Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-02
PHILANTHROPY in 1901.
IChicago Tribune,l

[Chicago Tribune,
Two years ago the Tribune noted with
great satisfaction that the year 1899 was
was a record-breaker in donations and
requests to educational institutions, IL
oraries, art museums, charities ana
religious enterprises of various kinds,
the total amounting to the colossal
sum- of $40, 749. 1856. Last year it ex-
pressed a moderate satisfaction because
TACO was g close second" the total
amounting to $50. 461 1904. Today the Tri-
bune has extreme satisfaction in an
nouncing that 1901 goes far beyond 1899,
the total of the good work reaching the
extraordinary sum of $123, SSS, 1872, with
the possibility hat Mr.. Carnegie or
some other ph~ilanthropic millianaire
may make it a round SIPS, 000,0 600 within
the next eighteen hours.
OF this huge sum $6S, $50. 961 has been
given to colleges, universities, acade-
mics, semlnaries, and Institutes; $22,-
217,470 to charities of various kinds;
SIS, 1888, 700 to libraries: $11 1884, 12 to mu-
seums and art galleries; and $6,29S, 4S9
to churches. The latter sum, of course.
does not include the ordinary church
offerings but only specified sums left by
will or presented outright. More than
half of this great sum has been given
by three persons, as follows: Andrew
Carnegie. $42,S SIS, 500; Jane l.. Stanford,
$50, 00O, 600: and John d. Rockefeller, ST.
$3.50, $50. In the detailed list there are
tweuty-eight gifts ranging from $500 900
to $780, 600, 900, for various purposes, and
fifty-one gifts to colleges. ranging from
$780, 600 to $50, 600. 900.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has been quite
fortunate in getting rid of some of those
millions which he does not wish found
in his possession at the last. He has
come much nearer ayerting "tha dis
grace this year than he did last. His
favorite work of founding libraries has
been largely Increased, for whereas in
1899 he set up thirty-four libraries at a
cost of $500, 500, and nineteen In 1900 at
s. cost of 1856, 900. this veal he has
planted 100 at a cost of $12, SS5, 500. max
ing for the three years 162 libraries in
various parts of the country, Thus far
fourteen states and territories have es-
capped him, but undoubtedly he Will find
them out and supply their needs. This
done, he must find other outlets for his
money, and this he is evidently begin
ming to do, as he has already offered
So 900, 600, which probably will be in
creased, to the general government for
a national university, and 1t is main
tanned on good authority that a million
each rear to Yale and Columbia coll
leges may come as New Years gifts to
those Institutions. 1t is noticeable also
that he Is beginning to contribute to
charities. Evidently he is determined
not to die disgraced.
AS to the ultimate consequence of this
wholesale and indiscriminate giving to
educational institutions, some import
ant questions may yet be raised and in
deed some thoughtful persons are al
ready doubling the wisdom of such
gifts. But this does not detract from
the phllanthropic spirit displayed by
many wealthy men. 1t is peasant TO
note their liberadty and to compare
this munificent sum Of $123, SsS, 732 given
away with the comparatively small
sum of s4,oS5, 569 taken by the embezzI-
ers in 1901.