The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-27
4 HEAL MONEY EHLL

4 HEd j. MONEY EYIL
 The announcement is made that H. c. Prick. one of the group of Pitts burg millionaires, is soon to present that city with a $5,O0O,OOO Academy of Fine Arts. It is. not ar. agreeable gift in the sight of Andrew Carnegie, who evidently considers the city of Pitts burgh his especial field for the employ ment of his surplus millions. It ap- pears he has tried in every way to se- cure the plot of land upon which the proposed academy is to be erected, but MT. Prick got the better of him.
 This competition between the mill lionaires of Pittsburg may have serl- ous consequences if all of them under take to woo immortality by sharing their wealth with their neighbors in the form of public institutions. There would then be an actual money evil for the residents of that city to fight. The experience of the city of Pullman is still fresh in the public mind It will be remembered that it was the aim of the Pullman company to build model city for it's employees, where all of the discoveries of science and sentiment could be had without the asking. Model homes were to be equipped with all of the conveniences of model sanitation and model architectures. The stores and shops were to have their being in accordance with the outpourlngs of an experience guided by model thoughts and model conclusions. The aim was perfection in such details as related to the model laws of living. The result was the awful monotony of an exist ence which had squeezed out of it the fun of living according to the human terms of the struggle. As big Tom Reed of Maine said: Tt is the uncer- tainties of life which make life worth living The lack of uncertainties made the city of Pullman a failure.
 It is quite conceivable that should the millionaires of the city of Pittsburg undertake to show their gratitude to- wards the scene of their prosperity by gifts of schools, libraries, academies of one kind and another, art buildings, hospitals. homes for unfortunates, day and the various other insti- tuttons of a charitable and phlanthro- pie character, the people of that city would shun it from the very sense of monotony which is sure to follow in the wake of suspended local responsi- bility. An immense amount of good has been done New Haven by the weight of the burden which has been put upon the shoulders of its residents on account of the needs of those in- stitutions here which have been de- pendent upon their generosity. The two Orphan days, for example, are worth more to the city than they are to the asylums themselves. The of Yale University can be traced to the support of it's graduates, rich and poor. and the creation of the Alumni fund at the suggestion of Will liam W. skiddy of the class of '65 $. S. s., did more to continue its democratic life than any other one influence. It is self support that makes man and an institution not support from the outside.
 So it is conceivable that the good people of the city of Pittsburg, who are without the millions the iron workers have made and who need the burden of responsibility to stimulate makes mn and an institution, not be delivered from their rich friends.