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Necessary Conditions.

II he had quoted some OF the state
meuts Of labor leaders and Mr.. Car
negie's answers 10 their objections Il
would Rave been more 10 the point. he
says. in rebuttaI Of Nj. Garland's tacit
accusations Of the Homestead employer.
that the conditions 50 woeful in appear
ance are such as must accompany the
development Of any steel industry under
the present conditions OF competition.
In this connection il may be worth
while TO read the description which Won
schierbrand, in his work on Germany.
recently published. gives OF the Krupp
steel works Those who have seen both
can best judge whether the latter has
painted things with too cheerful color
ing. or whether something is the matter
with the conclusions Of Mr.. Carnegie and
his bioErapher. or with the very blue
picture painted by Mr.. Garland. The
biographer says.
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tainly not the man to De left rather
is he the man 20 leave others.
"E7a IS a typical American employer.
Nowhere has the drive and strain been
more intense and the discipline more
rigorous and unbendinE than IN the
works Of the Carnegie Company But
II Mr. Carnegie drives his men hard, he
pays them well. He claims that the
wages paid in his works have been from
10 10 10 per cent higher than in any other
works OF a similar nature in the United
States. Inside his works he vsas In that
respect superior 10 the typical American
employer and outside he Is far ahead OF
his cnrunercinl brethren
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the great mass OF workingmen who earn
fair wages.
These places are by no means all at
tain able by the man who works his way
up from the ranks. Some OF them are
secured by younger men who have had
better opportunities. Some 80 by favor.
At all events. there are not nearly
enough to 90 around. and it is safe 10
say that two-thirds Of the good men
never get any such reward, however
much they may deserve il.
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Capital and Labor.

There has been more discussion over
the matter in the last twenty years
than in two generations before Whether
the employer should establish schools.
libraries. hospitals. alnshouses, for
those who work under him. whether he
should take cosnizauce Of personal char
acter as well as OF efficiency in hiring
and promoting his workmen. whether
he should make his personality felt
among them. or remain an impersonal
force-these are questions which have
been talked over with enthusiasm on
one sido and cynicism on the other, and
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In regard 70 the colonial policy OF
Germany he is also disposed to eriti-
else He finds the chief fault OF the
present administration OF colonial al
fairs to be overmueh red tape. Where
as fhe pioneers IN a new country are
usually men OF unusual enterprise and
vigor. not particularly tolerant Of re-
straint. and for that very reason should
be let alone 70 make the most Of their
new surroundings, the author declares
that the German government 50 ham
pers them with restrictions that they
fail to make that success attained By
English and American eolonists under
similar circumstances
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vious that the interests Of capital ana
labor are in the long run Identical; the
question which is botherlng everybody ~
present is how to advance both AZ once
so that all reasonable men will be salts
fed. In the EFFORT to DO this Mr. Car
negie has probably made mistakes; but
he is not alone IN that branch OF manu-
facture.
a trait which has done more perhaps
to injure Mr.. Carnegie IN public opinion
than any other one thing is his tendency
to give sententious Judgments on mat
tiers still holly discussed. There is
abundant evidence of this habit OF his IN
the present biography Repeatedly the
author makes quotations from his
speeches or writings embodying his con-
victions, and they are always framed in
language indicating that this Is the last
word on the subject. and there cannot
possibly be any other side.
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Three Millions Expended.

'On the erection Of the various work
mems colonies above enumerated the
firm has laid out altogether a sum ag-
gregating considerably over $4,000. 600.
yielding interest Of between III and ?
per cent only. and in the planning o.
buildings and the choice and embellish-
ment OF sites for this purpose the IN
tagging practice has been one Of steady
Improvement
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The Krupp Colonial System.

Some OF the other chapters are cram
med with statistics. valuable and in
teresting. on the progress of Germany.
the state of her commerce, and the
general condition Of the people. One
which merits attention from students OF
sociology is that in which the Krupp
Works are described.
It appears that in the colony OF work
ers employed here a state OF pseudo
feudaI protection exists. somewhat
similar to that created by William
Morris in England. and attempted with
more or less success by large en-
pIoyers Of labor in this country. 1t Is
stil a vexed question how far the CAPT
talist is responsible for the welfare OF
his workmen; how far his personal in
nuence can 90 toward making them bet
ter. more able. more intelligent men,
without pauperizing them.
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His is an unusually complex mind
He himself proclaimed on memorable
occasion. 4 am an up-to-date man;
and in many respects this is true More
than any other living monarch ne shows
appreciation Of and interest in the ever
increasing victories Of applied science in
the material world. New and startling
inventions and discoveries and i'm
provemeuts in medicine. in electrotech-
mics. in shipbuiIding, in teleEaphy, in
the postal service. receive his instant
and enthusiastic appreciation and helr,
and he spares neither time, pains nor
influence to appropriate them for the
naffOu whose head he Is.
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Morality Declining.

The author is somewhat pessimistic on
the subject OF militarism in Germany.
regarding il, as many do in this coun-
Try. as a Bills ting force tending TO gen.
era1 mediOcrity. in spite OF its beneficial
effects in intoxicating discipline, cleanli-
ness. etc. He also says some uncom-
plimentary things regarding the average
OF morality in the country. which he de-
elares to be lower than it was a genera
tion ago
This decline he sscribes to the in
creased cost OF married life. which has
advanced the average age OF marriage
from the twenties to thirty and even
forty years.
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PrinceIy Generosity.

One OF his epigrams is 10 the effect
that If any man wants real power in
this world he must handle the pen.
However. the abundance OF Mr.. Car
negie's verbal largesse should not be
allowed 10 obscure his generosity in
other directions generosity which has
been called princely so many times that
the word has lost its significance. There
factions, and they are certainly import
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There is a scrap or paragraph about
the land OF his birth. here quoted from
"An American fourth Hand in Brit
ain" which is a gem; and e would b
a pity 20 miss It. This is il:
It's a Gods mercy J was born =
Scotchmsn. for I do not see how I could
ever have been contented to be any
thing else. The little pIucky dour dee
vii. set on her own ways and getting
them, TOO, level headed and shrewd. with
an eve 10 the main chance always, ana
yet so lovingly weak. so fond. so led
away by song or story, 50 easily touched
10 fine issues. so leal. so true"
And that Is as good as anything that
ever was written about the Land O.
Cakes. tNew York; Doubleday. Page =
Co..
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Competition memorable.

What reply does Mr.. Carnegie "r
any other employer make when easier
conditions are suggested He tells you
that 81 Is impossible unless all manufac-
ticalIy the same conditions; competition
r. iuexorabIe. u these measures were
not adopted they would be left behind
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Dying IN Disgrace.

A fair example is that remark which
has already passed Into a proverb OF the
day. that a man who dies rich dies dis
graced. Another is this quotation from
his views on the question whether a man
is too old at forty:
A man at forty who is in search Of
something 20 do has prima facie case
against him. Long before he is forty
he should have shown himself 10 be In
dispcnsabIe and received either a high
salary or an interest in the business"
Although this autocratic dictum prob
ably expresses the idea OF a IGazc ma
jority Of the well-to-do element in our
land. it none the less proves the speak
or TO be in Grass Ignorance OF important
facts I'm our business conditions. IL ought
to be obvious that there are only a few
places for men with high salary or an
interest in the business. compared with
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loved ones-aIways providing. O. course.
that mis- behavior Is what may reason
ably be expected. and that his services
last for longer than a short spell.
No Labor Troubles There.

1T would require good-sized volume
to describe in detail these institutions
and provisions and their genesis. and.
indeed, books have been written on this
subject ere now. Space. however, will
permit Of but a cursory glance at the
whole interes ting topic. a topic OF
transcendent interest to all large en-
ployers the world over. for there can be
no doubt that it has been owing chiefly.
If not solely. to this comprehensive care
taken OF the workmen that such a thing
as a strike or even a threat Of one has
never troubled the firm in the long his
tory Of its existence. and this despite
the greatest efforts made on many oc-
casions to foment dissatisfaction.
The relations between the Krupps and
their hosts Of toilers have remained un-
varyingIy cordial and intimate. differing
In this respect enormously from those
commonly obtaining in the empire be
tween the wealthy employer and his
men
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The Labor Market.

1t ought TO be plain to any reason
able person that the best state OF So
ciety is that in which there is room
in the labor market for a man as long
as he can do a full days work; not
that in which the young man must
shoulder the support of his parents
as well as his growing family. and
look forward to the old age OF a
loafer. when men OF forty seek work
in large numbers there is something
wrong, not with them, but with the
condition OF society.
With Mr. Carnegie's views on interna-
tionaI politics the public is less famil-
lar than with his views on labor. He
strongly hopes, as those who have read
his books are aware, that this country
and England viii one day be united as
a joint republic. There is reason 20
suppose that the statesmen OF both
countries consider this idea extremely
wild, but al any rate il illustrates the
ironmaster's independence OF thought
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He now earnestly seeks a rapproche-
ment. His sending his brother over here
was but the latest and most striking
proof. Yet it is quite natural that be
should not like the American. A man of
his political views. believing in a govern
ment by divine right, in a strong govern
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Statesmen Ahead of Public.

This is especially true in statesman
ship. since the ordinary statesman is a
grade or two ahead OF public sentiment;
he is too subtle to gain its sympathy,
though he may have its awe and admira-
ton The man who is simple Of heart
and complex OF mind is apt TO win the
enthusiasm OF the people. and with the
nation at his back, he does great things.
part Of this psychological analysis
the author brings out quite clearly in his
study of the Kaiser. adducing hundred
instances Of his conservatism Of feeling
Particularly interesting to readers in
this country are some Of the speeches OF
the Kaiser. concerning America. which
are quoted. The author says.
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ress Of the people
Identical Interests.

The story OF the great strike is told
with some detail. and there probably viii
be two opinions on the selection of the
details which have gone in There seems
no reason 20 doubt that from his poir Of
view Mr.. Carnegie has done an tina. he
can 20 secure harmonious relations
between capital and labor. and that he
is as DESTROYS as anyone 20 preserve
such relations 10 the country at large.
The difference OF opinion between. him
and his feliow-employer and the labor
leaders and sociologlsts is largely on
the question Of methods. It seems OBJ
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nation whose head he is.
eff | Rest I Rust"

Die welt steht i'm zeichen des Yer
tehrs' Ohis is an era OF rapid transiD
was another oft-quoted saying OF his.
Perhaps the most significant motto,
however. was the one which he adopted
while still a boy. during the days he
went to the public school in Cassel-his
.Rast, icb so rost' ich' or rest I rustD.
which gives the keynote 10 his restless
energy-a restlessness so much at vari-
ance with the typical German character
as TO have started those never-ending
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d NEWS AND VIEWS or BOOKS IND THEIR MIKE
!, ERMANY. The welding Of a

EG@ ERMANY; The Welding Of a
" world Power by Wolf Won
Sutherland. is work
which has attracted an unusual amount
OF attention. both from its subject and
from the way in which the author has
handled his abundant material The in
creasinE Importance Of Germany as a
factor in our own international rela-
ticns. tho large German-American Gle
ment in our civilization. and the growing
realization that serious and scientific
study Of the Efe and history OF other
nations is necessary to intelligent COM
prahension OF our position with regard
10 them. all have contributed to the in
terest awakened by this unique charac-
ter-study.
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Anecdotes Of His Youth.

For the most part. as one may suppose
II Is highly euIogistic. II is picturesque
ly written. and contains many anecdotes
OF Mr.. Carnegic's boyhood and OF his
private life. One which is 20 be found
in an early chapter illustrates the fact
that 81 truth Is not always stranger than
hction f. often reads like fiction
The story IL so pat that If it were not
that incidents as Apostle often occur in
real life one might suppose the biogra-
phsr TO be another weems. We are
told that when the young Andrew went
10 school. az the age OF eight. IL was
The custom for each pupil on certain oc-
casions. TO rise and repeat a text Of
Scripture. when f. came Andrews turn
he stood up and boldly detained: Take
care OF your pence. the pounds will take
care OF themselves" This shows the
kind OF instruction which prevailed in
the Carnegie family.
Inevitably the greater part OF the book
IL devoted TO the relations between
! capital and labor. and to Mr. Carnegie s
yantude toward this great problem. The
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AS an Employer.

Mr.. Carnegie stands by the fact that
he has been instrumental in giving en-
pIoymeut 10 a vast army Of workmen.
This is his favorite reply TO oh attacks
upon him, and he thinks more OF his
achievement than he does OF all his ben
efactions. Those who insure steady en-
pIoyment 70 thousands at wages not
lower than others pay need not be
ashamed Of their record, for steady en-
pIoyment Is, after all. the one indispen-
sibIe requisite for the Welfare and prog
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Remarkable
Who ans Three in oH Of

meut based on the army and on the in
herited prerogative of the privileged
castles to rule. cannot sincerely like a
government which is of the people. by
the people and for the people"
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He Spans Three Centuries.

public Is already more or less familiar
with that attitude. and opinions regard
ing Mt. Carnegie vary according 10
personal bias in favor OF the employer
or the working man.
The biographer quotes at some length
Hamlin Garland's description OF the
Homestead works, which Is very much
the sort OF description which one would
expect Mr.. Garland 70 write. and really
has no particular bearing on the ques-
ton.
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AN INTIMATE CHARACTER SKETCH OF ANDREW CARNEGIE

to be able to support himself in his
old age, he viii do we'll to raise child
rem who viii support him: and thus
immature marriages, wages low in
comparison with the size OF families.
and all the evils Of overcrowding and
overproduction come TO pass.
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though. and feeling. and bend to his viii
the complex forces OF modern civiliza-
tion, is pretty sure TO be a force in the
world.
Such was Bismarck: such Napoleon.
such Lincoln. and such. IT is beginning
to be understood, is Theodore Roose-
welt, The average man OF any age is
acted upon by all the forces about him;
he is not a cause, but a product The
extraordinary man is not a resultant OF
a dozer different influences; he is him
self an influence; and in order to be
come such it is often necessary for him
to go back in spirit TO a simpler age
Of living and become. as one may say,
reincarnation OF his own grand
father.
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which have been made the subjects OF
experiments whose outcome has been
unfortunately, generally discouraging
because OF too much optimism at the be-
ginning.
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Protection for Employees.

