| Show 1 i. i MILLIONS FOR pon ED EDUCATION OS r This hivIng giving of three hundred million dollars to UK th sause of or education lon by Mr r. r Carnegie and Mr Rockefeller be viewed in any light other othet than that of a a. r. can lan h hardly il said bald that both rich men acquired blessing It may be bo 1 I fortune fortuno by In means not entirely fair fall to the tho rest of tho the w world It may he bo said Eald that in accumulating it they I deprived deprive some ono one else of a fair fall share of tho the increase But Is It clear that the men who worked for them would have been an any better ore oft If It neither Rockefeller or ii Carnegie had lived lI Is It at all certain that either of ot this two has hus laid on those who worked for them burdens burdens bur bur- dens lens heavier than aro are laid by h the average of employers I J Has labor been better treated b by the tho less successful L Have Ha the lc less successful I been more generous with the consuming public who after acter all must pay the price out outI I of which the fortunes are arc made maelo In all aU probability no one ono is worse off art because of the big accumulations recognized as ai the Carnegie an and the Rockefeller fortunes And the world must certainly be bo better for this enrichment of oC tho the school fund ThouSands Thousands Thousands ands of men mon and women will receive because of i it an edu education atlon the they could not hope for if 11 It had hall not riot been given The learnIng learnIng- or the world will be Increased The Thew w wisdom of the tho race will be assisted Some of or the secrets of science some of oC the secrets of or history will be re reI re- re I i j I 1 I The rhe children of tho the next generation will vili know more And there Is no particular dan danger er of learning being tainted no mattei matter what may bo ho hoId s said ald o or of tho the money that pays s 's for it and l-and and there thero are aro two sides to that part of oC the proposition We Ye have never had much J patience with tho ho sentiment which finds expression in calling tho the Chicago Chi cago cage university the tho Standard Oil Oh school Even If the theman theman the man who v endowed that big big- Institution Is bad he can n cannot cannot not help himself elf or hurt the world by educating the men and women of the tho nation Admitting that ho Is as bad bad bad- that both of oC tho the men mentioned mentioned are aro bad as us the they have ha been painted the tho getting of oC learning b by a few thousand more mOle young men and anel young oung women is not going to tend to the tho multiplication of wickedness Probably as a result of or benefactions ten thousand thousand thou and men inca and women will receive liberal educations who would not have been able to secure them by hy any other means Wherefore wo we regard the entire Incident as a n. distinct benefit to the lie nation nallon Carnegie and anel Rockefeller ma may bo be wicked but the they aro are big And the present use of their fortunes Is likely to produce more mor big men rather than more bad men mon 0 |
