The herald., 1895-11-27

I brary, q noted institution of learning OIL
a popular church-espccially ii the donor
has reached old age and has one foot on
the edge of the grave, as is the case with
the Pittsburg beneficiary Of special priv.
ilege. He further says: "Tbere must
some times be surplus wealth."
| Yes; so long as we have legislation,
botn federal and local, which enables
one man 10 appropriate a gifs of the Al
mighty to which all other men have an
equal natural right, as valid as the right
of the Appropriation; so long as about 90
per cent of the people are practically shut
off from access to that natural elem ent
without which mona can live, and are
| therefore compelled to either pay toll or
starve; and 80 long as our legislative pol
icy imposes penalties on wealth produc.
ton and offers rswards to speculation
and greed, so long will there BIZ Surplus
wealth. in the hands o: the favored few.
Mr.. Carnegie also said: Il should
much rather be instrumental in bringing
to the working man or woman the taste
for reading than mere dollars"
OF course he would. And This explains
why the great phllanthropist always pays
his employees just as few dollars as pos
sble.
Here IS case where preaching and
practice harmonic. Tho thousands OF
poor w-etches who are shaving their lives
away to make Carnegie richer and richer
do not need money. or the things that
money would buy; their prime necessity
is taste for reading" the amount
of pay they receive for their sweat aud
toni is a small matter compared TO taste
for books. magazines, scientific ESSAYS,
newspapers, art galleries, museums and
such other things as are calculated to eX-
pand the soul and embellish the intellect.
1t is fortunate for Carnegie's slaves trat
he is above papdering to the mere ami
NAL taste for food to the neglect of the
literary taste which must exist some
where in the mind of every wage worker
whose life is devoted to the interests OF
the great and good philant hropist.
Here are few more gems from that
dedication speech: at is the mind that
makes the body rich. There is no class
SO pitiably wretcned as that which DOS
sesses money and nothing else. My as.
pirations take high flight; mine be it 10
have contributed to the enlightenment
of tho spirit, to all that tends to bring
into the lives OF the toilers OF Pittsburg
sweetness and light" The speaker also,
with hardness of cheek such as could
be equaled only by an iron statue of Cap
tain Kidd, congratulates the laboring |
classes on the fac. that the poorest la
borer will contribute his mite Indirectly |
to the support of the library.
In the light of the Homestead opprss-
sous and murders OF 1892, the we'll |
known fact that Carnegie and his assist
ants treat his wage slaves worse than |
almost any man would treat his domestic |
animals, and the further fact that this |
canting hypocrite has gathered in his |
immense fortune by grinding the faces OF
the poor and buying congressional favors
IN the limo of protective tariffs, such |
language, especially when uttered ON |
such an occasion, is worse than hollow
mockery. Words can hardly be found I
hat will ft;ingly describe it.
But Andrew Carnegie Is an oCtgrowth
If our social system. He is no worse at
leart though richer in purse, than are
many others into whose hands the wealth
If the country is being rapidly concsn-
rated. 1t is for the people, who yet hold
m their hands all political power, TO
,hange this horribly unjust and misery
breeding social system into a condition
where the natural rights of every one
will be sacreuly guarded, ana industrial
slavery be numb ered among the bideous |
spectres of the past.