The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-24
By Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
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Iirr'S wiscSt teachers ar" work. liter
aiurr. politics. r"li1 ION and conversation
with Tie p"op!" on" EIr"t:;. Every mcA
! Is; :,u expert on som" "a" subject. md
during his h".;t m,rd. III conversation.
VIII open his. jewel l,'% - IIcnrry. ana
uf;,r yuu alt hS treasures. Recently
fur uiru were in the Sta;rrcDm coming
from BnSi"n /" New York. The sccrr-
tnry al "n" brought in Il message. and
durin;; The c,,i!I, ":;:l!iIn this young sec.
rotary. rrf"rr,::: Ia ono Of th' great
financial figures of This country. rN-
claimed. Il wish hid been born fifty
years aga, and had that mans chance a.
q young fellow" a little later the
youth explained his St;l;"mcnt by say.
ing. "AIl the big chances are taken now"
lie thought that all The gold fields have
h,rn discovered. aud IhuSr chances haNr
gene; that all III" railroad have br"Il
huildrd, and that chance has gone: th;I,
all IN" coal mines. and iron and steel
plants have been Developed, therefore
those chances are gone. II Is imposes
bic ruw 10 start Il store because young
fellow with ms It'll" shop can no longer
compete with tn" department stores. In
these days, a young m:,n. Win no capI'
l;Ll has no chance what"vcr-tha! WAS
the burden of his rrbrIliuus complaint.
against our times and country.
The Chances Bigger Than Ever.
Now on" If tn" group in the state
room WAS the head Of ono of the great
est textile mills III thu world. This rIcr
manufacturer insisted that the chances
wrr" never so many or 81 big. Fifty
years ago Il poor boy of 70. he left his
fathers farm and entered his factory
AS Il cotton spinner. H. began at thu
very huttnm. All h. asked for WAS IN
even CHANGE . He had III" ability. hc
saved the wastes. h" drilled tn" work.
men. he showed ignorant men how Il
got the most cut ot the tools He re-
wardcd every man that could offer hin
Il new idea lie became superintendent al
enc little factory: later. manager OF
group. until now hr is At the top Of al
! thr works To show what was tho out
| put or his factories II" said that # Al
! automobile left Boston Monday morning
! and travelled full speed :" rs Ia r'a"f
! San Francisco Saturday night. ann mile:
day. ii would equal tn" 1900 miles 81
cotton goods woven 'Irh week IN that
! associated group Of factories.
You ask nc what chanc" had. fifty
years ago. ! answer tnat l. DcSah IA
nine or ton dollars in my pocket. Tt
! compete with out group of factories To-
| day, you would hav" Ia start with NM
| OF ten millions of dollars. But That -
not the point. Suppose We pay six per
cent upon our pr"duciiun. Any day
some young rIhu may com" into the fac
tory with som" it'll" device that Will
save III" labor 81 hundreds O! people"
and thus increase our output ton per
r,nt. or redeem us ont Ot som" form ii
"aStr. The NOR" tt",lS you hav" IN
larger number Of rnp"rt uuItlrs. lie
ihru SAID that whnr" there was ono OPP
porluu!ty for advancement fifty years
aEn. in"rn were literally hundreds now
IN his group IL factories. Tho trouh"
is" hr said. young man do not know
! how IL work to-day. Thor" arr $" many
side interests that their daily work be-
comes MGR" incident" He was right.
Opportunity knocks at the door every
morning. but men will not give heed.