St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-02-18

one that can rival Mr.. Carnegie's $10,-
100000 lin one lump sum. It is a dol
lar to 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 Mr. Carnegie re-
fact. the two gentlemen have tacitly
agreed to treat each other imper-
sonally
And how humanity at large Is bene-
fitted by this rivalry in munificence!
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
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 to
be the richest man in the world. He
himself probably doesn't know how
much he is worth. His total fortune
NAV ha assupod RI bo botwoon c6n0 :
100000 and $70O,O0O,00O. 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 $250.O00,O0O or 100000
000 Today he is worth something
between s2OO,OOO,00O and s5OO,o00,0oo
1t would scarcely be an extravagant
guess If one were to estimate the sum
total of the Rockefeller and Carnegie
millions at billion dollars. And
they are rivals in placing this well
nigh inconceivable sum of money
where it will do the 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 100000 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 a view of the
cold, gray Hudson, thought bit, and
smiled that inscrutable smile of his.
The first great gifts of Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter and Mr.. Carnegie we're made in
1891. They have been giving ever
since. In all that time Mr.. Carnegie
has been handing out his money at an
average rate of s16,43s.36 a day. Mr..
Rockefeller, just at the moment few
millions behind, has been generous to
the tune of $15,9s2.64 day. But Mr..
Rockefeller has only to give away a
few more millions to make his daily
average climb higher than Mr.. Car
negie's.
Differ In Ideas of Giving.
Then it will be Mr.. Carnegie's turn
to think how he can Guido his rival.
When he reads of the latest Rockefel-
Ter gift, after hearing the huge pipe
organ in his Fifth avenue mansion be-
fore breakfast, he will try to find
some new field in which more of his
millions can be planted. And so in