Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-09
One Millionaire Discerning the
Signs Of the Times.

One Millionaire Discerning the
Signs Of the Times
Mr.. Carnegie, the great iron King
of Pennsylvania, and millionaire, !
in his recent paper in the North /
american ReUjelU, on the distribution |
Of wealth, contends that the million |
aire should distribute his wealth In |
his lifetime He says the good time |
is rapidly approaching when earnest |
and thoughtful men, into whose ]
hands great streams of wealth flow, !
will dispense the surplus year by
year for the public good; that the day
Is dawnIng when it will be a disgrace
for men to die immensely rich; that
although the laws of accumulation
Will be left free, and individnalism
will continue, the millionaire will be
but trustee for his poor brother, and
the true gospel of wealth be so learn
ed as to bring peace on earth among
men Good WILL
Let a long ''credit mark" be placed
opposite the name of Millionaire
Carnegie. He has caught a glimpse
Of the better day coming, when sit
will be a disgrace for a man to die
immensely rich" The great danger
that has the past twenty-five years
grown up in this country, to wit: the
aggregation of vast wealth in the
hands of few grasping, selfish men,
whose cry is ''more," ''more," is be
gining to alarm all patriots and low
ers of our republican institutions, and
at least one millionaire has raised his
voice for a different and better con
ditiOn Of things.
Col. Bob Ingersoll recently declar-
that he was ashamed to wear the good
clothes he did wear, and to live in so
good a house and eat from so bounti-
fully supplied a table, when all over
the city in which he resided were
such heart rending cases of destitu-
ton and want. Men old, broken
down, homeless, sick and destitute
children hungry, nearly naked, and
dying like sheep from the want of
the necessaries of life; young girls
driven to prostitution for bread and
shelter, and yet scores of millionaires
in that city worth from ten to two
hundred millions of dollars, residing
in mansions, living riotOusly every
day, enjoying untold wealth, and yet
not satisfied with what they already
have, are grasping for more. Not
content with all the luxuries of earth,
with their mountains of greed, they
cOnspire together to pool their mil
lions, and form trusts" for the pur-
pose Of creating a monopoly on the
necessaries Of life, and if possible, in
crease their gains by crowding the
unprotected and already PowerIess
poor into a lower and more destitute
condition. Let honor be accorded tc
Mr. Carnegie, the one millionaire
who observes the drift of things. and
who hopes to see a better day dawn
He does not point to the remedy fol
the evil complained Of but thinks
that a time will come when "'the mil
lionaire will be but trustee for his
poor brother" and there will be
"Peace on earth among men Good
will"
I believe that day will come, too
but not of itself, not without the eff
fort of people to bring it. Every one
who desires to see that time come
must talk, write, work and vote tc
create d sentiment which will hold il
to be not only "a disgrace to die i'm
mensely rich" but to acquire i'm
mense riches by methods thought t6
be all right now. We must create {
sentiment that will make it unpOpu
lar and unlawful to water corpora
ton stocks. to Corner the necessa.
ries of life, to fitch from another by
speculative motives, his honest earn
ings, to charge usurous interest, or t.
take advantage of others by monOpo
Hstic methods. Moreover we must
as a people, not only recognize in ou
every day business affairs, but prae
tice the Golden Rule to " do unit,
others as we would that they should
do unto US"
Next to the liquor traffic the nordi
nate desir e to acquire wealth is tn
greatest curse of mankind. Mr. Car
ncgie remarks that in that good timr
coming ''the laws of accumulation
and distribution viii be left free, an,
indiriCualisrn will cOntinne-u If b