The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-28
CARNEGIE'S PHILOSOPHY
INTERESTING ADDRESS BY THE MIL
LIONAIRE LIBRARY FOUNDER.
Advice to Business Men-Indiscrim-
fnate Charity Condemned-An
~ImmoraI Doctrine."

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Andrew Carnegie
was the guest of honor at a dinner given
by the Lotos Club tonight There were
numerous speakers, chief among them be-
ing Andrew Carnegie, President Lawrence,
of the Lotos Club, President Seth Low and
w. Bourke Cochran. In the course of his
speech Mr.. Carnegie said:
CAS- II has been said the future of the
English-speaking race is not to be found on
the shores of Tweed or Thames, but on
those of the Hudson and Mississippi. so L
say the future seat of ship building is to be
found not on the schores of Britain. but on
our Atlantic seaboard. / see nothing to
prevent this country of ours from being the
chief source of supply of steel and the arti-
cles made from steel for the rest of the less
favored world. Our supplies of raw mate
rials, iron, stone. coal, limestone, are supe-
rior to those OF any other known part of
the globe; and we have in the ANGLICAN
workingman. which our stimulating climate
and cur free schools and, l hope, our free
libraries. produce: workingman superior
TO any other that has appeared upon the
earth; more intelligent, quicker, more YER
satile. more progressive and. let me add,
more fair-minded, more Industrious, more
sober and altogether more of a self-respect-
ing man than any other nation has been
favored with.
81 think great mistake of the American
business man is that he thinks that by con-
slant attendance, keeping his nose to the
grindstone, taking few holidays, that he in
sures success. He would be far more sue
cessful IL he played more and drudged less.
And besides. he would have better time.
10 hnx-a f.f fha -
satisfaction, which the philosopher tells us
IS the chief object of Iifes. When he cannot
travel. let him spend some days on the golf
links. the best substitute.
Private charity must be discriminating
tn order TO be useful More pauperism will
be bred by indiscriminate charity. Let "A
multi-miliionaire take his millions To the
slums and call the people together. saying
there Is wrong distribution OF wealth in
the world; you have not got your share:
give to each one of you his share in my
million. Let that be done in the morning
and let the millionaire return at night to
see what good his action has done. and he
Will find not happiness but pandemonium.
Let him distribute another million and an
other million every day for month and
pauperization will increase every day. He
has done more injury in month than he
will do good all the rest of his life.
1T is difficult to help those who don't
help themselves and my preference for
free libraries as a means of helping the
swimming tenth is that libraries give notn-
ing for nothing; in order TO get benefit
there the man must himself read and
study. AS for money given to beggars of
whose needs and habits we are ignorant,
] can conceive OF no use OF money so well
calculated TO increase pauperism and de-
moralize the people.
ITO be popular is easy To be right
when right is unpopular is difficult.
when the passions are reused and the
war fever RACES any man can be popular
who bowls for war. but the most valuable
citizen OF the State at that time will prob
ably be the citizen who opposes the draw
ing of .he sword. The heroes of political
life are not those who stir the lowest pas
sions OF the people, but those who have
stood against their governments demand
ing Justice for countries other than their
own. l repudiate with scorn the immoral
doctrine. our country right or wrong III
my country Is wrong my friend Is wrong
i am their best friend II / endeavor to
show both that for a moment they have
been led astray. have deserted the path of
honor. or mercy. or justice. / have never
written a word which my conscience did
not fmpel me 10 write nor stood for a cause
which | did not consider holy. When my
country Is wrong may she receive the les
son that righteousness exalteth nation
The flag we all love and revere. we love
and revere for what IL stands for Ii
should be the symbol OF what Is right no.
bic and just He is no patriot who encour-
ages his country 10 take the wrong path
Not he who follows but he who leads
public opinion In the right path is the best
citizen who, above all others, should be
most highly honored."