The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-23
GARY WARNS ON Big
CHANGE AFTER WAR
Gu,incss Men Must Move With
caution to Meet New Eco
monte Conditions.
CHANCES FOR YOUNG MEN

81, think there has never been a time
when the young man entering business
has had greater opportunities for his
o,- deyelopmcnt and for service to his
,s,ow men," writes Judge Ebert II.
cary. chairman OF the board of the
,.ri,ed states steel Corporation, In the
forthcoming number Of the Independent.
I'VE have here the greatest country
4, ,hs world with the greatest natural
resources and the greatest possibilities
r, development. The young men OF tho
,c,, generation in American business
s,,t very right TO be both hopeful and
r,rflent. Success or failure depends
unou IN. mselves."
JUDGE Gary begins by saying hat
business IN America must prepare for
the sreat falling of in export trade hat
will follow the end OF the war and for
tire decrease IN buying ability Of the
Who'll. world. He says the transition
from var TO peace must necessarily en-
i,il a period or economic ready stment
iva, will bring radical changes In
volume and prices to most lines OF BUSH
RES. An. rican business men should
~rroceed with caution. but with faith In
the future Of the country. he adds.
New Industrial Age.
Discussing the Industrial changes Of
Gar, says:
THIS Is an age of vast cooperative or
tar:zltion. OF large scale production 60
ing hand in hand with minute scientific
economies in every process OF manufac-
,ure. 1t is an age Of machinery and
enormous mills and factories where
srn.es II men labor under the efficient
direction of technical experts. Above
all Il Is an age OF specialization No
man can go very far in modern COM
mere or industry unless he is a special
ist n some line or other"
He contends that the Gary plan Of
public school education is the first sue
,ess'ul attempt to brin the teaching
IN public schools into Il real adjustment
with the conditions Of life in modern in
dus'r.al communities. Any young man
: who receives The benefits OF education
under the Gary plan will be fortunate,
JUDGE Gary asserts. and continues:
Frequently ! nave been asked whether
7 think a college education liz worth the
TIM and money necessary TO obtain II.
This depends upon what is meant by a
co,,ts education, and also on the stand
ard o.; value by which IL is to be judged.
II : a pleasant thing to have. and IL one
Is Young enough and has time and none
enough. A very desirable thing. But
considered solely a. a money investment
with u vlew To adding to the earning
power, ! rather doubt II the average
college course in the liberal arts is en-.
t''s1 20 all the credit IL receives. though
1, q, imTortant and should have consider
alton
Favors Technical Education.
Judge Gary speaks highly OF the ad-
urtiges OF a technical education, and
sars y conclusion:
For. De IL remembered. that for good
o. u. We rave become a great industrial
nation, and among the most important
p-ool.ms which the next generation will
lay, 20 solve are economic and industrial
problems. Cooperative organization and
'sfge scale production are here to stay
because they mean greater economy of
rrodlttion and greater and more sue
cessfui business.
Vet the great opportunities given to
laree ag~gregations of wealth TO succeed,
~ orosper, 20 construct TO oene1t
tr't!l equally great opportunities to do
harm, and this necessarily means that
there SHOULD be in this country such
governmental regulation as will protect
business men in anything they do that
ls good and prevent them from doing
ANYTHING hat is harmful.
Y = because the future offers such
great opportunities for work of national
Importance In solving these n similar
problems that | believe the service Of
the great corporations will become In
c-.isi0gly attractive to young men OF
Ne coming generation"