, 1902-02-17

all the world to-day, as he
has announced that his re-
wv naming years will be de-
Y voted to doing the best
with his many millions
while ne lives, lot after he dies.
In Dracticing giving as an art John
u. Rockefeller also stands at the head
of the list in his particular way. as he
Is working hard for more millions.
and at the same time giving them
away with open but discriminating
hand.
The eyes Of the world are upon
these two-the a of iron and steel
and the man of oil.
Andrew Carnegie has the start OF
John ID. Rockefeller in years Of earn
ing millions and in the giving Of them.
Men who know say that the tinal score
of both will dazzle the world. when all
Is said and done.
Presumably. despite his weight of
years. the "canny Scot" is as alert to
affairs and as lightning-like in deci-
sion as Rockefeller, but he has cast all
business aside. and in No. ) West
Fifty-first street, New York. meets
men of affairs in the city and commit
tees from other cities and works only
to give. give and give.
In No. 4 West Fifty-fou.tt street.
only three blocks away. Rockefeller
spends his leisure time hearing the
reports of a man to whom he pays
100000 a year to investigate concerns
worthy of assistance.
C%arnegie's early bent was church
organs. He began giving them away
in the early eighties. and no less than
100 churches in different parts of the
country received them. Then he took
up libraries, and hasn't dropped them
yet, though he grew to university size
through. many benefactions. to the
$10,000.000 endowment for Washing
ton. That greater still is contemplate
ed is only saying what has been proved
by his every step.
A careful calculation of all his
known b~enefactions shows them to
reach $46.637. 1852. This is outside OF
his private gifts. relief for workmen.
endowments for hospitals or subscrip-
lions to churches or charitable organ
izations.
A personal friend called on him not
long ago. and said he had a splendid
thing to be done. and Carnegie was
the man to do it. Mr.. Carnegie lis
tened %intently. then abruptly asked
how much money was needed.
1.-TWO hundred thousand dollars"
said the friend. somewhat timidly.
Mr.. Carnegie made a slight gesture
Of impatience. rs that all?' he said.
Don't bother me with such sums.
Tell me where l can spend millions
with lasting benefit to the people. and
I will listen.
In his benefactions the mind of
John d. Rockefeller turns to churches
and educational institutions. Com
ing from a close communion Baptist
family. that church and its branches
have reaped vast benefits from such
afiliation. AS an instance, his gifts
of more than 50. 900. 900 to the Univer.
sity Of Chicago may be cited. Again.
he promised four years ago to dupli-
cate every dollar raised for church
work by the Baptist City Mission of
New York. What this alone has
amounted to only Mr.. Rockefeller
knows. as his money has been spread
in mission and church work from
Harlem to Japan and India.
In recent years the sums he has
given have grown larger and larger,
and he is frequently the unknown
donor" when Yale. Harvard. Smith.
Columbia and such institutions issue
reports of endowments. or missionary
societies receive unexpected and pow
erful aid in pushing Bible teachings
In foreign lands. Despite the fact
that everything Rockefeller gives Is