Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller both donated extraordinary amounts of money to charity. No one can disprove that, we are not attempting to. We are, however, debating that it was Carnegie who appealed more to the common people, who was involved in less court cases with Anti-Trust Acts, who documented an entire novel on the wealthy man's responsibility to his community, and who did it all when it was neither popular nor trending. Carnegie's nobility sets him apart from the other titans of the world, in our case from John D. Rockefeller.
This cartoon was drawn in 1914, when Rockefeller had already established his Standard Oil company. Citizens were furious that he shut down most of his surrounding competition. John D. Rockefeller appears to be a frightened cat being kicked over a fence labeled "Ohio," this represents Rockefeller being forced to abandon the state where his wealth began due to his avoidance of paying tax assessors in Ohio.
This cartoon was drawn in 1914, when Rockefeller had already established his Standard Oil company. Citizens were furious that he shut down most of his surrounding competition. John D. Rockefeller appears to be a frightened cat being kicked over a fence labeled "Ohio," this represents Rockefeller being forced to abandon the state where his wealth began due to his avoidance of paying tax assessors in Ohio.
"This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of Wealth: First, to set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and after doing so to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer, and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community--the man of wealth thus becoming the mere agent and trustee for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience and ability to administer, doing for them better than they would or could do for themselves."
(Gospel of Wealth Andrew Carnegie 1889)
(Gospel of Wealth Andrew Carnegie 1889)
"The importance of this political cartoon is to show how Rockefeller was a monopoly in the oil industry. It shows that he has the world in his hands, which he does in terms of his oil in America. He ruled the whole world with oil pricing because he owned all the drilling sites and all of the refineries, which represents the crown on his head. The things that he is holding in the picture mock the Statue of Liberty, meaning that people that come into the United States will not get equal opportunities and that the country is ruled by the rich."
(https://gildedageperiod89.wikispaces.com/Group+6)