Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-11

agreed to treat each other imper-
sonally.
And how humanity at large is bene-
flied by this rivalry in munificencel
For the rivals are not competing with
thousands or hundreds of thousands
or even millions. They are welding
hundreds of millions, and nobody can
predict where the race will end.
Death will not bring it to a close, for
it is almost certain that their wills
will direct the distribution after their
days are done of as much or more
than they have given away in their
lifetimes.
John D. Rockefeller is supposed to
be the richest man in the world. He
himself probably doesn't know how
may be assumed to be between $780,
100000 and s7OO.OOO,OOO. If he lives
another Is or 20 years and doesn't
give away too much, he may die bill
lionaire, the first the world has ever
known.
Enormous Sums Between Them.
Andrew Carnegie is not so rich.
No one knows just what he took for
his interest in the steel trust but it
is supposed to have been in the neigh
borhood of $25O,OO0,O0O or $3OO,OOO.-
00O Today he is worth something
between $500, 100000 and $500, 200, 900.
1t would scarcely be an extravagant
guess if one were to estimate the sum
J total of the Rockefeller and Carnegie
| millions at a billion dollars. And
they are rivals in placing this well
nigh inconceivable sum of money
where it will do tie most good to
mankind
1t would be interesting to know
| just what passed through Mr.. Rookie
| feller's mind on that morning not SO
| long ago when he read in his copy OF
the World that Mr.. Carnegie, by hand
ing out $10,000,000 for peace, had pass
ed him in the race to give away the
most money. What did he do in that
| library at Pocantico Hills, the West
chester county suburb where he lives
each autumn and Christmastide
Probably he walked to the bay win
dow which commands view of the
cold gray Hudson, thought a bit and
smiled that inscrutable smile of his
The first great gifts of Mr.. Rockefel
Ter and Mr.. Carnegie were made il
1891. They have been giving evel
since. In all that time Mr.. Carnegie
has been handing out his money at ar
average rate of S16,43S.36 day. Mr.
Rockefeller, just at the moment a few
millions behind, has been generous t.
the tune of 15,9S2.64 a day. But Mr.
Rockefeller has only to give away {
few more millions to make his dali,
average climb higher than Mr.. Car
negie's.
Differ in Ideas of Giving.
Then it will be Mr. Carnegie's turf
to think how he can Guido his rival
When ne reads of the latest Rockefel
Ter gift, after hearing the huge pip,
organ in his Fifth avenue mansion be
fore breakfast. he will try to fin,
some new field in which more of hi
millions can be planted. And so il
another few weeks or months we ma
look for another pig gift from MI
Rockefeller. to be followed by a still
, larger one from the Laird of Skibo.
Giving away money has with thes
men taken the place of the desire Z
pile up additional millions They hay
their own ideas about giving it away
They seldom give large sums with
out imposing rigid conditions Almos
invariably Mr.. Rockefeller require
that his beneficiary raise a simila
or even greater amount from OCne
sources Before even the smalles
amount is given the object is care
fully investigated Mr. Carnegie
equally careful Skilled investigator
report on every application for chal
: ity Only the most noteworthy re
quests are granted
Messrs. Rockefeller and Carnegi
have their prejudices and their veal
tDesses Both also have their hobbie,
Mr. Carnegie's is building Libraries
Mr. Rockefeller's is his general educs
: ton board and the University of Oh
cago-
: Some Record Gifts
; Their principal gifts are surpril
a ingiy alike in size and purpose NJ
y Rockefeller favors this university. NJ