Tensas gazette., 1911-02-17

one that can rival Mr.. Carnegie's $10,-
0O0, 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..
Carnegies world wide philanthropies.
He refuses to discuss Mr.. Carnegie's
gifts publicly, just as Mr.. Carnegie re-
fuses to refer to Mr.. Rocksteller's. In
fact, the two gentlemen have tacitly
agreed to treat each other imper-
sonally.
And how humanity at large is bene-
flied by this rivalry in munifcence!
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 viii end.
Death will not bring 1t to a close, for
1t 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 tc
be the richest man In the world. He
himself probably doesn't know how
much he is worth. His total fortune
may be assumed to be between $500,
100000 and s7OO.O00.0OQ. II he lives
another Is or 20 years and doesn't
give away too much. he may die a bill
lionaire. the first the world has evei
known.
Enormous Sums Between Them.
Andrew Carnegie is not so rich
No one knows just what he took fol
his interest in the steel trust, but 1
is supposed to have been in the neigh
borhood of s250,O00.000 or 100000.
900. Today he is worth something
between s2O0.0O0.OO0 and $500 900, 900
1t would scarcely be an extravagan
!. guess If one were to estimate the sun
total of the Rockefeller and Carnegi'
millions at a billion dollars. An,
! they are rivals in placing this wei
nigh inconceivable sum of none,
where it win do the most good L
mankind
1t would be interesting to know
just what passed through Mr.. Rocke
|. feller's mind on that morning not 8
long ago when he read in his copy 0
the World that Mr.. Carnegie. by hand
ing out $10.000.000 for peace. had pass
ed him in the race to give away tn
most money. What did he do in tina
library at Pocantico Hills. the Wes
+ chester county suburb where he live
; each autumn and Christmastide
> Probably he walked to the bay VIII
+ dow which commands a view of tn
cold. gray Hudson, thought a bit, an
: smiled that inscrutable smile of hi
The first great gifts of Mr.. Rockefe
: Ter and Mr.. Carnegie were made
, 1891. They have been giving eve
: since. In all that time Mr.. Carnegi
has been handing out his money at a
,. average rate of $16.43S.36 a day. M
: Rockefeller, just at the moment fe
/ millions behind, has been generous
! the tune OF s15.9S2.64 day. But M
" Rockefeller has only to give away
few more millions to make his dai
l. average climb higher than Mr.. Ca
{, negieis.
n Differ In Ideas Of Giving.
r. Then 1t win be Mr.. Carnegie's tul
E to think how he can Guido his rivs
a. When he reads OF the latest Rockeft
10 ler gift, after hearing the huge pii
Ie organ In his Fifth avenue mansion b
,r fore breakfast. he win try to fl
a some new field in which rnore of b
j. millions can be planted. And so
,t another few weeks or months we ms