The Poor Apology of Millionaires
By Editor
A certain trust magnate (not Mr. Rockefeller), for a few years past has been giving away perhaps a tithe of his income lest he should die rich. He has received a vast amount of fulsome praise, from the people who have been forced to contribute to his wealth, because of little bestowments here and there—gifts which have been saddled with conditions that have in several communities entailed real burdens. We would suggest to such men that a better way to diminish their abnormal fortunes, and to benefit in an equal manner the greatest number of people, would be to abandon their methods of extortionate profits on the commodities that are necessary to the comforts of life. Giving a little sop to communities where it will make the most show, or be likely to elicit the best returns, is a poor apology to the general public who are systematically robbed that these monuments may be erected in honor of individual extortioners.