Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-07
OPPORTUNITY Is ALWAYS
ON THE JOB

The value OF the 8Verage man is
based wholly upon what he produces.
In other words, man, as a rule, is pro-
ducing to the best of his ability in
whatever position he may hold in life
and the amount of compensation re-
celved for his output actually meas
ures his worth.
Most Of the financial and business
generals began at the bottom OF the
ladder, climbing rung by rung by he
habit Of reliability habit which be-
comes a daily religion with them.
The average employee in all branch
es OF life Is earning the full capacity
OF his ability to produce; otherwise
he would engage IN some other line
OF work u thereby better his II
naacial condition; he would go to an
other locality where opportunity is
afforded to obtain employment which
would better compensate his intelli-
gence or special ability. The world
Is wide and opportunities are numer-
GUS. They are born every day.
There Is nothing in the late Senator
John ]. Ingalls, famous poem, that
fortune knocks but once in a lifetime
at your door. ingalls, wrote:
Master Of human dostinies am L.
Fame, love, ana fortune on my door
step wait.
Cities and fields walk; / penetrate
Deserts and seas remote. and, passing
by
lIovel and mart and palace-soon or
late
| knock %unbidden once at every gate!
III sleeping wake; II feasting, rise be-
fore
/ turn away, 1t Is the hour OF fate.
AND they who follow me reach every
state
MortaIs desire. and conquer every foe
Save death. but those who doubt or
hesitate,
Condemned to failure. penury and
woe,
Seek me IN vain and uselessly implorc.
| answer not, and / return NJ more.'
In my opinion, new opportunities
are presented to man zach aud every
day as dawn breaks upon a changed
universe. Something new always pre-
scnts Itself overnight. Opportunity Of
fers "a new supply of goods in mans
path each day.
It is not what you have or have not
accomplished yesterday. but what you
'can accomplish today. Age OF man
has no bearing whatever on the
amount OF wage he may receive. nor
on what he can produce. Men have
made ana lost a number of fortunes
in q lifetime. Vitality may lesson
with age, but experience increases In
compromising proportion.
No matter who he is, where he is
employed or how he is employed, man
is generally receiving fun oompensa-
ton for his ability.
Washington is "a unique city in that
1t Is the temporary home OF the brains
Of the whole world. Here are gather
ed some of the most intellectual and
expert business professional men
of the United states employed g.
making laws and governing the at
fairs Of the country. Likewise 1t may
he said that foreign countries are rep,
resented here at the national capital
in ana official capacity by representa-
tive men. The average government
official and employee is considered also
TO represent fairly the Intelligence OF
his home state.
There probably is no place in the
wide world where a man in public or
professional lie meets his level quick
er than he does ia Washington. Here
the real man Us soon discovered. his
worth Is impartially weighed. his rank
Is ~irrcvocably decided. In one OF the
dozen or more stratas of standing he IL
given a place. classified as II we're. and
there he remains indefinitely. This
TO men serving In all official
and professional capacities. I
Money I'M public life Is a secondary +
consideration in the Weighing 81 mans
value boz Washington. II is brains and
product which makes his standing a
There IS no. test of a mans ability
i'm amy department of public life more
eve than service In the house OF
representatives OF congress; there is 4,
no place where So little consideration :
Is shown Tor the feelings or failure OF !
beginners What d mar gains In the .
house he gains by sheer force Of his .
awn character. and. II he loses and
falls hack. ne must expect no mercy
and viii receive NO sympathy. II IS
a field in which tho survival Of the q
strongest is the recognized rule. and ;
no p%retenss can survive and mo- 5
glnmnr can mislead
Washington. ID. - q