Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-07
1t is an altop ethear mistaken idea

merly. The fact is that there never
was time when the competent
young man stood so favorabiy show
OF rising rapidly and surely as at pres
ent, nor time when success meant
as much. And conditions have chang
ed, and aspiring youth must change
with them. Business today is done
much more systematically, and on n
much broader plane, says the Creston
News. The linkin 6 Of all parts Of a
country togethe r by rail, steam and
wire, so that distance is no longer
an clement in the transaction OF bust
ness, has brought every section into
competition with all the rcst-oven
oceans are no longer obstacles OF seri-
Gus account. Under these conditions
business must be done with a much
closer adjustment to inevitable nee
cessitates. And the same conditions
afford the opportunities that STU
peror enterprise, ambition and capac-
ity take advantage Of They make pos
sible the immense business expansion
that have astonshed the modern
world. For the conduct of these vast
enterprises only the very highest class
of talent is competent, and those at
the head OF them are constant.
ly on the lookout for it. Tie
young man who is available for tie
work is snapped up at premium while
the unavailable is showed aside, or rele-
gated to the domain OF drudgery. Ii
IA young man OF thirty is today working
for thousand year, it is very sale to
say that that is his commercial value.
II he is doing the work OF two
thousand dollar man, it is aquestion Of
but a short time until he will be called
to that mans place. Ii at forty he is
receiving twenty-five or fifty thousand,
it is dead certainty that he has made
the fact that he is worth thar much as
II business investment apparent. The
thing then for the young man to do
is to make himself valuable to begin
with, and after that constantly acquire
new value as the years go by. 1t is
not enough to be worth what lie is
at present receiving that will keep
him where he is. He must be con-
stantly making himself worth more
than his pr esent compensation. This
only can secure promotion. But IL
better preparation is everywhere call
ed for to day. The first requisite, on
which start is to DO made into any
business avenue whose incline is up
ward, is a good education. This any
boy may easily obtain by the time tie
is old enough to enter upon the sef-
ious work OF life. II, must have 81
mind capable OF expansion with tie
requirements OF his position. The
work at the better schools and colleges
OF today aims at broadening rather
than mere filling OF the mind. These
schools are freely or cheaply available
to every youth in the land. A strict
er accounting on the moral side is an
absolute requisite in every business.
The young man who is "sporfy"-
given to gambling, wine and women-
is not wanted in any position OF re-
sponsibility in the present day. This
is not so on a question OF morals in
the abstract, but because such man
is unsafe in the present, and his future
is without promise. Business men
are perfectly well aware that an en-
ploye, spending more money than
he is earning, is spending some
body's else's money. And if one ac-
quires reckless and extravagant habits
after his start is made in business his
uOWnIall is as sure us the coming OF
night il he persists in his course; and
permanent reform is too rare to be
looked for with any degree Of proba-
Dility. liza young nan Of the pes
cnt finds no opening Tor himself, he
should set about sel-cXamination
and see il the reason is not found in
lack OF fti.ess for the work he seeks
and then go to work in earnest to
supply the deficiencies that are hind.
ering him. In age Of the wonderful
and widespread activity of the pres
ent there is work for all who will pre-.
pare for it and the opportunities fol
preparation were never SO available az
new. /: all depends then on whether
the man is equal to the occasion and
is willing to make the req ured pre-,
liminary exertions.
It will be welcome day when tho
people can choose their own United