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

The Carnegie international Peace enjoys
annual 100000 derived from Steel Trust bonds set
aside for that purpose by Andrew Carnegie
Root Mr. Carnegies personal counsel is member of
United States Senate and member of the committee
charged with the expenditure of the endowment fund
AS member the Senator perhaps Mr.. Carneges
counse-he delivered speech srenuousy urging that the Con
gre United States repeal granting American
coastwise ships the free use of the Panama Canal
As dsburser Mr. Carnegies peace fundsha we call
lobby und-he had 900 copies of this speech printed and
distributed distribution public under Sen
Roots frank As this saved the Carnegie fund something
than $1,000 postage may infer that in this action Sen
ator Root acting Carnege's personal counsel
ago Senator German fatty charged in the Senate
that the Carnegie Endowment using its funds and its power
promote alliance between the United States and Great
Britain for the individual profit of concerned Senator
Rootactng of his dual capacities denied the
charge made by his brother Senator from
New York personally offensive to himself
Where do the revelations testimony before the
Lobby Investigating Committee leave Senator Root his
anger and his denial now2
shown that not only $4,000 copies of Roots pamphlet
circulated than million copies Of another
designed for the purpose sent out The Carnegie En-
constituted itself prodgous lobby with all that
probrous implies enforce Great Britains will
Congress
This was done of international Peace but the
RootCanegie idea of peace to involve only educating
Americans accept British ideas and obey British commands
include any effort make inhabitants of Great
Britain see the justice of the American position.
Like President Wilson Carnegie Endowment studiOusly
refrains from stating the American position at all.
London Law Journal recently printed scholarly and
well reasoned uphodng the American contention in the
Panama matter It's wide circulation in England would have
the idea that great part of people Indifferent
to treaty obligations this service international peace the
under the leadership of Root did not
dertake.
There speeches the Senate the equal of Senator
Roots delivered by who not personal attorneys for
anybody taking the American side of this question Their
circulation England might have created reasonable
public sentiment there that would lend itself to getto
gethe the part of the governments But
work of this sort done by the Carnegie Root agents
They seemed to be working reasonable peace than
American surrender.
quite apparent that the international peace sought by
this enormously wealthy corporation only peace that involves
repeated continuing progressive submissions by the United
States England until Mr.. Carnegies idea of union
between the countries shall be attained by the disappear
ance of the autonomy of the United States
To this end the ronmaster has established this great lobby
and for the creation of public sentiment Washing
ton has with $1000O00OO Steel bonds pro
vded with for the influencing public senment-co
oquialy called slush fund of 100000 per annum and
keeps attorney the Senate give official authority
to proclamaons of national uberience and serfdom
We think the Senate might go further investigation
of the activities of the Carnegie Endowment presents the
general appearance of very rich highly organized wholly
unpatriotc lobby for the undermining prestige