MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1911.
CORPORATION PHILANTHROPY.
Andrew Carnegie acts with charao i teristic busi^e^yu^gioent in establishing a corporation to take over the ar- | duous work of giving money to such institutions and for such other pur- ! poses as may be deemed worthy, Phil- i ' anihropy, like downright charity, is ; far more effective and useful when ¦ thoroughly organized. ! and gt;¦
Of course it must not be understood j that in the past Mr. Carnegie has made j his benefactions in a haphazard man- ^ ner. Either personally or through the | agency of men in whom he reposed trust he undoubtedly made careful in- i ^ vestigation of the claims and needs of j ^ every applicant. Now he merely shifts j -r-t the burden wholly from 7 is own shoul- j ders. Instead of disbursing the money j himself, instead of passing judgment i himself, be merely presents an im-; Tb mense fund to the corporation and allows them to do the investigating and j ^' apportioning. Mr. Carnegie is himself i j--r in the corporation, and his advice or j wish would doubtless carry the great-1 Tl est weight, but it. is apparent that he j is not further desirous of partaking j actively in the work. i T
The $25,000,000 given by Mr. Car- j ^ negie is for use only in the United j' States. It is not stated that he intends ) to organize his donating elsewhere, j T Less than two weeks ago Mr. Carnegie j gave $120,000 for the establishment of j : a "hero fund" in Norway. His Scotch j givings are second only to his liber-1 ^ ality in the United States. By ridding j himself of the burden in this country | x he has by no means relieved himself j of all the labor of giving.—Cleveland P Plain Dealer. | T
