Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-04
A ,IILLIoNAIRE SOCIALIST.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie PrOclaims i'm
Favor of SOciaIistIc Doctrines.

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie PrOclaims i'm
Favor of SociaIistIc Doctrines.
PITTsBURG- PA, Jan. IA sensation
will be caused by the publication tO-mOr-
row Of an interview with Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie. o. the Edgar Thomson Steel
Works and many other industrial estab-
lishments, in which he prOclaims himself
a Socialist and an advocate Of SOcialistlc
principles. Mr.. Carnegie is millionaire,
the author of several works, and has
been referred to by " illiam Black, nov
elist, the ''star spangled y ankee."
Hlr. Carnegie recently spoke in favor Of
Socialism at a meeting Of the Nineteenth
Century Club in New York. at which
John SwintOn was present. Mr.. STintOn
in his paper proclaimed Mr.. Carnegie
Socialist, and when Mr.. SWintons re-
marks were shown to Dir. Carnegie while
here he said: eyes. Mr. SwintOn was
present at that meeting, but he draws
things out. But come, walk with me to
the station and we can talk. ] did speak,
as he says, Of the snObs of this country
and the lords of the other, for the time is
coming when there will be aehange to all
this. TIE an evOlutiOnist and a student OF
history it is plain that wOrkingmen must
rise in the future as they have in the
past. Once they were all serfs, and just
as sure a6 they have obtained the al
vantages they possess to-day just so sure
are they TO improve still further"
But are you a Socialist" was asked.
Il believe Socialism is the grandest
theory ever presented, and am sure some
day il viii rule the world. Then we will
have obtained the millennium" said Dir.
Carnegie.
you hope that the lion and the lamb
will lie down side by side, all things be
equal, and that profits Will share and
share alike?' THAT is the state we are
g
to work for the general welfare and share
their riches with their neighboTs," an
sweTed Mr.. Carnegie.
Are YOU prepared now to divide your
wealth." was asked, and Mr.. Carnegie
smiled. mo, not at present, but ! DO not
spend much on myself. give away every
year seven or eight times as much as 1
spend for personal comforts and pleas
ures. Working people have my full SYM
patty, and l always extend a helping
hand. | am WOrkingman, and in my
young DAYS worked in a cotton mill and
ran an engine. In all my life l suppose l
have done more work than any emplOye l
have ever had. l believe in advancing
worthy employees, and l carry out those
ideas on all occasions, as is witnessed by
the young men l have gathered about me.
Speaking of the present position of the
WOrklngman, believe COOPERATION is his
nope"
''Still, Mr.. Carnegie, you have closed
down the Edgar Thomson Works, and
some people Will wonder how you can
hold such principles and throw your en-
plOyes into idleness," was said.
The wOrkmen are to blame for that"
In what respectY2
"They allow other Bessemer mills to
work at less wages than we p9y. There
is the Pennsylvania Steel Mill at Harris
burg, Were they can make and sell steel
rails at so ton. We cannot do it, and
must close rather than manufacture rails
10 sell at less than cost, l am firm
friend of the An.algamated Association,
and no one ever heard Of my having
trouble with them"
The Pittsburg Bessemer Steel Works at
Homestead, in which Mr.. Carnegie is in
terested, has posted a reduction Of wages
running from 3 to 10 per cent. The works
at present are shut down. About 1,200
men are interested.