Mr. Carnegie's Testimony Before the United States Commission on Industrial Relations: February 5th, 1915 ...1915 - Всего страниц: 31 |
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Стр. 18 - I thank thee, gentle Percy ; and be sure I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends...
Стр. 13 - ... the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away "unwept, unhonored, and unsung," no matter to what uses he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: "The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.
Стр. 13 - The laws of accumulation will be left free, the laws of distribution free. Individualism will continue, but the millionaire will be but a trustee for the poor, intrusted for a season with a great part of the increased wealth of the community, but administering it for the community far better than it could or would have done for itself. The best minds will thus have reached a stage in the development of the race in which it is clearly seen that there is no mode of disposing of surplus wealth creditable...
Стр. 4 - When Mr. Carnegie heard of the trouble at Homestead he immediately wired that he would take the first ship for America, but his partners begged him not to appear, as they were of the opinion that the welfare of the Company required that he should not be in this country at the time.
Стр. 13 - ... clearly seen that there is no mode of disposing of surplus wealth creditable to thoughtful and earnest men into whose hands it flows save by using it year by year for the general good. This day already dawns. But a little while, and although, without incurring the pity of their fellows, men may die...
Стр. 27 - Now, I believe in advertising. I would like more men, more people to get interested in my foundations. I am so sure they will be benefited that I would welcome them all; and I would not mind having more directors tomorrow.
Стр. 12 - Thus is the problem of rich and poor to be solved. The laws of accumulation will be left free, the laws of distribution free. Individualism will continue, but the millionaire will be but a trustee for the poor, intrusted for a season with a great part of the increased wealth of the community, but administering it for the community far better than it could or would have done for...
Стр. 2 - I am young," with a smile that set a-shivering the gold-enwrapped soul of Mr. Richard Dawson. " I am keenly alive, I think, to the obligations of really great wealth, and I trust to do as much good in the world as I can.
Стр. 7 - Oh, Mr. Carnegie, it wasn'ta question of dollars. The boys would have let you kick 'em, but they wouldn't let that other man stroke their hair." So much does sentiment count for in the practical affairs of life, even with the laboring classes. This is not generally believed by those who do not know them, but I am certain that disputes about wages do not account for one half the disagreements...
Стр. 14 - In accordance with this doctrine my first net upon retiring from business was to give $5,000,000 to the workmen of the Carnegie Steel Co. as a parting gift — $4,000,000 for pensions to the men and $1,000,000 to maintain the libraries and halls I had built for them. I say