Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-12-17


ed is the speedy abolition of interna.
tional war between socalled civilized
nations
War Disgraceful.
Mr. Carnegie's ten million gift is de-
signed as much for the continuance
of the peace movement after he is
gone as II is for its promotion now.
He says:
when civilized nations enter into
such treaties as named and war is dis
carded as disgracelul to civilized men.
as personal war (duelling) and man
selling and buying (slavery) have been
discarded within the wide boundaries
of our English speaking race. the trus-
tees will please then consider what Is
the next most degrading remaining
evil or evils whose banishment-or
what new elevatlng element or ele-
ments ii introduced or fostered or both
combined-.would most advance the
progress. elevation and happiness Of
man, and so on from century to cen
tury without end, my trustees of each
age shall determine how they can best
aid man in his upward march TO higher
and higher stages OF development I'M
ceasingly. for now we know that man
was created. not with an instinct Tor
his own degradation but imbued with
the desire and power for improve.
ment to which. perchance. there may
be no limit short OF perfection even
here in this life on earth.
let my trustees therefore ask
themselves from time to time. from
age to age how they can best help
man in his glorious ascent onward and
upward and to this end devote this
fund
The sl0.0O0.00O gift is in the form
OF bonds OF the United States Steel
corporation bearing interest a, the
rate OF 8 per cent. This gift was malc
in the form of deed OF trust: but the
trustees are authorized to incorporate
Noted Men Named as Trustees.
The trustees OF the fund are: Unit.
ed States Senator Eiihu Root. DR.
Nicholas MURRAY Butler. president ~
Columbia university; Or. Henry $.
Pritcl-u, president of the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement Of
Teaching Joseph II Choate former
ambassador 10 Great Britain Albert
X. Smiley. Lake Mohonk. educator and
humanitarian Or Charles w Eliot
president emeritus of Harvard uniyer-
sity. James Brown Scott. solicitor of
the state department John W. Foster.
former secretary of state; Andrew 4,
Montague former governor OF Nir-
ginia; William NJ Howard. congress
man OF Georgia; Judge Thomas
Burke Seattle. Wash. James l.. Stay
den. congressman, of Texas Andrew
ID. White. former ambassador TO Ger
many: Robert :. Brookings, lawyer.
St Louis: Samuel Mather, banker.
steel manufacturer. Cleveland; J g.
Schmidllpp. railroad man. cincinaati:
Arthur William Foster. regent. univer
si,y OF California: Il. A. Franks. bank.
er. HOboken. y. IL Charlemagnc
Tower. former ambassador 10 Germany
and Russia; Oscar Straus. ambass dor
TO Turkey: Austen G. Fox. New York.
John L. Cadwalader. New York John
sharp Williams. senatorelect from
Mississippi; G. T.. Taylor. chairman ~
the Carnegie Hero Commission;
George W Perkins. of New York.
Cleveland II. Dodge and Robert ).
Woodward.
The gift brings the total OF Mr.
Carnegics benefaciions TO about siSn.
000.00O. and widens the gap between
his and John u. Rockcfeller's dpna.
tons Mr. Rockefeller has given about
sl20,000.00o. all but small part Of
which was for educational purposes.