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DidphilanthropymakeAndrewCarnegieahero?
Washeaherooravillain?AndrewCarnegiewasabusinessmanwhohadasteel
company.HeisalsosomeonewhoistoblameforatragedynamedTheJohnstownFlood.By
nowyourthinkinghesavillainbuthealsowouldalwaysgivebacktothecommunityinvarious
ofways.IbelievephilanthropymadeMr.Carnegieaheroforthreereasons.AndrewCarnegie
believedmoneyshouldgotogoodplacesorgoodthings.Carnegiewasn'tsowealthyatapoint
inhislifeandwasinpoorpeoplesshoes,hewantstogivethemwhathedidnotreceive.He
wantedhiscommunitybusinesstobethebest.Nowyouwillbelearningthereasonsbehindmy
statement.

AndrewCarnegiebelievedmoneyshouldgotogoodplacesorgoodthings.Carnegiedid
alotofgoodthingsasideofsomebadthingshedid.Hebelievedmoneyshouldbespenton
thingsneccesaryforonescommunity.Indocument8chartcreatedbyJosephFrazierWall
,AndrewCarnegie,NewYork,OxfordUniversityPress,1970itlistswhatCarnegiespenton
differentplaceslikefreepubliclibraries,teacherspensionfundandsoon,hespent271,013.000
intotal.TheCarnegieCorporationsnetassestsin2005werelistedat2,167,000,000.The
foundationiscurrentlygivingoutabout100,000,000ayear,mostofittoeducation.Thisshows
howCarnegiewantedtogivetothecommunityandmakeitabetterplace.Hewantedpeopleto
getabettereducationsothattheywouldbecomesuccessful.Indocument7AndrewCarnegie,
Wealth,intheNorthAmericanReview,June,1889itstatesonhowwhenyoudieyoushould
diepennylessandyoushouldhavedoneeverythinginyourpowertohelpyourcommunityand
people.Astothesecondmode,thatofleavingwealthatdeathforpublicuseswhyshouldman
waituntilheisdeadbeforehebecomesofmuchintheworld?Itsayspeopleshoulddogood
whiletheyarelivingandnotwaituntiltheyaredeadtodogoodandgiveup.HealsosaysThe
manwhodiesrichdiesdisgraced.Bythishemeansthatrichpeopleshouldwastealltheir
moneyandnotcarebecauseeifyoudiewithmoneywhatsthewholepoint.Thisconnectstomy
claimbecausehewasbasicallytellingpeopletowastetheirmoneyontheircommunityandthat
theyshouldgiveback.IntheGildedAgeEvolutionitsaysAidetothepoorhindersnatural
processofprogress.ThismeansthatThepoorpeoplessuccessisslowlybeingsuccesfuland
itwilltaketimeforthisproccesforittosucced.InadditionCarnegiewasoncelikethepoor.

Carnegiewasntsowealthyatapointandhasbeeninpeoplesshoes,hewantstogive
thingshecouldntget.Indocument1photoscourtesyofthheCarnegieLibraryofPittsburghit
showsthehouseCarnegieusedtoliveinwithmanyotherfamiliesandthe.Italsoshowsthe
SkiboCastlethatheboutyearslater.Yearsofresidence:18351846Annualrentwas20.00.
AndrewCarnegiepurchasedtheSkiboCastlein1897...Renovationcost:about10,000,000.
Thisshowshowhestartedfromsomethingsmallandgotbig.Thisconnectstotheclaim
becauseitshowshowhewasjustlikeoneofthempoorandhadnothing.Indocument2Andrew
Carnegie,TheGospelofWealthanditsUses(1889)isabouthowthereisaproblemwiththerich
andthepoorbecausetherichwantthepoortotrustinthemsincetheyhelpthem.Individualism
willcontinue,butthemillionarewillbeatrusteeforthepoorentrustedforaseasonwithagreat

