Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1913 — A Business of Benevolence. [ARTICLE]

A Business of Benevolence.

It takes a practical mind to make a fortune. Men have often said in my nearing, ‘‘Oh, how I wish I were rioh! If I had money I should do this great work or that.”. No,' those men will never be rich, says John D 7 Rockefeller. They haven’t got the purpose and practical bent of mind for It., They think of the fruits of victory without the struggle. I fear it is necessary to fix the mind pretty firmly upon the making of money before it is possible to plan its spending. I remember clearly when the financial plan—if I may call it so—of my life was formed. It was out in Ohio, under the ministration of a dear old minister, who preached, "Get money; get it honestly, and then give it wisely.” I wrote that down in a little book. I have the little book yet, with that writing in it I have tried ever since to “get money honestly and to give it wisely." There is e great deal of folly shown in the distribution of benevolence. If substance is a trust, then it is a very serious business, this matter of dispensing it. One can’t simply get rid of it and have a free conscience. A responsibility attaches to the distribution. I have an idea on that point, to this effect: Let us have benevolent trusts —corporations to manage the business of benevolence. .** 9