Arizona republican., 1902-01-08
one-half is devoted to the maintenance of schools and roads.

Of course. when democratic orators and editors speak of the down trodden masses" and the VALUE lack of opportuni- OF IDEAS ties'' for American AND ABILITY. young men of today. they do not believe what they say The evil lies not in the alleged conditions. but in the per nicious influence which such teachings have on young men who accept parti- san statements as gospel truth No doubt, the gloomy and imaginary pie ture of the closed avenues to advance Inent lead many of the younger men of the land to abandon ambition and fall into ''rut' of commonplace en- deavor. In few words writer in the Iron Age has pictured the true conditions in this country in the mat ter of opportunities for young men of ideas and ambition, as compared with other parts of the world. Pessimists and democratic orators solicitous for the welfare of the young man Absa- lom'' Of whom Mir. Bryan has talked SO lttilisiSr VIII iilib Allbit 'oiiiioib HI the remarks of the writer referred to:
 Here every facility is given for the crystallizing of new ideas, and even down to the farm laborer. working the reaper and binder. every one knows that if he hits upon a good idea he has a very good chance of reaping rich harvest. At the first blush such uppor- tunities may appear of slight moment. Slight considera tion, however. shows that it's effect upon American indus tries has been simply amazing. It has not only stimulated her citizens 10 exercise their brains to the fullest ca pacity. but it has drawn q very large number of the smartest and most in ventive workmen from Great Brit lin and other foreign countries. The con sequence is that today America stands at the head of the inventive nations, and her labor-saving machinery and subdivisions are the maryels and ad- Iniration of the world. All this has had a most powerful effect in cheap ening production. l had many conve-- sations with Britishers on the subject while in the states, and they were una nimous in their opinions and ex- perience that the much better facilities for securing inventions gave to worA- men chances such as were never ex- Derlenced lD the old world AS IL used to be said that every soldiers of the first Napoleon carried a field marshais baton in his knapsack. so it may be said that it is possible for any Amer ican workman to become q millionaire. It takes at least two generations of unremitting toll, inventive genius and exceptionally good fortune to produce a millionaire in England or Germany. but the history of Andrew Carnegie and other well known Americans shows that in America it is quite possible to produce one in ten or twenty years. All this is but another way of saying that brains and ability have a far bet ter chance in the states than in any other country in the world. The op- portunities for the individual in America constitute one of it's strong est features.
 The writer in the Iron Age might have gone farther and stated that never in the history of the world have there been such opportunities as are afforded the young men of this nation today.-because never in the past was there such an urgent demand for men who can "carry letter to Garcia" The young man of brains and good habits and correct understanding of his duty to his employers. and withal a deter imitation to make his employers in- terests his own. should be very thankful that he is living in the vera 1902.