The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-28
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larities in business have peeh
Strengthened up, plans have been
perfected and contracts entered H.
to for another years engagements.
However lightly he may regard
the matter, to many young man
this Years experiences VIII either
make him or unmake him for life.
We speak of 1T in a business
sense. Many young man has
taken upon himself obligations IN a
new field of labor, or has taken new
and larger obligations in the field
of labor to which he is accustomed;
and much, perhaps all, depends
upon how well he discharges his
obligations or fulfilIs his contracts
for the year 1892.
In these days Of fast living and
extravagant practices many of the
old time customs have been done
away with. For instance, we sell
dom see boy or young man no"
serving his three or five years "foI
his victuals and Clothes" simply TO
learn a trade or to be educated into
some branch of industry.
Boys and young men now want
pay, and quick pay, and big pay
for every day they toll; and III
many cases they want the largest
possible pay for the least possible
work. Aud it is to this that We
wish to call attention of young men
and boys who are serving In the
| employment OF others. The boy or
Young man who ever lets his en-
pioyer see any disposition in him
to give anything less than his very
best service to bis employer, Is
paving the way for a dismissal
sooner OF later, to see himself sup
planted by some one more willing
than himself to give value received
tor tue compensation he gets fO
ais labor.
The old stories about boys and
yoang men making themselves in
dlspensabIc to their employers and
thus working up to partnerships IL
business and head men of the firm
after awhile, has more genuine
truth in 1t than many giddy head
ed youth may think. There are
hundreds and hundreds Of such
cases, and the only reason why
there are not more is, because there
are not more boys and young men
who are willing to do their best all
the time and wait a few years for a
part OF the reward.
Every one spea.s OF the swift.
nesa of the age. Things are moving
at a rapid rate, we say. Men live
faster than in former years, TIE
world is moving And We seem
delighted oftentimes with the
thought that we are blessed with
the privilege of living iu this fast
and busy age. All this is vel
enough If we can and will adopt, Oh
actually bend, our selves to the de
mands of the age. With this fast
age of boasted activity, there come
opportunities for a far greater
diversity of activities than came te
men of the long ago.
In business, in thought, IN every
thing, competition is sharp AND
It grows sharper and sharper ever
year.
With tue whirlIng scenes aDC
lizzv excitement Of the day, the
demand for greater versatility IL
both employer and emp'oye, grows
apace. What Herbert Spencer calls
Heterogeneous movements are
in great demaud, especially with
employees. In other words, the
more Indispensable an employe
makes himself IN the various ways
in which he can best promote his I'M
ployel's interests, the more PROB
able are his chances for growing
into Influence ard usefulness and O
becoming himself an employer
though he may now have naugh1
hut his daily wages for his service
Young men, if you would impress
yourselves upon those whose money
and esteem you labol fol as being
worth anything in the world anC
as willing to take your proper place;
10 serving them until the time come:
Tor you to be men of your OWL
making, standing upon your OWL
capacity to bear responsibilities
say if you would make such impress
sions, do not seek an easy place
simply for the sake of it. The
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