New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-09
g0RCLUM ACCUSES
ARTISTS OF FRAUD
osclares 40 Per Cent OF
statuary Not Made by
Men Who Sign II.
yOIlNG GENIUSES ACT
IS GHOSTS, HE SAYS
..i,,or Makes Women Weep as
Vic Tells Stories of Men
Driven TO Suicide.

,, went YESTERDAY - tho rosuiar
afternoon meeting Of the Wom-
political Union ct the Berkeley The
over tho sad stories % urapprcc'-
genius ,n tho United states. as told
cation Borglum. the sculptor
.v.n we're shocked last year no said.
-. number Of young sculptors who
-,,,ed suicide. but sou never thought
...u,-e whether those youns men we're
.,., fair chance 10 live.
t..v them. and ] knew that they
al employed in doins work for other
The work they did would go out
world With some other mans name
,,stou The real maker would Got
..., Of tho credit
.rory PER ccnt-ncarcr 50 per ocn'-o'
,.mary in tho United states is not
IA. ~ the man whose name IS sisned
bh
..-..-s arc several statues in Satusry
,.n,, the Capitol in Washington cred
49,. "a men whose regulations were made
so-,e struggling youus genius working
-. few hundred dollars. know be
..,.a vas trustee for two OF those men
- ,,.ir death and among their papers
80 the contracts for these statues
a., Bo-giurn declined 10 give the names
-, .,.so artists. saying that too many
..-,,,. now living would be involved.
To. other day was asked by a whole
I'll. maker Of tombstones what would bc
nice for a certain statue. Tho subject
20. roverrmcrt competition. The tomb
80, maker expected 10 get me TO 10 the
.o-s while the glory voulc be his.
Ia che early days Of our country mon
- 100 busy building homes 20 encour-
r., The fne arts Tho result is that the
,.us,nr trusts have got control Of the
u, work to-dsv We are sticking UP
..,,,,s everywhere now. and ii is time
W., ,.-~itted the artists 20 do the work
-,su is now buildings arc contracted
800 whole. The contractor let's Out
II. sculpture 10 some poor artist Just as
\. b,s on, tho brick work 70 the brick
~.,t,-s who viii do it Tor the lowest
7rcs e..,,
Tn, result is that the country is fuIi
20 ussic-re statuary. We won't look al
..,,.ing unless il has q helmet or Greek
..,s,ls and Young man with an orisl-
nh idea must commit suicide, while the
,-,s,,s, stories tho world has ever heard
M. stores OF America. 20 unrecorded In
slr yssHc parks and galleries.
Z marvel when ] think how bis the
ro-5 FREEDOM IS written across our
.g.s. and set how no one can get
-ssscs here who does not kowtoW 10 the
inBcr circle OF established regulations
II vas nonsense TO build as they buiIt
10 The men Of the Maine. That vas not
sosst moment in OUT history. Those
men we're asleep. and in their sleep they
gere blown into eternity. IL was an &C
eaaon appropriate perhaps for a tablet
rot for a great monument
The Titanic. on the other hand, de-
serves 70 be recorded a. one Of the great
Is, hours Ia history. Then IL was that
mc-. k.owms the world was come 10 an
sad for them. forgot themselves and put
al that We men hold most dear into the
way u safety. u Us worth having hFeu
70 have seen that great moment for man
and
Mr. Borglum didn't say much about
spmsn suffrage. but he told the women
nat a. his sympathy was always on the
.de o. the insurgent. il was with them.