The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-05
GIVING AWAY MONEY,
When Does tho Personal Pleasure
Philanthropy Ceaae?

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN--Si,, Ma,
who give away money have lots Of ,rouh,.
suiting the public. II they got their NOW,
honestly II Ia not the publcs business M.
they give It. Only in case the public h.,
been robbed of the money given away h',
It right TO criticize.
In your paper OF to-day THEORY q, Peat,
tuition Is tentatively advanced by u. LIS.
In which he asks lis it not possible th,,
while the accumulation of huge person,,
fortunes may cause SUFFERING ~
many In the making. they are likely to cau.,
more good In the course Of the general eyolp.
ton Of things In this country than II IN.
money composing them had been allow,
to remain divided between many persons,.
While there Ia force for general good 1,
centralized capital that should allay all envr
and spite toward the honestly rich it doc,
not always follow that the divided S,m,
would not be Just as effectively and NOR.
appropriately centralized. to greater rcsultIps
good, had they not been unfairly absorbed
by individuals. The taxpaying oap,ci,r
OF the State depends largely upon the COS,
OF living and Of doing business therein. II
through unfair means an astute individual
or corporation succeeds In wrestling colossal
fortune from the people by raising the Coz,
OF living and conducting business. he or il hu
ubuIp6u anu ulspiuSSu WHO iuhCllOIlS OF tina
State by levying . tax: and. even though
he gives away chunks of his fortune in en-.
do wments to education or hospital seryic.
Or public charity. he Is stu ,lsurpns the
States preroRstiye. Our own Empire Stat.
greatest creator Of and wisest givcr to ava.
TENS OF education and public charity TIA,
the world has seen: yet 1t could wisely spend
n thoss elas oud an ap1 EH MSo D
stolen the tax the State might otherwiss
have levied be apt to do better for the people
he w inS people dictst A'' whose polio"
TO buy low and sell high is in itself honor.
able. The world accepts IL as ilstifabh
Tgs 81 Tsns t qonT ds
1 world tustif,es his acts Some people az, a'
sumo that great fortunes are never madA
viii say, for Instance. that the late Peter
Cooper. either by bribery. deceit or trcachery.
ever took unfair advantage Of men or com:
#s Oesded soaa a as ee aISa
Institution Of great benefit 10 people Of sr:!
means. Mons. but a ohurl would question
bis oxn BY right and his motives were lofty
Is the property that Mr.. -Carpesie sold to
en-" Th ssse is Side 70 TIE question not ,eucA.
by y. l.. s.. but which Is suggested when
he say. Of individual 2dsS II
the persons from whom 1t has been taken
there, would be no ten million dollar fund
sns h hmert 'fs ev sv9 o s
some in one direction, some in another. tn,
sion. Our greatest .giver H. Mr.. Carnage
How he doel shovel I'll For his own delIgh.
without depriyine any other man of his tights
and 4 he DID its his right to say s whether ,s|h
It shall be libraries Or any other the, oId thing
I wonder how man feels when giving
away. $40. 0oo. 900 Just as he wants to. IT
ing BY the very little the writer ever cav.
away, he would gradually reach the very
height OF ecstasy by the time 81. 600 ono was
gone and be incapable OF any further eI-
panson Of dsliEh.-hense' iife =, would ,hs ,, no
Of It's going into Libraries. think would
have to for ward the other -, 900 600 to NJ.
Carnegie and ask him to help me out. h'
NEW YORK, July 8. HARK CoMsTocK