The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-05
This is meant for you.

ago any young fellow Of fair ability,
honesty and energy, had a reason
able chance OF becoming some
body in the community. He could
be an employer and make himself a
factor in the busy life of the times.
1t was an era of small capital
small stores, but big ambition. II
was the time when men, even
though obscure and with little cap
ital, could, by exercising frugality
and taking advantages OF opportuni-
ties or making them when occasion
demanded, he absolutely certain OF
attaining position and a competence
If not actual wealth.
WHEN YOUNG MEN AMOUNTED TO
SOMETHING.
Those were the stirring times
the might and intelligence Of uni
ted people were working out the
great problem of marvellous coun-
try's growth. We were then a bust
ness nation formed of countless in
dividuals, each filling a niche and
each adding his quota OF brain and
Drawn.
The average man, who, by energy
and economy, had saved few dol
lars, was able to start in business
for himself. Young men always
had this incentive. They knew
they had an equal chance with their
fellows, and it was this feeling Of
security ia the future that laid the
foundation of this great country,
which, young, healthy, and virile
itself, was eminently young mans
country. Every such man knew
that it was within the range OF posi-
bility for him to become a Gould or
a Vanderbilt.
EVERYTHING WI1lIN HIS GRASP,
No ave 1ue OF business endeavoI
was closed to him. The markets Of
the world, the realms Of finance,
the technical fields Of manufacturing
and railroading, and the allied
forces OF civilization were open tc
those who would enter.
To sum it up: the young man OF
a few years ago was master Of him
self and his destinies, and was guar
anteed by the very condition Of the
country and the trend Of the times,
that absolute and well defined
equality held out to all by our coz
stitution.
WHAT DO You AMOUNT TO Now
Where do you, the young man o
to- day, find yourself? Stop and
consider i! you are not in this exac,
position! Even if, in your youth
and thoughtlessness, you have no,
given much attention to great social
problems, you cannot tail TO have
noticed growing, insidious and ap'
parently irresistible force that mas
changed the aspect OF the CONNER.
lcial, financial and manufacturing
business of the country. You have
seen all the small concerns tha,
have been the back bone Of Amer
lean industry swallowed up in 9
whirlpool.
And to-day you must see that, as
things are now drifting, there is nc
hope for you in the future. BY nc
chance can you ever cope with thai
great, heartless, strong, relentless
f.cior that is grinding out the
stamina, the hope, anu the ambi
ton Of every young man in Americs
to-day. There is no use in your
Irving to save money and start in
business for yourself The bust
ness world is closed to you.
The EVIL TO YOUNG Men.
All this, Of course, has reference
Ito Trusts, but please remember that
the Trust is not great big glitter
ing generality. II is cold fact,
norne ont by figures, and is as sure
lly an element warning against the
material and personal welfare Of the
(, Dung man and his family as an
|archy itself. Think Of i'll ,OOO,-
900 persons thrown out Of employ
ment by the formation Of new
Trusts during the past four years,
thereby adding to the already co.
llossM wealth ot the Trusts over Q
billion dollars. But remember, al
$50, that the remedy is in your owr
nands and that you have in YOU
power a sure, direct and deadly
we apon in the form Of a vote.
Are you clerk in the employ q
the Sugar Trust? If so, are you
not perfectly aware that there is nc
reason under Gods blue heaven why
you should try TO better your posi-
ton or look forward to career thai
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