The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-11
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
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barrass himself of practically all he
had. No man had ever launched phil
anthropic campaign of such dimensions
His was then fortune of just about
"a quarter billion dollars. the largest
ever acquired by 4 foreign-born Ameri-
can, second only to the John d. Rookie
Teller wealth as the largest individual
accumulation in the United States, and.
built, as it was, of five per cent steel
bonds, it would, without so much as
turning over one S hand have APP
preached half million by the time
Carnegie could call himself an octo-
genarian on Nov. 25, 1915
To give this stupendous sum away,
in about half the time he had taken to
fairly we'll fulfilled when death over
took him today. He had distributed
about $500, 100000. 1t was giving mon
| ey away at the rate of over 500 900, 900
| a year, or more than $4,000 a day.
Before he sailed for Scotland in
| 1901 he left letters announcing gifts of
$9,000,000. His first big gift was the
setting aside of 100000 to supply
! pensions and relief for the injured and
aged employees of his steel plants. an
| acknowledgement of the deep debt which
| owe to The workmen who have con
tributedly so greatly to my success.
He added an extra million for the sup
port Of libraries for his workmen, and
/ took up his library hobby in a whole
sale way by giving $5.200.000 to New
York city for the erection of 65 branch
| libraries in the metropolis. Another
million he gave for library in st
Louis.
He remembered Pittsburgh, the scene
of his steel making triumphs, by estab
Fishing there a great institute, includ
ing the largest of his Libraries, a mu-
scum, magnificent concert hall, an6
the Carnegie Psychological schools
with total endowment of $16,000,000
He built great national institution
in Washington, which should be the
foundation head of advanced work il
investigation, research and discov
cry and placed in the hands of its
trustees total endowment of some
$20,00o. 900.
To his native Scotland his larges,
single gift was fund of $10,000,000 te
laid education in Scottish universities.
i He carried out his pet idea of Q
Hero commission, endowed in 1905 with
$5,000000 by which hundreds of men
women and children have been reward
ed with Carnegie medals or pension:
for acts of heroism in the rescue of i'm
perilled persons. He later extended
similar benefactions to, several foreign
countries.
He established the Carnegie Founda
ton for the Advancement of Teaching
with a total fund of $15 100000, which
has taken up efficiency surveys of ed
ucational work, aided many institu
4 tions, and provided pensions for col
Elege professors. In 1911 he capitalized
his educational benevolence, so that hi,
4 gifts to Libraries, colleges and other in
lstitutions, should live after him, by es
tablishing the Carnegie Corporation
with fund of $25,O00,o00.
He gave $10,0O0000 toward an In
ternational Peace fund, and built tn,
Peace Palace at The Hague, which wa
dedicated in 1913. He gave $750.00l
for the Bureau of American Republic
lat Washington.
! His love of music moved him TO eauil
: hundreds of churches and institution
with pipe organs. He never gave di
reetly any large sum to religious pur
: poses. Of his organ gifts he said b
(. would hold himself responsible for wha