Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-01

preaching his cheerful gospel Of wealth.
the main principle Of which is that ''sur-
plus wealth should BE- considered asa
cred trust TO be administered by those
into whose hands II fails during their
livcs for tho good Of tho community
It Is true there are those who insist that
tho wealth might better DO In the hands
Of tho community itself to administer
"its own soif' as Il thinks best. but this
Is not for moment Millionaire Carne.
gies noliou.
Republican though hc is. owing MI he
has. aa he gratefully acknowledges. to n
country where men have ut least some.
thing approaching equal Opportunity TO
make the best they can OF themselves.
Mr. Carnegie apparently cannot still d.
vest himself Of the old idea that there
must be boss or master 70 "adminis
ter" things for people, even though he
does Il for their own good. He scents to
forget, this benevolent millionaire, that
tho only way community will over
learn to be capable and forcoful. 10 take
care Of itself. is 70 have experience for
itself Through mistakes aud pain and
darkness. oftenilmcs through sin even.
mon and'woinen gropc upward into the
light We mnst ali have oor own en-.
pcricnce for ourselves.
But Mr.. Carnegie deserves the thanks
Of this community, which he Is benovo-
lcntly DESTROYS Of assisting, for demol.
ishing one popular fallacy, and dwelling
earnestly and cnphaticnlly on the proofs
that Il II n failacy. This Is the belief
that while tho rich grow richer tho poor
must necessarily growpoorer. liequotes
from the United States census 70 show
that while in 1850 the average size of
farms In tho United States was 900 acres.
In 1880 II was i9i acres Some facts In
his paper In The Nineteenth Century are
well worth careful consideration.
Hc contends that the increase OF mill
ionaircs necessarily means increased
prosperity for community at large.
While millionaircs are rspidly increas
ing-aa they certainly hrc IN our time
Mr.. Carnegie points 10 statistics TO show
that paupcFism Is diminishing. In the
United States In 1850 tho whole number
Of persons dependent on public charity
was i've In u thousand. aud there are
moro millionaircs In the United Statos
than anywhere else In Great Britain
tho public charity charges ut tho ame |
time were thirty.ihrce per thousQnd, but
happily panpcrism In Great Britain IL
diminishing 30 much that II 4 now only
one-fourth Of whit IL was formerly. AZ
the same timo millionaircs In Great
Britain nr. increasing In number.
The cconomists who contend that NJ |
the rich grow ficher the poor must nee.
essarily grow poorer do not take into |
confederation one factor In tho compu.
tation. and That Il tho constant addition
al creation Of wealth through the indus
try and enterprise Of man. Thcy go on
tho superstition that the supply Of wealth
Ia n constant quantity, that there Is only
90 much money to 20 around. and while
ono person gots more Of Il everybody
elso must got less. but no superstition is
more erroneorA
Mr.. Carnegie also calls attention to tho
fact that tho fortunes Of millionalres an,
not made chiefly when times are hard
and employers are compelled TO pay low
wages, but when affairs aro prosperous
and the worldngmon's wages are highest.
Among the great advantages poor
boy has over rich one this cheerful
millionaire counts the having Of father
and mother OF his own and tho not be-.
ing compelled to DO brought up by
nurses and goycrntEseA He says on this
points
Among many advantages arising. not from
the transmission uf hereditary wealth aud po-
t'tlnn, bot from the trans fnission OF hereditary
poverty aud health" thcro IL ono which, 70
my mind. oyeswelyhs all tho Others combined.
y u not permitted Tho chlldrcn " klng, milf
lohaira or noble 10 have father aud mother In
the close and realizing scnso ~ tho.s faeroi
terms. The name 81 father and the boiler
nAng Of mother, i.fe but namcs 10 thgehlld OF
tho rloh and tho noble. To tho poor boy ihoso
arc tho words lac ooninrcs with ibis gildci, the
anchors ~ lila soul. the objects u his alteration.
Neither nuns. servant, govurncss nor tutor Ia.
come bctween him and his parents IN hia
father he has had tutor. companion. counselor
aud Judge. II a not given 10 the born million
alfo, noble or ~ nee 10 dwell upon such a
heritage A. u his who has had In Nj. mother
nurse, ssamstrcsa teacher. insplror, salnt-hls
all IN all.
Hereditary wealth and poaition tend to rob
father end mother u their children, and tic
children Of father aud mothe.