Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-12-30

increase there will be still more rad.
lea! revolt against the old college idcn.
for nothing is SO Impressive as example.
When students appreciate not only that
n business career offers more chances
for making good living than any 9th.
or, but also that Its prizes IRE eagerly
sought by many Of the most Pre- eminent
members Of the college brotherhood
every trace Of ancient prejudice will
disappear. The truth Is that business Is
now a splendid field for the exercise Of
the highest powers Of judgment. organl.
zation and administration. 1t attracts
the talent and ability that went for.
merly into politics and the army and Is
occasionally the inspiration for real
genius. Supcrcillous contempt for It IS
not only ridiculous but must recoll on
those who profess the sentiment. They
are sure to hear of comparisons that are
odious.
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without doubt the empty. headed. In.
ane ana useless young "swell' Is a type
In this country. But fortunately the
class he represents Is very small. 1t
would be a mistake to suppose that the
Inheritance of wealth and social posi-.
ton always or even usually Involves
such blight upon intellect and energy
and character. Familiar observation
cOntradlcts such assumption fatty.
The present Governor of the state Of
New York was born 10 more money
than he could need. Yet he IL not only
advocating but personally leading the
strenuous life" of industrlus public
service. Seth Low inherited millions
enough to excuse him from all toll.
Yet he Is one Of the hardest working
and most fruitfully working men In the
land. He has given up half his fortune
that education might be advanced. TO
the same end he sits late mt night over
self.lmposed tnsks and rises early In
the morning to meet other duties. As
the head Of great university he has
enough to do to exhaust the encgry Of
my one man. Yet when the welfare of
this community IL put ut Issue he Is
ready with pen and purse and person to
assist his w.citizens In u struggle
for good government. When the M.
ton enters upon an effort for peace he
gives his time. his abilities and his eX-
traOrdlnary energy to that service OF
mankind as n representative OF Amer.
lean sentiment ut The Hague. In the
same way the late Prof. Marsh, born
to more money than any reasonable
man wants. spent II ana himself law.
ishly In an endeavor to forward scien
tidc learning. John Jacob AstOr. In
heritOr of untold millions. was among
the first to respond to the cOuntry's
call to righteous war. He not only
equipped and armed u battery ut his
own expense. but he dismissed his
valet. abandoned all the Injuries that
were his for the taking, and went tG
the front as n hardy soldier In a pc
culiarly perilous campaign. The
Rough Riders had no rOugher riders
among them than the rich Society
young men who enlisted from New
York. Young Cornelius Vanderbilt Il
learning the mechanical part Of the
railroad business and has already dc
vised n valuable improvement In loco
motives ana new pattern Of frelgh,
car. The catalogue OF Illustrative ex
amples might be indefinitely multi
piled. Enough have been mentioned
to show that In our country ut least In
herited wealth brings no blight Il
manhood when the inheritOr Of thu
millions happens also to inherit charc
acter and good sense. To such mel
money means opportunity. :
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| Secretary COburn, Of the Kansas
Board of Agriculture, recently made
most sensible and practical suggestion
to tho farmers of the West. The $50,
corn crop, as Is well known, Is one o
the largest ever harvested in America
but the memorable law OF supply ant
demand has forced the price down, as i
always the case In year Of phenomcn
ally abundant crops. Secretary COburl
reminds the farmers that there has new
err been a season Of unusual production
and low prices for corn which has no
been followed In the near future by
year Of comparative scarcity and cor
respondingly higher prices; and Their
is no reason to believe that the presan
one will prove an exception to this hlth
ertO unbroken rule. His advice to tn
farmers Is, therefore, that they SHOULD
market no more OF their corn than
necessary to meet their expenses. II
truthfully says that they would r.ghtl
have considered themselves fav0re,
and prosperous with yield 100,000,O 0
bushels less than that which they nov
have. II they were to hold this extr
1O0.OOO.OOO bushels In substantial, raj
proof cribs on the farms for year o
two, as they could very comfortably Dc
1t would not only relieve the downwar'