Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-18
The Carnegie Lobby and
the Carnegie Attorney

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace enjoys an
annual 100000 derived from Steel Trust bonds set
aside for that purpose by Andrew Carnegie.
Ehhu Root Mr. Carnegie personal counsel member OF
the United States Senate and also member of the committee
charged with the expenditure of the endowment fund
AS member of the Senator perhaps as MIR carneges
counse-h delivered speech strenuousy urging that the Con
of the United States repeal the law granting American
coastwise ships the free of the Panama Canal
AS the dbuer of Mr. Carnegies peace fundshal we call
lobby 600 copies this speech printed and
distributed The distribution done public cost under Sen
ator Roots frank AS this saved the Carnegie fund something
than $OOo postage infer that in this action Sen
ator Root acting carnegies personal counsel
month ago Senator fatty charged in the Senate
Carnegie Endowment using its funds and its power
to promote an alliance between the States and Great
individual profit persons concerned Senator
Root-actng his dual capacities angry denied the
charge by his brother Senator from
New York personally offensive to himself
Where do the revelations testimony before the
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee Senator Root his
anger and his denial now?
that only 900 copies of Root pamphlet
circulated but than million copies of another one
designed purpose out The Carnegie En-
constituted itself prodgous lobby with all that OPP
probrious implies enforce Great Brttan will upon
Congress
This was done in the of international Peace but the
Carnegie idea of peace involve only educating
Americans accept British ideas and obey British commands
does include any effort to make inhabitants of Great
Britain the justice of the American position
Like President Wilson, the Carnegie Endowment udously
refrains from stating the American position at all
The London Journal recently printed a scholarly and
well uphodng the America Contention in the
Panama matter wide circulation in England would have
corrected the great part people indifferent
to treaty obligations this service international the
Carnegie under the leadership of Root did not
dertake.
There were speeches Senate equal of Senator
Roots delivered by who personal attorneys for
anybody taking American side of this question Their
circulation England might have created more reasonable
public sentiment there that would lend itself geto
geher the part of the two governments But
this done by the Carnegie Root agents
They seemed be working less for reasonable than for
American surrender.
quite apparent that the international sought by
enormously wealthy corporation only peace that involves
repeated continuing progressive submissions by the United
England until Mr. Carnegie idea of union
between shall be attained by the disappear
of the autonomy of the United States
To this has established this great lobby
institution the creation of public sentiment in Washing
ton endowed with $10o0O0000 in Steel Trust bonds pro
vded with fund for the influencing of public senmentco
loquiay called slush fund of 100000 per annum and
keeps personal attorney the Senate give official authority
his procamaton of national subservence and serdom
We think the Senate might go further in its investigation
of the activities Carnegie Endowment presents
general appearance of very rich highly organized and wholly
unparotc lobby for the undermining of national prestige
and honor.