Evening journal., 1919-08-11

cumlator and fastest spender in the his
tory Of the world, was a remarkable
Scotchman and world citizen in so
many ways that the chronicle OF his
words and deeds makes a large library
in itself.
Builder OF the first great American
trust, this short, stocky, bearded Scot
twisted the world of commerce. indus
try and finance around his little finger
until he grew tired Of it and started
out TO give away the huge fortune he
had gathered.
He did this because, from the begin
ming of his career, he had expressed the
jbelief that 10 was sinful for a man TO
die rich. His philosophy was that no
man should accumulate except that he
might the better give.
Was Peace Lover.
| The last few years Of his life were
quiet and undisturbed, either by the
/ vast business interests he had built up
or the thousand personal associations
he had formed in his world travels and
money giving.
Carnege was an ardent apostle Of
world peace. He had clear opinions on
almost every subject under the sun, and
voiced them, but world peace was a
favorlte among his hobbies 10 was only
natural that the world war, from the
moment of its inception in 1914 weigh
ed heavily upon him.
The career OF Carnegie Is a story OF
money making for the most part for 1t
was easy for him to gather riches from
the moment he first set foot on these
shores.
II was in 1913 that young Scot OF
II landed with his father and mother
on this continent. They were poor i'm
migrants. They made their way 10
Pittsburgh. The boy got job as bob |
| bin tenders assistant in an Allegheny
| City, Pa, cotton mill. His pay was
! 81 % a week
Later for % years, that same boy con-
1 trolled the steel industry OF this coun- !
| TRY, employed $4,000 men, controlled
seven immense steel works, a score OF
finishing mills, owned two railroads, gas
and coke companies, iron mines, docks, /
| fleets Of ships and other things. His
name was Andrew Carnegie. His father
was the paster weaver Of Dunfermline.
The invention of machinery driven by
steam drove them out Of the industry /
and into this country.
Interested in the monster which had
brought bad luck TO his family, Andy |
started out to study its steam and iron
makeup.
Finding a job later as a messenger
boy, Andy remarked: Il have just
awakened from a dream in which I saw
a white haired Scotch laddie in blue
jacket walking with his father into a
Pittsburgh telegraph office TO apply for
a DOsitiOn a. messenger boy.
"If YOU want an idea OF heaven upon /
earth. imagine what it was 10 be taken /
from a dark cellar. where I fired the /
boiler from morning until night and |
dropped into the Office where light /
lone on all sides, and around me books, /
papers and pencils in profusion, and oh :! |
the tick OF those mysterious brass IN /
strumenls on the desk, annihilating 1
space and standing with throbbing spir-
its ready 10 convey the intelligence |
10 the world. This was my first glimpse /
OF paradise
shortly after that Carnegie's father
died. leaving him a boy Of "a, the sole |
support OF a mother and younger broth |
er. He was undaunted by the task. |
He worked hard TO learn telegraphy and |
soon was earning the princely sum Of /
/ S2j a month. Some months ne did 1T |
tie better by copying news reports for
a paper.
tt wasn't long until the Pennsylvania
railroad hired him as a telegrapher II +
was in this position that he came in .
contact with Superintendent Scott, head
Of the invention
When Scott became vice president OF
the road, Carnegie was made division
superintendent at the princely salary
Of $50 a month.
Il was on an inspection trip in this
capacity that Carnegie encountered T.
T. Woodruff, inventor OF the sleeping
car. He became interested in the in
vention and enthusiastically tried to in
terest Scott but was repulsed. Then,
offered a share in the manufacturing
company, he accepted, borrowing the
necessary S2i7.JO from a local banker
lie paid back this money from stock
dividends and within a short time he
was making a great deal of money.
Thus did get my foot upon fortunes
ladder said Carnegie. 1T was easy TO
climb after that"
BY this time Carnegie had reached
the year 1861 and the Civil War broke
out. Scott was made an assistant sec
retary Of war and Immediately drafted
Carnegie 20 take charge Of military
roads and telegrph lines
It was in this capacity that Carnegie,
while freeing the tracks into Washing
ton from obstructlng wires, gained the
distinction Of being the third man
wounded in The war on the Union side
Carnegie also saw active service at /:
Bull Run. His health broke down af-
ter the war and he was forced to take a
Tong rest.
Carnegie had a wonderful capacity
for attracting, developing and holding
men in every department of business.
Charles NJ. Schwab, former head Of the
United States Steel Corporation, now
chairman OF the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany, Is an example OF the sort OF men
Carnegie developed Carnegie never
helped man. He always made it pos
sible for the man TO help himself.
In the home Of an old friend in Pitts
burg is an essay on capital and labor.
written by Carnegie when he was t5
II contains the same principles Of bust
ness procedure the phllanthropist ex-
pressed after he had won his fortune
He had TO fight for the education that
enabled him TO put them into effect.
DEATH OF MRS. JOHN J. JOLLs.
Mrs. Alverta Edwards Jolls, wife OF
Tobu To1e Jfad Io=f o,.ong,,