company, and Farbwerke-Hoechst Company, with main offices in New York City have branches in Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Charlotte, N. C., Montreal, Toronto, and Hamburg. A purely American enterprise in the same field which he has brought to great success is the Consolidated Color and Chemical Company, with factories at Newark, N. J. He has also lately established in Brooklyn the H. A. Metz Laboratories where certain important and essential drugs, hitherto made only in Germany, are successfully manufactured. ”

“ A member of the Chamber of Commerce in the State of New York, member of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Berlin, and American Chamber of Commerce in Paris. He was chairman of the Finance Committee and director of the North American Civic League for Immigrants and vice-president (for New York State) of the National Rivers and Harbors Commission. There is scarcely any branch of human activity into which his strong hand does not reach. ”

“ He has the genuine instinct of the true philanthropist, combining a deep interest in all movements for the betterment of his fellows, with large benefactions to them all, irrespective of race or creed. ”

“ METZ, Herman A., man of affairs and publicist, b. in New York City, 19 Oct., 1867, son of Edward J. and Frances Metz, both natives of Germany who came to the United States in 1848. He was born on the lower East Side whence so many self-made men have sprung, and his earliest years were marked by toil and self-sacrifice. It has always been his proud boast that after he had attained his twelfth year, he never cost his parents a penny. While attending the public schools he earned enough money selling newspapers to cover his living expenses. ”

“ A large part of his time, too limited for even his personal affairs, is devoted to hearing and helping the innumerable many who keep calling on him for aid and comfort. Still in his active and youthful prime, he is now devoting his attention to his large business affairs. ”

“ His personal and private character can scarcely better be described than in the words of the great journal already quoted which at the time of his candidacy for Comptroller of Greater New York said of him: “American by birth, German by descent, he is a scholarly, broajd-minded, enterprising and honorable business man. ”

“ The town of Auburn includes the village of Stoneville nearly all of whose land, buildings, water-rights, etc., belong to the Stoneville Company, of which he is the president. In his various business enterprises he employs over 2,000 people. ”