The chronicle=news., 1913-08-19

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chance netird the steel master y CO.
iossai fortune.
Sir. Carnegie WAS not born rich.
II he ever thanked God he would
daily thank Him for deereeInx that
he should be born poor. To be born
to honest poverty and compelled "a
ia b0r and strive for n livelihood IN
youth II the best Of all schools for
developing latent qualities. strength
enInK character. and making useful
men: hence from this school have
come our leaders.
lie was born In Dunfcrmlinc IA
November :5. 1897. the son OF WI
liam Carnegie. u small master-~eav-
cr. who was regarded ns n propertied
man. fairly well to do In the world
bee ause he owned four damask looms.
and was able to employ apprentices.
The Carnesies embarked In . saii-
ing ship. ax the Piixrim Fathers had
done two hundred years before. and
they were seven weeks In crossing
the Atlantic.
When only ~ he became telegraph
boy at Pittsburx.
From telegraph boy Mr.. CarncIic
pushed his way upwards TO become
m operator. This brought him In =.
salary Of &:5 month"; figure
which, ux = boy. he had fixed ~ the
ideal standard Of comfort.
One day. Thomas \. Scott. = super
iutendent Of the Pcnnsyivania rail-
road. who frequently came to The
telegraph office. and had noticed
carnegic'x brisknc.s. offered him the
post Of clerk and operator to III.
Pennsylvania railroad company. In
the scrv.re Of that lin. he remained
thirteen years. Ha began by being
,ci.Eraphic clerk and operator. lie
left after having been appointed To
the post Of Mr. Scott himself. that Ct
superintendent Of the Pit,sburk d.
yision.
His pay went up to S3s month.
tie became . favoritc With Mr.. Scott.
and shortly after b. came to the Of
flee. his friend and employer suggest
cd to him that II he had $500 To In
vest he could not do better than buy
ten shares In the Adams Exprcss
|conpasy st $50 each.
- "a
they must mortgage their home In or
der to secure the money to give our
boy = start" There WIS no Difficult.
~ about this AZ the house was worth
$500. The money was raised. the
stock was bought. and Andrew began
his career as a capitalist.
Hut II WAS when he struck oil he
made his first big success. lie pur.
chased an oIl.besrins farm for $40.
700. Its value rose to e5.oOO.0O0:
fthat IL. the shares OF the company
,old In the market upon this basis
and one year II paid In cash dividends
$4,000. 900.
After his appointment rs Mr.
Scott's successor In the supcrintend.
,nce OF the Pittsburg division Of the
Pennsyivania railroad he found thai
the company he was serving had be-
yum to make experiments with mn
iron bridge. He Joined with severn
friends and started the Keyston,
Bridge Works.
Seeing that steel was the comins
metal. Carnegie set to work to pro
vide a plant to anticipate the newt
able demand. He had established
reputation. he was known to be I
man in whose hands cverythin;
prospered. he could command n
much capital as he required. And u
!. he had faith In the future Of th
country, whose praises he chantc
IN his book. triumphant Democ
racy," he acquired all the best COZ
and iron mines in the neighborhoo
Of Pittsburs.
Apart from questions of detail an
administration Carnegie owned hi
,Ieat success to strong ima2inatio
married. to keen Scotch commo
sense. Nine years ago the Time
mmminy up the story of the growt
" the Carnegie works. thus describe
the eliminating development Of hi
b,lsiues, Just before he turned
over to the United States Steel
Iron Co.:
] THE chief stages In the recer
progress Of the Carnegie Steel con