New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-13
A BENEFACTOR OF THE RACE.
MR.. CARNEGIE HAS PROVED HIS UNsElFlsh
MOTIVES.


To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: AS a pointed and pertinent contribution 10
the volume of contention the tariff ana pro-
lection question had the pleasure OF COPYING
into to-day's Chronicle the letter written 10 you
under date Of January by Mr.. Andrew Carhesie'
and The Tribunes reply. In that reply ana eSPe-
cally in briefer editorial in The Tribune uaY
mr. ca thereafter Won bitterly impugn the motives
that actuated Mr.. Carnegie (and inferentially MS
steel company. and you impute to him chaii u
scheming designs and desires which Involve ue
gree of moral turpitude that would do creuit 10
"Rill" Tweed or Jack the Slasher." You suggest
that Mr. Carnegie and his steel company uhder the
manarement Of Mr.. H. c. Frick, conscious OF the
power of their large capitalization OF their strength
to endure the pressure and debilitating resu.s Vi
a tariff for revenue only are ready TO acquesce
in the adoption by both parties Of destructive ~"
tariff as a permanent compromise OF the ques'lo"
bocause Of the certainty that II would Involve IN
irretrievabe ruin all their steel-makin6 rivals Inc
Carnegie Steel Company, thus SURVIVING "ou,u
fall heir TO q monumental monopoly thaI "ou'u
for decades bar all rivalry. Thus, by the strahgu-
lation OF their fellows. they would live ana uiu-
matelv prosper This Interpretation or MT Car
neoie's letter attributes to him and his associates
including Manager Frck. cruel and inhumah mo
tives that are not manifest In the UNIFORM hoei-
atty of the steel company toward their le'o"-oo-
workers in all their Industrial eslaplshihe"'S'
This nberality was conspicuously disclosed IN the
bellion a year or so ago. and more recently III the
conduct Of Mr.. Carnegie and the steel company
with reference to the suffering unemployed IN flts-
burg-a contribution Of s. 900 day, unparalleled
i'm munficence-and in starting up their steer ~
giving employment to tens OF thousands vi uIs
tressed people, though at a daily loss TO 'ie coi
pany of thousand of dollars 1870 l., o,,r editorial
Do YOU not think that you have In your eulo 9
strictIres referred to-your imputation to MI Car
necie of sordid selfish, unkind motives, OF low
cunning and hypocrsy-done grieyous lhIusuc 60, -
this great steel company. headed by AhdreW ar
neoie and H c. FrCk. men whose careers VI
energy crowned with good luck, are bright exam
nles for the announcement and guidance OF amer
can vouth? What is there in the careers Oh tntse
en- tarnrisinr manufacturers and developers Snow
Ing Of desDcabe acts of hypocrisy, OF cruelty anu
m3anness toward their rivals or comieutor9S ,. w
any acts of dishonor? Have not they peeh laIse
and constant employers of industry at generous
wages? Has not that contributed unmeasuteu nap
niness 10 their race? Has not that employ nhellt
with its high scale of wages for expert Worhi ~
abled thousands of employees 20 acquire iIlue
pendence, homes, and rear families OF lhe"ise''
citzens2 . $3.50 ..tIad +bav
II is not sufficient answer to say Ha a9 t tney
not provided this employment others would nav, haNe
done so That depends. Others are not no" uoH'S
so to any alarming extent. , =, o,.,. oo,,ro 90
7 esteem the men who by their sagacity, couraSe,
energy and large organizing capacity, estap,lsn1
nnedea and successful Industrial enterprises that
create from bounteous nature in the fousn' ,IiS
forms and substances essential to ciVilzatoh anu
rropress which contribute to the agsregate snpstah
tal happiness of mankind, as real Denelac1oIS VI
the human race. Conspicuous among these pace
| Henry G. Frick and Andrew Carnegie;
Washington, Jan. IA. 1894 }. q. IHoMrsO-N'