The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-09-07
WORLDS GREATEST GlVERS.
Last Y ear New Y orkers Gave Forty Mil.
lion Dollars.
Brooklyn Eagle.

more in actual money than Mr.. Schiff,
but their gifts have been mostly de-
voted to one line of philanthropy"
James Speyer is another man who
has given freely Of his great fortune.
he and his wife have devoted their
lives to giving. Among the institu-
lions that have pro6ted largely by her
generosity is Columbia University.
But in nearly all the lists Of donations
to charity one may see the name of
James Speyer.
Morris K. Jesup is president Of the
Chamber of Commerce, president Of
the American Museum Of National
History, and director in numerous
public and private enterprises, but
with ali his business and personal
cares great part of his time as we'll
as his fortune is devoted to charity.
There are few men who look personal
ly into philanthropio and charitable
work as Mr.. Jesup does. Jesup,
Speyer and Schiff set the best ex-
amples of judicious and practically
unlimited philanthropy and charity.
They have the knack of doing che
right things at the right time and
seem to know intuitively whore de-
serving charity begins and where it
ends.
Unquestionably John D. Rockefel-
ler gives moro to educational work
than any other man. No one knows
exactly the extent OF his donations.
He is known to have given away more
than $35, 600, 900, more than one-third
of which-$13, ,00O,oOO-was given to
the Chicago University. To other
institutions he has given: Rush
Medical College, Of Chicago, s6,0OO,-
600; Barnard College, s1,375, 600;
Southern Educational Fund, s1,125,- :
GOO; Harvard University, 81, 600, 900;
Baptist Missionary Fund, 81 ,OOO, 900;
Teachers College, New York, $780,
600; Vassar College, 500, 900; Brown
University, 1926, 600, Cornell Univer-
sity, s250,000; Bryn Mawr College,
s23O,000; Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research, $500. 600; Newton
Theological Seminary, $50, 600;
Adelphia College, sl25, 900; Syracuse
University, 100000; Smith College,
100000; Y. NJ. @. A., New York,
100000; Y. NJ. G.. A., Brooklyn,
100000: Columbia University, $780,
600; Denison College, Granville,
Ohio, 100000; Furman University,
Greenville, S. c., 100000; Univer-
sity of Nebraska, s67, 900; Y. NJ. @.
A., Washington, $4,000; Indiana
University, $50, 1000; shurtleff College,
Springfield, ILL.,, $4,000; Buoknell
University, $25.OOO; William Jewell
University, $4,000; gifts prior to
1892, exclusive Chicago University,
s7,O0O,O00; gifts to churches and per-.
sonal charities $2,0OO,OO0.
Andrew Carnegie, however, has
been greater giver than Mr.. Rookie
feller. Mr.. Carnegie gifts have
been for the establishment of libraries.
He hes s!!seady given away more than
ss55GG,GGG, $50 Goo. OF :his sum the United
States has received S6s,517, ,462, SCOT
land, s17,7l2,750; Holland, s1,75O,- $
600; England and Wales, 81, 1854, 500;
Canada, 81, ,016, 500; Ireland, 1915 600,
and Cuba, s252, 900. Rockefeller and
Carnegie give more than any other
two men in the New or the Old World.
Their gifts are 30 colossal that the,
mind cannot grasp the immensity Of
the figures representing them.
MF. Rockefeller has system for
giving and it is carried cut as care,
fully as any Of his business arrange
ments. The Standard. Oil king is as
the head efs,09e men ID this country,
whose respective fortunes are COM
puted 60 exceed s5, 900, 900, his own
wealth being conservatiyely estimated
[ - ! ( - gFT1 = =
At 1920, 900, 600, yielding him an in
come Of s5. 600 . day, OF s20O an hour.
In sheer self-protection- ITO keep him
self from being swept away By q Aood
of money chm ID. Rockefeller Is
compelled TO employ several men who
devote their entire time to disposing
Of . great part Of his constantly In
creasing fortune. This corpsi Of. dis
sributsrs 10 under the direction Of
Starr J. Murphy formerly apracticing
attorney. Although the nature Of
Mr. Rockefe fellef' 8 4 gifts necessarily
e..::: e: IL pabbiicisy with them, he gives,
away many millions privately i1apd as
least $40, ,0Oo, 900 a pear sAst 60 +in,