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
Copyright 1879


this question:
Are the opportunities for young in the present
day and generation equal they twenty-five fifty
years ago-the days of his father grandfather
til question probably asked in this country thou
sands of times every day important question to the in
dvdua especially important the nation For the ma
which opportunities for the young diminish
We feel that we Conscentiouy 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 into mems hands in less than
fifty years power of in the bOyhOOd of grand
fathers.
Humanity and the individual powerful and their OppOr
tuntes are great proportion the machinery at their
mand
Our opportunities great but this state
st is made assuming that our correspondent real and
worthy opportunities.
Unfortunately in this country sudden prosperity
great extravaganza the future make
allmporan the opportunity is apt to be synonym
for money Money opportunity taken the
thing.
But we purpose to answer this question quite apart from
money
Undoubtedly the very able money7geter matter how
humble his start build up to-day such fortune I'M
known fifty years agoor twenty-five years There are
young men without penny that will Tor rather more or
less honestly ACCUMULATED their hundreds of millions in the
next few years. of the country shall
realized the Importance OF regulating accumulation through
increased distribution.
There will be- perhaps small middecass fortunes
piled up will be fewer in business their own
account, thanks to the trusts
Many will very large salaries ranging from $780,
nnOa nd will be
more large INCOMES land within the next twenty-five
years than there in the last twenty-five years.
But when men earn SALARIES they do not keep their
money of the middle class fortunes shall have fewer
But we trust that our correspondent agree with that
money a pretty measurement for opportunity
What do the merely rich really amount to? When
they have been dead two three they are as unknown
and forgotten pigs chickens that they the horses
that they drove the hunldes whose time they wasted
Opportunity CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING
WORTH WHILE.
And we assure correspondent the young of
day has greater something worth while than
young has had in the history of this country.
of government changing; the power has
ticay passed the hands of the majority of the people into
the hands of majority of trust stockholders
The young who has genius and force, the ability to
lead refuse his share of the spo has
great opportunity to-day is the opportunity to return the
government the hands of those who governed.
Working scientists needed and sadly lacking in all the
great departments thought Every of these
intellectual activity research and discovery offers
limited opportunities to young
The newspapers read by millions of human beings every
day. enable the who think integeny the who
will be sincere and interesting the time address and
he is able, convnce) million millions of his fellow
citizens every the year there greater oppor
unty than this for influencing thoughts other
Every page of scientific newspaper will show the young
a glorious opportunity
Every phase great organization every
development in the struggle OF manhood against money offers
to the young great opportunity public
The horrible poverty and wrechednss in great
contrasting ignorant ostenatous wealth offer oppor
unes unlimited to him who would help the poor help
selves him able caoe brighten doing their
duty.
This the age Of opportunity, but the young
think for himself strike line make up his mind
what to do. and stick a it, INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING