Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-18
EDUCATION WILL M'
INSURE SUCCESS Y
To FARMERS BOYS
Barrett Declares That Future
Success viii Depend Solely
on Moral and Mental Equip
ment of Farmers Children
tspecial plspatoh % The J0urna


UNION CITY, Ca, April 1.-THE corr
tention that opportunities for success are
fewer today than before, is stoutly do
MED by President Charles S. Barrett. ef
the National Farmers union, who de-
clares that it is the duty of the farmer
to equip his children for business. The
statement of President Barrett follows:
To the Officers and Members Of the
Farmers Union: I have no patience with
the complaint that, in our day. opportti-
mites for the young man are disappear
ing.
II is the cry of ignorance or laziness.
In every line opportunities are greater.
and rewards more promising, than at any
time in American history.
The only individuals with cause fer
grievance are the boys who viii net
equip themselves for success, in its high
est sense, or those parents who are
guilty of criminal neglect in seeing that
the boy is properly equipped.
During the past several years have
visited every section of this country. and
directly and indirectly investigated corr
ditions in practically all branches CT
commerce ana INDUSTRY.
DEMAND IS EVERYWHERE
Everywhere the demand is for young
men Of ability to do the worlds work,
and the supply is far below the demand.
The great fortunes that have been
made in this country, and the luxurie
of the age in which we live, combined
with lack of parentaI discipline. have
done one wrong to our boys-many OF
them have grown to have a contempt
for humble beginnings.
That is the secret of the complaint that
the doors of opportunity are closing,
and that success is only for the chosen
few.
The boy of 20 years ago was willing
to work his way to success. He was
willing, and anxious, to begin with tie
most unpretentious labor. and apply HIM
self and deny himself. If he saw rs-
wards at the other end.
The boy of our day-too often-wauis
TO begin at the top instead Of the bot
tom.
He wants to have success ready made
for him.
He wants to step into SNAP" en-
easy BERTH" without once rejecting
that save in exceptional instances. such
positions are held BY meH who have d.
| monstrated their fitness by long training.
concentration and experience.
The sort of opportunity that matters
most is the opportunity for the proper
kind of education!
ADVANTAGES BETTER.
And educational advantages are more
plentiful and cheaper, today. than ever
before.
It is the educated the equipped men
who rule this country, and who reap
its greatest rewards in every branch of
endeavor.
1t is those whose education is insufii-
Gent whose training has been neglected,
that feed the army OF failures and the
band of indictments.
The boys, or men. who are now conf
planning Of lack Of opportunity ana
giving that as an excuse for their indif-
ferent success, would have done no bet
ter 90 40 or so years ago
Conditions have changed, of courses.
Business IS organized upon different lines
competition has grown keener, and tile
qualifications for success more exacting.
That is why we cannot over eTnpha-
size the value of education. adapting 1t
In every case to the peculiar needs ara
abilities of the individual.
In the battle for success and dist.rc-
ton, the odds are all on the side of the
boy who is equipped. The boy WHO is
not equipped. and who thinks to reach
the top without hard work, is practically
whipped at the start!
AS long as the world lasts, the great
fundamental principle of success will sur
vfve all changes in business or industrial
methods Of administration: and that Is,
you must earn success before You get
IT,
You may complain that you have no
chance against the rich mans son. or
the young man with pull and inia-
ence.
If you have kept even a casual wa-t.h
on the drift of affairs in this country,
you will have discovered that today rich
mems sons and young men with 'pulr
are required TO make good" Just as he
who rises from the ranks.
If the scion of wealth can't "malte
good" they relegate him from the world
Of active affairs. back to his task pr
merely spending money, and dwadlirlg
in society.
CALL is FOR ABILITY.
The cali ever goes up for ability!
It is better paid today than ever be-
fore, and those who are anxious TO re-
ward it cannot find enough able young
men to fill the positions that demand
competent handling
The farmer who does not equip his son
for success and for progress is handf-
Gaping him. as against the son of the
man who is prepared for hfe's bat
ties.
He must, some day. face reckoning
for sending his boy into the world pre-
doomed to failure for lack of prepara-
ton.
This does not mean that every boy
should be given a college education.
am aware. too, that the financial cir
cunstances of some families m3istate
against their giving the boy the squarest
kind of a deal.
But in this day of democratic educa-
tional facilities, and medium prosperity,
1t is indeed a poor farmer who cannot
find chance to at least begin his boy
in the right educational path.
And ii is a poor boy who is not Will
ing to pay the price of success by hard
work, by burning the midnight OIL il
necessary. instead OF cigarettes, in order
that he may compete with the other fell
low upon terms at least partially equal
MIGRATION BILL IS