The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-15

OF learning, there were but two pro-
fessions that a young man could enter,
with the hope Of gaining for himself
even a moderate competence. +.
These were the legal and the medi-
cal professions, and there is no record
OF any lawyer or any doctor, who prac:
ticed his profession a" century ago, at
tanning to anything like great wealth,
no matter to what eminence in his
profession his Individual ability raised
him. "A few lawyers, who developed
ability, worked their way to the front,
and became prominent or controlling
factors in the public affairs of their
day and generation. but their number
was exceedingly limited, and would
make but small percentage of the
bar association Of any of the larger
cities Of the present. =: =:
The great body Of the American PEG
rle In the earlier years oqf. the Repub-
lies existence were agriculturists, and
the prevailing methods of agriculture
were crude, the principal farming i'm
plements being the 11oe-a very clumsy
too, as then made--the plow-scarcely
less clumsy-the SICKLE. the scythe.
the fail and the. ak. T. ese were gen
orally made by the village blacksmith
and were primitive . in pattern and
construction.
Merchandising and sea faring Of
fered certain limited opportunities to
those who lived y in the cities and
towns along, the, sea- coast. Transpor.
tation s overland Ian was BY pack trains, or
wagons, and travel. by horseback Or
stage coach. E@:,. s<*s. :. :.>:::..... >:
":With the advent OF the steamboat
came an expansion of opportunities.
Men were wanted for captains, mates,
bookkeepers> and particularly for en-
gineers and pilots, and the last two
named commanded Wages that were
then regarded as phenomenal. ;. -: -. ~
When the railroad came new oppor-
tunities we're created, and these op-
portunities have SO expanded and in
creased that the railroads of today
demand the services of over: two mil
lion men. - > s&.. :.
Every new invention of a labor say
ing implement or machine meant en-
larged opportunities for as many men
as were needed to make and market
it, with the result that there are now
hundreds of factories of: gigantic pro-
portions that offer to labor, skill and
ability opportunities unknown cen
fury ago. .'fs. =: :
The wonderful development of cleo
tricity has opened up an inviting and
attractive field of effort Tor young
men all over the country, and the OPP
portunities it offers are such as to
insure not only places Of RESPONSE
bility to the competent, but compensa-
tion ~undreamed of in the days of Ben
jamin Franklin. '5.,: :. = = *.:>'- Z
In short, opportunities have multi.
piled faster than population has in
creased, and the young man of today
who is really anxious to go to the.
front and achieve not only wealth and
position but fame itself, need no
longer look to the law, to medicine,
to a college professorship or to poll
tics. The avenues open to him. are
practically unlimited All he has to
do is to select the line. Of effort or
attainment he desires to pursue, mani
Test the zeal, the ambition and the In
dustry needed to assure advancement.
and have some goal Of ambition in
view that he desires or is determined
to reach, and his chances Of attaining
It are greater than they have ever
been at any past time in the worlds
history =. =: o.. . .s,: s ..
h In addition to the qualities already
|. noted the young man who would sue
coed must develop the ability that viii
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; command promotion, without which
he b! i. can hardly hope to either reach 81 81
retain q position Of prominence. Abil.
slty alone, however, will not keep him:
at the front; he must be Industrious,
ne must be persevering and he must
possess : y = such other qualities as viii
cause l'7' those employing him to entrust
MIN q with grave responsib ilities and
confide in him matters that can only u1,l,
|! e 81 entrusted f'tt to men Of integrity and
honor. b. 4 sS.sS I, d. ST
y the young man Of today, 70 whom
the everyday opportunitie rs of the
present are open, and Who IS . rev