The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-31

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helping I" form All eSt4mat. If IA,
methods and motis.S-of tn t*t-r, q.
eIdoWnaentS. If Mn CarI,.. .~
ever given anything for ar< other
primary purpose than that 81 adter-
Using the greatness Of MIR. tarrrn..
i has escaped the attention ~ his
avid and tireless press agents lie
has tudded tho NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
world with buildings. across the lac.
of which he has plasterel the name
OF carnegie. and for which u. has
shreWdly eXacted a contract from
each local community for perpetual
maintenance.
IN his early days Mr.. Carnegie dis
covered that the most lasting monu-
ment 10 the meInor OF man is llterA-
ture. He esSayed, through Il hack
write, TO produce a book. II. seas NIae
enough 10 judge the complete work
as lnSufficitnt to CIV. It's proxy author
a place IN the world Of letters. t5ut
he still retained his belief that fame
IS 10 be had through books. AMI -
hen he fortune wheel OF tn. trust
makers gave him wealth beyond even
his own widest dreams Of opulente.
ne proceeded 70 purchase fame
through other peoples books
He could not produce a book which
would circulate throughout the world
and for all time, but he could and
did invent a scheme by which the
name Of Carnegie would be associated
With books forever. He could nor be
4 great actor. lie could not play
Hamlet. but .be could associate his
name with h grea- art by being a
billposter and keeping his sign across
the face Of the hoardings. And, with
business acumen, he induced each
community that nurtured his impsr-
lshable fame TO pay half the cost.
But he was not content merely to
rest his fame on the books that
others wrote. 1t should also have a
foundation on The lives that others
risked. Mr.. Carnegie could not be :.
hero. but his money would purchase
tor him a share in the heroism 81
the world. Heretofore men and Won
en- had risked their lives for their
fellows out Of pure heroic INSTINCTS
Mr.. Carnegie gave the world a new
and higher motive for great haZ
ards Each person who took supreme
; risk TO save human life would have
| the unparalleled ono Of being /;
7 Carnegie hero. He could wear I
Carnegie medal and share the Car
! negle bounty. Here, indeed, Wa
something worth striving for. some
2 thing TO stimulate the tagging III
t t%repcdity Of the race. Who would no
F, risk life for the greater glory an,
wider advertising of Carnegie2
! Then, having made millions manu-
featuring implements of war. MI
: Carnegie erected q 100000 inter
S national monument TO peace Ii Car
negie. He also proceeded to pensio1
. everybody in sight. That IS, every
e body who might, through a sense Q
t gratitude for the favor to come, in
e culcate into the min of youth tn
/ greatness and goodness Of Carnegie.
e But that was not enough. Their
t was one conspicuous blank spot still il
y - - Chf h My w ~ + wv IN ~ on n ,t1C
be written there. The nation itsel
must be made to feel and help to ad
: NertlSe the greatness Of this man II
J would pension the men upon whom
the nation had conferred the highes
r honor-the greatest honor that an
: 7nan receives from his fellows on tn
face of the earth. He would civ
9 to the world a picture Of the most
s hOnored men in all the world feed
ing out Of the hand Of Carnegie. An
G then could he world doubt as TO VIII
G Is its SreateS man!
e We think this is q fairly accnrat
description OF the picture In Mr.. Car
: negie's mind. We do not believe tha
$ he had any sinister designs agains
c the government. If he had had, h
9 would have offered to pension not tn
n eN-president. but the actual p%reslden
For Mr.. Carnegie's monumental con
ceit there would have appeared moth
lbs cut OF Keeping ia SuCH - pr
Q ceeding should it have suggested il
self TO his purposes.
Mr.. Archbold had long paid pen
sions to judges and senators and rel
8 reSentatiNes in congress-. No uOu.
Mr.. Carnegie would have tried to pei
sion a president if such appealed I
Y him as the necessary move IN h
4 game. Mo in offering q pension
Y ex-presidents he probably had 20 II
fopfiop of GuarXfDp the Judgment {
n the actual presidents
Il He did not think that with 5000
a year for life dangling before him a
o occupant of the W~hite$fiouse mig!
v be unconsciOuSly Influenced TO puI
sue such public policy as would be
e protect the securities from whlc
l. that $4,000 was to come, and, Inc
a dentally. from which Mr.. Carnegie
"a enormous income is derived.
Such action on the part OF the pre-
ident might involve tariff laws, raj
n road regulation. prosecution for r