The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-04-26

President Charles S. Barrett of the
rIaers' Union, in a letter to it's
smbers, denounces the fallacy THAT
poHunities are fewer today and
Clares that the farmer who does
t properly equip his boy will have
face a reckoning.
In his letter Mr.. Barrett says:
have no patience with the COM
ANT that, in our day, opportunities
r the young man are disappearing.
is the cry of ignorance or laziness.
every line opportunities are great
and rewards more promising than
Sd any time in American history.
The only individuals with cause
pr grievance are the boys who will
AOt equip themselves for success, in
Is highest sense, or those parents
Pho are guilty of criminal neglect
seeing that the boy is properly
equipped. During the past several
earS have visited every section of
&hS country and directly and indi-
Rectly investigated conditions in
practically all branches of commerce
Rnd industry Everywhere the de
'pand is for yoalng men of ability to
20 the worlds work; and the supply
Is far below the demand.
Inc great fortunes that have been
made in this country and the luxu-
les OF the age in which we live, COM
plned with lack of parental diseip-
Inc have done one wrong to our
EpOyS-many of them have grown to
laVe a contempt for humble begin
llngS' That is the secret of the COM
paint that the "doors~of opportunity
are closing, and that success is only
LOT the chosen few. The boy of 20
Years ago was willing to work his
way 10 success. He was willing and
ANXIOUS to begin with the most nn-
'IeIenuous labor and apply himself
u u deny himself, if he saw rewards
~ Inc other end. The boy of ou1'
itay-too often-wants to begin at
ne TOP instead of the bottom. He
ad1tS TO have success ready made
VI MN. lie wants to step into a
snap an easy BERTH" without
3lce rejecting that, save in excep-
'glai instances, such positions are
,eIu ny men who have demonstrated
n net ntness by long training, con-
g and experience. The sort
I opportunity that matters most is
nc opportunity for the proper kind
. education! And educational sd-
al 6nIdgeS are more plentiful an 1
DTaper today than ever before.
~ is the educated, the equipped
,en VINO rule this country and who
.ap Us greatest rewards in every
& of endea%Or. 1t is those
! poSe education is insufficient,
"oSe training has been neglected,
"a, iced the army of failures and
&c oand OF malcontents. The boys,
men, who are now complaining
Iack Of opportunity" and giving
,a' aS an excuse for their indiffer-
- success would have done no bet
= twenty, forty or sixty years ago.
DuulClons have changed, of course.
u"lness is organized upon different
aeS' competition has grown keen
o. ana the qualifications for success
y, V'e eXacting. That is why we can
=, =, oVer-emphasize the value of edu-
.aoh' adapting it in every case to
% peculiar needs and abilities OF
. individual.
IN the battle for success and dis
icQon the odds are all on the side
Vne boy who is equipped. The
y VINO is not equipped. and who
1 1nAS TO reach the top without hard
o.H' Is practically whipped at the
a't' AS long as the world lasts
9 great fundamental principle of
vCess will survive all changes in
'Slness or industrial methods of