South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-26
ANDREW CARNEGIE AS ONE OF OUR
ARMOR-PLATE PATRIOTS

The 'preparedness' program continues 10 raise the
question Of armor-pate manufacture and tine desirable
ny OF the government gons business for itself
One Of the strongest arguments Inn favor of such u
policy S viii remove am incentive for the de-
nauding of the government 10y private manufacturers
The war trust has never hestated cheat the gov
eminent when it found opportunity to do So and it
has managed 10 find such opportunities
II is probable that the extent of the frauds that
have been perpetted the government by the war
viii be known because it has been only bv
accident that such have become public i'm
a instances
a proposition has been made to secy Daniels how
that if ne viii reward those who furnish
the evidence OF extensive armor- plate swiudles with
certais percentage of the sums recovered from
ring rsut Of such Information that it will be
forthcoming
Those who have this proposition to the score
tary state that the men who have such information
dealings with the concerns others
who woGld testify i'm the employment the
terests and ,nrans % livelihood without some kind of
protection
Since tn ere would be no cost to the government
unless 1t was able actually recover fines the
patriots it not Dee how the government
can wei refuse this proposition.
There is little doubt but chat the government has
paid high prices inferior and "doctorcd" and
feetive armor plates guns and sum forgugs
of instances without the same being detected.
AEy discussion 10 armor frauds uecessitatcs the
mention OF of prominent millionares who
travels about the country posing great patriot
Mr. Andrew Carnegie who. despite his intim7tion that
retired" holds S3o0000ooO worth of bonds i'm
the United states Steel corporation which i'm turn
the Carnegie and other -trotdcling subsidiaries
which hesitate take advantage of their sraugle
hold o our army navy. MIR. Carnesies protesta-
lions OF patriotism Notwithstanding. Mr. Carnegies
slice OF pork resulting his Ss000oOO00 worth of
bonds amounts to S16.O00,00O annually
on Jan Z, 1911 Mr.. Carneeie made speech before
Republican club in New York city JIM which ne told
how he came TO go into the aruor-plata business
I was coaching in Scotland" he said. when got
a ca sIearam from Secy Tracy"
This is the same Sec'y of the Navy Tracy who after
leaving the government service. became The attorney
for the Carnegie Co-and this is what the cablesram
said in effect:
The president SAYS he understands il to be your
duty TO enter into the manufacture of armor and
save the ships from waiting the stocks for want
g
Ar Carnegie proceeded then to say:
That tsle.srsua settled it, whenever the public
calls on me for anything j do, unless fall dead.
it is my glory TO respond That is what did, because
the president asked to do IT, and III the president
thinks il Is my duty do anything or TO go any
where my country I consider it tine voice or God
Mr. Carnegie it would acccrdmgly seem. then went
into the armor result of lstenius TO the
voice OF Cod but there is sufficiently large amount
Of documentary evidence Indicate thar once I'm the
armor business with Uncle sam a customer. his
hearing must have become defective.