New-York tribune., 1912-01-24
DIX BOLDLY PLEADS FOR
BIG BUSINESS INTERESTS
Carnegie Attentive as Governor,
at Albany, Says Their An
inhalation Is Impossible.
NOT A ONE-MAN REPUBLIC
Single Person or Party Not Es-
sential to Happiness of People
-Charlatans and Dema-
gogues Attacked.

Albany Jan. 23.-Andrew Carnegie
listened attentively at the University
Club dinner tonight when Governor
Dix took up the cudgels for the Ibis
business interests" of the country, de-
claring that their annihilation is impos-
sible. And If 1t were possible" said the
Governor, at would force backward
step into he dark days Of demoralized
conditions. with low wages and uncertain
employment for labor. and destructive
losses for employers and investors"
Besides Mr.. Carnegie and the Governor
the guests Of homer at the dinner in
Guided President John II. Finley of the
College of the City of New York; Pres
ident William II. p. Faunce of Brown
University, and Chancellor James r.
Day, of Syracuse University.
Governor Dix praised Mr. Carnegie
for his worldwide Lenefactions. his judi
cious and fsrseeing philanthropy and his
ccaseless championship of peace among
men and nations. The Governor said:
Educated men have a function in public
life and in government which Is immense
~ needed. In this day of rapid and radi /
cal change in economic. social and poHu-
cal doctrines and methods there ~ muCi!
which savorS Of charlataniSm and uemd-
Eogcry that can be met and neutrahZed ana
DESTROYED only by men of large knowl
edge and OF broad and disciplined minds
and who have been tlain"d TO rebuke ana
combat sham and hypocrisy. ~.
In this country we have Sunered AZ
times. and not in remote times either rom
worship of the exalted ego from beliet
sometimes expressed IN hysterla. II noi
t. 81 fV, .I9 1,af hn
Republic and the happiness Of the peopio
depend on one man. II is unsound aud
un- American TO believe that the Republic,
or the people Of the United states, must
look Tor safety and happiness either 10
one man or to one party.
~ this very time we are suffering rom
plethora Of laws and regulations aimed
q the conduct Of business. What with
now INTERPRETATIONS OF existing laws. addj-
tlonS without number to the statute books
snd attempts to regulate and supervise
every effort Of human cndeavor, can We
wonder that business enterprise IS diScour-
aced and checked. the field Of employment
diminished the rewards of labor de-
creased and the financial and industrial
fCture rendered unstable and insecure
America needs economic peace, We need
cessation Of demagogic attacks and ap-
pcSls 10 class prejudice.
Mr. Carnegie contrasted Scottish uni
yersities with those OF America and de-
olared that the college system Of this
country as it stands to-day is as far in
advance Of that of Great Britain as a
republic is ahead OF a monarchy" lie
never will give cent to the institution
that dscriminates in favor of the
classics he said.
He defended his library foundations
by saying that libraries through their
books reach the working people. and
the working people must not be for
gotten" he added IL will help only
those who help themselves. dislike
the word philanthropist. 1t usually
means man who has more money than
bratns