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

day generation equal what they were twenty-five or fifty
years agO-the days of his father and grandfather"
question probably asked in this country thou
every day 1t important question to the in
dviduaL 1t especially important to the nation For the ma
ton declines in which opportunities for the young diminish
We feel that we can concentiousy and positively say that
REAL opportunities are better to-day both for young and
young women than they ever have been.
Opportunities are greater BECAUSE POSSIBILITIES
ARE GREATER.
Science machinery organization of al kinds especially
Videspread publicity have put into hands less than
fifty years power of in the boyhood Of grand
fathers.
Humanity and individual powerful and their oppOr
tunes great proportion to the machinery at their com
mand
Our opportunities great now but this state
ment made assuming correspondent real and
worthy opportunities.
Unfortunately in this country where sudden prosperity
treat extravaganza and uneaness future make money
aimporan the word opportunity apt to be synonym
for money Money opportunity taken to the same
thing.
But we purpose to answer this question quite apart from
money
Undoubtedly the very able ygetter, matter how
humble his start build up day such fortune an was I'M
known fifty years agoor twenty-five years There are
young without penny thas win Tor rather more or
less honestly AccUULATE their hundreds of millions in the
next few years. the of the country shall
realized the Importance OF regulating accumulation nrougn
increased distribution.
There will be- perhaps fewer small middle class fortunes
piled up there will be fewer in business their own
account, thanks to the trusts.
Many will very large salaries ranging from $780,
900 year downward and there will probably be very
more large INCOMES in the land within the next twenty-five
years than there were in the last twenty five years
But when men SALARIES, they do not keep their
money and of the middeca fortunes shall have fewer
But we trust that our correspondent agree
money is pretty measurement for opportunity.
What do the merely rich really amount to? When
they been dead two three they unknown
forgotten the pigs and chickens that they ae the horses
that they drove the hunes whose time they wasted
Opportunity means A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING
WORTH WHILE.
And correspondent that the young of TO-
day has greater something worth while than
young has had in the history of this country
Our form of government is changing the power has
c passed from the hands the majority of the people into
the hands of a 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 the opportunity to return the
government to the hands of those who governed
Working scientists needed and sadly lacking in all the
great departments human thought Every of these
fields of intellectual activity research and discovery offers un
limited opportunities to young
The newspapers read by millions OF human beings every
day enable the who think ntegenty the who
will be interesting the time address (and
he able convince million two millions of his fellow
citizens every day the year Was there greater oppor
uny than this for influencing the thoughts of other men?
Every page scientific newspaper will show the young
glorious opportunity
Every phase of great industrial organization every
development in the struggle of manhood against money offers
to the young great opportunity for public service
The horrible poverty and wrechedness in the great cities
untes unlimited him who would help the poor help
selves to him able caole brighten the rich into doing their
duty.
This is the Of opportunity but the young
think for himself strike his line make up his
what to do, and stick it, INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING
ALONG THE USUAL LINES OF LEAST RESISTANCE doing
the same everybody else does keeping nothing parcu
lar and then wondering what has become worlds oppor