There are some high officials in
Krupp's pay-former colonies OF the
regular German army artillery, for in
stance-whose salary and emoluments
rise into the scores Of thousands every
year. and there are others. humble pud-
dlers or stoleers. who earn but a modest
couple OF marks per diem But they all
share in proportion in the far-sighted
arrangements made by the firm to shield
all the employees against the reverses Of
fortune-proIonged illness. incapacita-
ton for toll. accidents OF a serious ma
ture. death, invalidity. the feebleness of
old age, the lack Of provision for wild
ows. orphans. aged parents. etc
There is no possibility whatever in
the line of adversely that has not been
discounted in advance by the firm and
it's benevolent OF mi-benevoIent in
stltutions. so that q toiler OF common
fiber. as well as skilled and brainy
technician on entering the service OF
the firm has the moral certainty OF being
well and even tendsrly taken care OF for
the rest Of his natural life. and that this
care Will apply after his death to his
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rnrnnrs nf - mental unsoundness.
Alertness and Foresight.

Nothing in the world escapes him.
With an aIertness and intuitive fore
sight truly wonderful he seizes upon
every advanced step taken anywhere,
and If possible he utilities all new
knowledge. He clearly recognizes the
force Of public sentiment. Of that elusive
element in politics which Bismarck. the
teacher Of his early manhood. termed
the imponderabilia of statecraft. Wit
ness his dispatch to Kruger after the
Jameson raid. or. per contra. the tele-
gram to Kipling during the latter's
illness. and the audience he granted to
Cecil Rhodes.
But. while in all these respects he
is. in truth. a thoroughly modern man.
he is az pronounced reactionary
man of the past. in other essentials
With one foot he stands in the eight
eenth century. the century OF Louis XIV
and absolutism: and with the other he
touches the twentieth century-the cen
tury OF electricity and of an untram-
meled press. In his political. creed he
/ is his grandfather's son. not his fathers
Re is an autocrat BY belief. by training.
by temperament. and not a constitu-
/ tional monarch.
He Spans Three Centuries.
/ It is odd that more students Of public
affairs do not recognize the fact that
this very combination Of the progressive
with the conservative spirit is one mark
Of genius. The man who can return 20
] the simplicity Of the primitive man in
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Krupp Firms Success.

lone particular feature OF the whole
cluster OF Krupp enterprises deserves
special and more than passing mention.
It is that which explains in large part
the prodigious and unbroken success Of
the firm, and furnished the key to its
steady policy as an employer OF vast
bodies Of workmen. All over Germany
the mechanics and Iaborer's dearest
wish is to be inscribed on the Krupp
payroll.
This is not so much caused by the
high rate Of pay IN vogue there, but
rather by the admirable and minute
manner in which the firm takes care
Of it's employees Of every grade. from
the humblest to the highest priced.
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Il A NDREw CARNEGIE: A Char
n acter Sketch OF His Life"
by Barnard Anderson. Is q
book which Is likely TO be widely read'
Inaemueh as at least one copy OF II VIII
inevitably be owned by every one OF
the Libraries which Mr. Carnegie has
endowed. and as there are numerous per
sons who like Biographical reading and
are especially interested in the Ives Of
successful Americans
The salient fact in NJ. Carnegie's ca
reer Is. OF course. his bestowal OF llDla-
ries on various cities and towns Out
there are a great many other facts
which it will interest the general puoue
10 know. and they are set down In This
biographical sketch of his life.
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Germany's Colonial Policy.

forty years
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Justice and Generosity.

ginning.
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Our Government Not Liked.

own policy accordingly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-07
National Guard 1t11 s1mnea.

ALBANY, N Y., May 7.-Governor Odell has signed Assemblyman Hughes bill designed to prevent discrimination on the part of labor unions against members of the national guard. The bill is very drastic and refers equally to labor unions or employers, making it a misdemeanor to interfere in any way with the employment of person who is member of the national guard on account of such membership or to dis suade a person from enlisting by threat of injury with reference to his employ ment, trade or business. It especially forbids any trade organization from passing any resolution or bylaw dis eliminating in the matter of member ship against any member of the nation al guard, it being declared the purpose of the new law ito protect a member of the said national guard from disad- vantage in his means of livelihood and liberty therein. but not to give him any preference or advantage on account of his membership of said national guard .'' The act is to take effect Sept. 1, 1908.