This character's plain daughter eventually marries the wealthy Tom Corey.
A line in which this character criticizes Jews for sending down the price of real estate was removed in subsequent editions. This character wishes he could speak up and say a poor man "didn't envy any one his good luck" after a character claims he would break into a rich man's house and sleep on his piano if he were poor. The novel in which this character appears opens with him being interviewed for the series "Solid Men of Boston" by (*) Bartley Hubbard. This character's plain daughter eventually marries the wealthy Tom Corey. This character refuses to cheat English investors by selling them mills on land that has been devalued by railroads in a scheme proposed by Milton Rogers. For 10 points, name this businessman in the paint industry whose "Rise" titles a novel by William Dean Howells.
A line in which this character criticizes Jews for sending down the price of real estate was removed in subsequent editions.
Silas Lapham [accept The Rise of Silas Lapham; prompt on Lapham]