Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
What is an Opportunity for
the Young Man?
There Are More Real Opportunities To-day Than Ever
1879

this question:
Are the opportunities for the young in the present
day generation equal what they twenty-five or fifty
years ago-the days of his father and grandfather"
It's question that is probably in this country thou
sands of times every day 1t is an important question the in
dvidual 1t is especially important the nation For the
ton declines which opportunities for the young diminish
We feel that we can conscenousy and positively that
REAL opportunities to-day both for young and
young women, than they have been.
Opportunities are greater BECAUSE POSSIBILITIES
ARE GREATER.
Science machinery organization of all kinds especially
widespread publicity have put into hands less than
fifty years power undreamed of in the boyhood grand
fathers.
Humanity and the individual powerful and their oppor
tun great in proportion the machinery at their COM
mand.
Our opportunities great but this state
men is made assuming correspondent real and
worthy opportunities.
Unfortunately, in this country where sudden prosperity
great extravaganza the future make
almportant the word opportunity is apt to be synonym
for money Money opportunity taken to the
thing
But we purpose to this question quite apart from
money.
Undoubtedly the very able ygetter matter how
humble his start build up to-day such fortune
known fifty years ago-or twenty-five years There are
young without penny that will (or rather more
less honestly ACCUULATE) their hundreds of millions in the
years. before the of the country shall
have realized the Importance regulating accumulation through
increased distribution
There will be, perhaps fewer small middecass fortunes
piled up there will be fewer in business their
account thanks to the trusts
Many will very large salaries ranging from $780,
and will
more large INCOMES in the land within the next twenty-five
years than there were in the last twenty five years
But when SALARIES, they do not keep their
money and the middle class fortunes shall have fewer
But we trust that our correspondent agree with
money is pretty measurement for opportunity.
What do the merely rich really amount to? When
they have been dead two three years they unknown
forgotten the pigs and chickens that they the horses
that they drove the fundes whose time they wasted
Opportunity CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING
WORTH WHILE,
And assure correspondent that the young man of to-
day greater chance do something worth while than
young has had in the history of this country.
Our form of government changing the power has
cy passed from the hands the majority of the people into
the hands of majority of trust stockholders.
The young who has genius and force the ability to
lead and the character refuse his share of the spo has
great opportunity to-day is the opportunity to return the
government to the hands of those who governed
Working scientists needed and sadly lacking in all the
great departments of human thought Every of these
fields of intellectual activity research and discovery offers
limited opportunities to young men.
The newspapers read by millions of human beings every
day, enable the who think ntelgenty man who
will be sincere and interesting the land
he is able to convnce) million millions
citizens day in the year Was there greater oppor
tuniy than this for influencing the thoughts of other men?
Every page of scientific newspaper will show the young
glorious opportunity.
Every phase of great organization every new
development in the struggle of manhood against money offers
to the young great opportunity for public
The horrible poverty and in the great cities
contrasting with ignorant and oentaous wealth. offer oppor
tunies unlimited to him who would help poor help them
selves to him able to cajO brighten the doing their
duty.
This is the Of opportunity but the young man must
think for himself strike out his line up
what to do, and stick at it, INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING