The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-15

form o.iety into an organization 81
Suppiiarts. Wni]e q general roeu.;rar-
cy az the doors OF the great FINDS, s.
laVlshly promoted. Who gives i;hra-
RES since Mr.. Carnegie made his ,,,.-
crds as the worlds champion Library
builder: The moral and socia! efIt.. e
SHch conditions must be e;a! III n.
sA1eIat' IL me ~beE+Svolcnte II ti2e
.fthro i: &c be still more unnorni:ze0
o. foundations basel on the htGra.k
CT hundreds of millions Of dollar,
But not only must one iote the
TcHri ".72Ing tendency. Tire : also
cisceEnab'e q natural tendency 81 the
OF the private foundations
Tor II advancement Of mankind to
attempt the control OF the causes and
the institutions which the, aid Those
VINO nave studied the work OF the
southern Education Board and the
Carnegie foundation for the pension
ing OF college teachers may appreciate
the truth OF this assertion. 1t is al
most startling to observe the progress
already made by the Carnegie Foun-
dation, which Is nothing hut q pri-
! Nate pension agency, III debating edu-
cational policy 10 the colleges ari
| universities Of this country. The
| coerciVe power lugking III the simple
menace OF being cropped from the
Carnegie list OF accepted Institutions
! is seen to be tremendous in It's posi-
bilities. The gFOEcliDg spectacle o
our American State universities rush
ing To share the income of the S.ael
tonds. which Ny. Carnegie a~racEously
diverted to the support OF Superannls-
ated professors, emphasizes the moral
Of the situation, Thus State instir::~
tons, supported ny state taxes, are
coming to listen meckly while Dr.
Fritchett suggests his, that ana the
other rn~oaiication IL their education
81 policy.
Imagine the proposed Rockefeller
foundation, soiidly butfressed by $%00.~
00G, 600, only the income 81 which
could be used, dominating IN this style
the numerous bs:eticiaTie5 OF AS be-
nCVolente during the neSt 500 years:
Can we doubt that such a domination
would DE exercised? II we 10. then
we are cfild-lii>e. indeed. The mower
OF h purse--let u9 not tLndcF-ssti-
mate ii. Just as the enormous inllu-
nee of the fnoiasteries IN rbe Middle
Ages Wos based largely upon inaticn
able property and its usuf-uct. SO
these private Incorporated FONDA
OBS living oreVe would s,ttail a1s
Influence antisociai and a~nti-neinO-
cratic to IN extraordinary iegree. With
financial power would so ,la detcrfi-
nation to shape auo divert, ana fiIo:
the leEeyOIence a3T the charity OF q
society whose futur~ needs and aspi.a'
tions We c;annot forecast would be
controlled by thc sinister irflocncc II
the dead hand.
"The proposed perpctuation OF !:
vast fortune Ike NJ. Rockefell'r's no
ing unticsira bic and unwise, What
/ should be done? Possible leg.i com
piications aside. the answer IS simple.
Il the proposed foundation u to 10
| Incorporated. il should be MADE an in
yiolable condition that the entira
principal Of the trust fund should bC
distributed II the END Of 4 certain liked
term of years. What - H~re~ctn'nentl
deairso}. k the ultimate distribution
of this fortune. not its perpetual Tsaln-
tenancc by act of Congress. GIVE ihE
! incorporators 80 years in which to DIS
| tribute The whole sum along the phil
anthroy,ic lines they prefer to follow
the trust TO be hen dissolved. 1t Is
10 be hoped that Congress Will not bF
blind to thcsc considerations. Nor c1sT
cse see why Mr. Rockefeller shout
object TO IL limitation upon the aui@-
ton of the life Of the fuDc which Is
proposes to establish fox the btLthS o.
mankind"