Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-03

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- ss>=zssss.uANu-J Rockefeller has often
declared: mo one shall outgive me-
Theirs Is not a fight like those that
Wall street so often sees-ne1ther
one Is trying to ruin the other In this
game of money. 1t Is fine and friend
ly rivalry between the Pittsburg
ironmaster and the Cleveland oil king
to see which one will be able to give
away the most money during his life
time. At the moment Mr.. Carnegie
leads by about $5,O0O,00O, but nobody
can tell when Mr.. Rockefeller will
come back at him with some more
millions that again the lead, which
neither one ever succeeds in keeping
long.
Up to a short time ago Mr.. Rookie
Teller led the giving game, led by
something like $5,000,000, but Mr.. Car
negie on December IA took it from
him by throwing into the balance $10,-
100000, giving for the establishment
of international peace. With this gift
came the appointing Of board of
trustees to work for international ar
bitration and the abolition of war,
which Mr. Carnegie calls degrading
evil" This put him ahead some
$5,000,000 or so, and up to the mo-
ment Of writing he still leads. But
any day Mr.. Rockefeller may be ex-
pected to come back at him.
Munificent Gift to Chicago.
AS 1t was just one week after Mr.
Carneg1e's newest gift Mr.. Rockefeller
did make the University of Chicago
$10,000,000 richer, but this was mere
ly transfer of millions. He ordered
$10,000,000 out of his $50 100000 fund
for general education to be paid
to the university, at the rate of ST.
00000'a year for ten years. 1t was
not really an additional gift, so his
sum total of gifts for all purposes
still stays at $174,411 900, while Mr..
Carnegie's amounts to $179,S00,000.
That is the situation today as re-
CARDS two masters Of many millions.
However, nobody expects them to end
simple reason that their incomes pile
up faster than they can spend the
money.
The unique contest started about
so years ago. The two muiti-mil-
lionaires have been at it ever since,
matching each others gifts with gifts
and a little more. For general educa-
ton Mr.. Rockefeller has given the
mighty sum of $53,00O,0O0. Mr. Car
negie is only a million behind with
his $50, 100000 for libraries. Mr.. Car
negie gave $16,000,000 for the Carne-
gle institute in Pittsburg and $4,000
600 for the Carnegie institute in
Washington. total of $4,000, 900.
And now Mr.. Rockefeller adds $1O,-
100000 to the $25,OOO,OOO he has al
ready given to the University of Chi
cago, going Mr.. Carnegie $1,000, 900
better
Though announced on December 81,
Mr.. Rockefeller's transfer of the $10,-
100000 to the Chicago institution of
learning was really made December
10, and the very next day came Mr..
Carnegies ten millions for peace.
Mr.. Rockefeller's latest gift was an.
nounced on October Is last, when he
added $3.S20,000 to the 100000 he
had already given to the Institute for
Medical Research. Since that date a
score of gifts of from $4,000 to $780,
900 have been announced, but not
one that can rival Mr.. Carnegie's So
900 900 In one lump sum. 1t is dol.
lar to a doughnut that Mr.. Rockefel
Ter will soon come back at Mr.. Car.
negie.
jealousy over Gifts.
Among his friends Mr.. Rockefeller
makes no secret of his determination
! not to let Mr.. Carnegie outgive him
He confesses that he is jealous of Mr.
| Carnegie's world wide philanthropies
He refuses to discuss Mr. Carnegie's
| gifts publicly, Just as MIR. Carnegie re
| fuses to refer to Mr.. Rockefeller's. In
! fact the two gentlemen have tacidy