Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-19
HISTORY Of THE WEALTH
CARNE6lE'S SECRETARY TELLS
low FORTUNE WAS BUILT
DOESN'T HAVE MANY PLEASANT
WOODS FOR METHODS OF
cSERT PIN ANTHRo.
piSTS,

New YorE, Aug T. - "No great
business has yet been built up upon
the oe&titudes and IL is not all syni.
Csm that condenBes negative deca-
loeue into positive exhortation to
tie successful, somehow"
TIE above is from the Introduction
prepared for the History OF the Car.
nygie Steel Company" by its author,
James Howard Bridge. The work, in
rios. elaborate style, has Just been
brought out for private circulation by
:Ae Aldine BOOK Company. II It is a
labor Of love IL 10 made certain that
Hr. Andrew Carnegie is not the sole
cttect Of Mr.. Bridges affections.
Throughout some three hundred and
seve1ty octave pages the theme, runs
along without variation, BE success.
u!r somehow" and in its application
to Mr Carnegie some very unpleasant
material is presented. The action OF
tire ircrmastcr toward his associates,
Particularly Mr.. II. G. Frick. through
whom, as the work says, success was
achieved somehow" discloses some
curious idea Of business morality.
Wall street has experienced yeri.
table sensation in the appearance OF
Hr Bridges book. Copies of 1t have
appeared on the tables of banks and
bankers Offices from quarters un
..cw;a. II Is a book which must have
CO: thousands Of dollars 10 prepare
full .evant morocco bound, made Of
beautiful Japanese paper, coplously
illustrated with Photographic plates
81 IN the highest style OF the printers
art. The first edition Is aid to have
t'sn limited TO fifty copies at 800
each and g second edition de luxe t.
40 copies al cost of about S25
To find such rare and beautiful
books, in some ases donated, has
surprised even Wall street bankers
Surprise has given way TO amazement
: as, in turning It's pages the readers
have found all sorts Of sensations star
ing them in the face. The innermos
secrets Of the Carnegie steel Compan.
stand revealed TO the light OF day. Esy
cry detail Of the bitter quarrel between
Er Carnegie on the one hand and Hen
y Pbipps and II. G. Frick on the othe
are spread out for public view, backe,
by documentary evidence, copies o
confidential documents, trade secrets
cost OF production and the like.
IN the history Of the Carnegie Stee
Company one may read Mr.. Schwab'
statement that steel rails could be pro
dGced az sl2 ton at time they wer'
costing the consumer .s2s. Here, in
deed, il would appear has been forge,
4 weapon which may have deadly ei
feet when placed in the hands OF 'th'
opponents OF the ''taritf.prOteCtet
, trusts" One may read of a division o
.: otits rQnningSa as high as eighty
2 eight percent TO the members Of thu
Carnegie Association. Mr., Bridge, tn,
author Of the book, was once private
secretary 10 Mr.. Carnegie, and that h,
writes with a strong bias appears eyI
dent from the very Introduction. II
telling Of his search for material h
says: II found Andrew Carnegie
own narrative the least Trustworthy
Of all" lie follows this up with a ded
ication ITO recall their forgotten SCI
/ vices this history of great bushes
- dedicated--to the memory of tn
men who founded II. saved II froI
early disaster and won It's first su,
Cesses."
Andrew Carnegic's name IL not II
Guided IN this list.