partoftheincreasedwealthofthecommunity,butasministringitforthecommunityfarbetter
thanitcouldbeorwouldhavedoneitself.Thissayshowtherichtakesagreatpartinthe
communityandwithoutthemtheywouldprettymuchbenothing.Carnegiewantsthemtohave
trustinhim,theyshouldknowhispastsotheycantrusthimmore.InBigBusinessandLaborit
statesBorninscotlandtopennilessparents,AndrewCarnegiecametothiscountryin1848at
age12.Sixyearslater,heworkedhiswayuptobecomeprivatesecratarytothePennsylvania
Railroad.Thissayshowheworkedhiswayupandheoncestruggledlikethembutnoonewas
theretohelphowheis.Ithinkhewantshiscommunitytodothesametobecomesomething
better.Inadditionhewantedhisbusinesstobethegreatestofthemall.

Hewantedhiscommunitybusinesstobethebest.Indocument4apatedfromWilliamP.
Shinn,GeneralManager,EdgarThomsonSteelWorksreportandJamesBridge,Theinside
HistoryoftheCarnegieSteelCompany,NewYork,1903showsagraphthatshowsproduction
costsandsellingpriceatthemillfromSeptembertoNovember.InJanuary1877theproduction
costwasaboutat46dollarsandCarnegiesolditforabout49dollars.Thiswasafairpriceon
howmuchhesolditeams,hewasntcheatingpeoplebecauseeverybusinessneedsits
income.Hewasbeingfairtothebuyerswhilebeingthebestinhiscommunity.Indocument3
HaroldC.Livesay,AndrewCarnegieandtheRiseofBigBusiness,editedbyOscarHandlin,
HarpersCollinsPublisher,1975isaninterviewimguessingandtheyaretalkingabouthis
business.Carnegieswatchoncostneverletupinhisfirsttwentyfiveyearsinthesteel
business.Thisshowsonhowhewasaverydevotedtowhathedidandwasamoneyman.In
NewbusinessstrategiesitstatesFirsthecontinuallysearchedforwaystomakebetter
productsmorecheaply.Heincorporatednewmachineryandtechniquessuchasaccounting
systemsthatenabledhimtotrackcost.Secondheattractedtalentedpeoplebyofferingthem
stockinthecompany,andheencouragedcompetitionamongsthisassistance.Thisshows
howCarnegiewoulddothemosttohavethebestcompanyofthemall.IfeellikeCarnegie
thoughthispowerorhowhewasoractedreflectedonthecommunityandhowotherpeople
seenthecommunity.

ManypeoplemightsaytheAndrewCarnegiewasavillainforusingphilanthropy.Theymight
thinkthisforthefloodinJohnstown.Indocument9TheJohnstownFlood
Museum:
http://www.jaha.orh/
FloodMuseum
/clubanddam.htmlitstateswhathappenedandwho
tookpartofitandwhyithappenedCarnegiewasonetoblameforwithmanyothers.Theclub
didengageperiodicmaintenanceofthedam,butmadesomeharmfulmodificationstoit.They
installedfishscreensacrossthespillway...whichhadtheunfortunateeffectofcapturingdebris
andkeepingthespillawayfromdrainingthelakesoverflow.Thisstatesonhowthefloodwas
theclubsfaultfornotfixingtheproblemrightaway.ThismaybetruebutCarnegiewasnotpart
ofthisbyhimselfsoitshouldnotreflectonhisoverallviewofhischaracter.

Carnegiewasaheroforhelpinghiscommunityandgivingitbacktohiscommunity.Ibelievethis
formanyreasons.AndrewCarnegiebelievedmoneyshouldgotogoodplacesorgood
things.Carnegiewasn'tsowealthyatapointinhislifeandwasinpoorpeoplesshoes,hewants

togivethemwhathedidnotreceive.Hewantedhiscommunitybusinesstobethebest.These
reasonswerepreviouslyexplained.