Evening star., 1921-07-02

captains of industry Of the next quar-
ter century are going to come from
| the same source. The bankers. manu-
facturers and merchants Of the next
generation will not be the sons of
the bankers. manufacturers and the
merchants of today. The bankers.
manufacturers and merchants of the
next generation will be the sons Of
the farmers. professional men and
wage-workers of today.
"Isms" Won't Change Things.
This will not the due to any revo-
luton or social upheaval. Socialism,
bolshevism. or any other kind OF
ism" is not going to7help you or
me in our individual struggle. These
theories are designed to help only
the politicians who advocate them.
The present form of our government
which has made America SO success
full will also make for your and my
any other economic order must not
only prove that our present economic
system is unworkable. but that they
have a better and more practical
system.
Why is it that the boys and girls
of the so-called employe classes be-
come the industrial leaders of Amer
lea? 1t is because individual sue
cess depends upon certain qualities.
1t. is because those certain qualities
are most easily developed in the home
of a working family. When any great
captain of industry wants young
man to represent him he seldom goes
to the home of the rich. but rather
to the home of the Wage-workers.
One of the saddest features of the
present teachings Of trade unionism
is the false doctrine that labor no
longer has any hopes of developing
into the employer class. Surely or
ganiZed labor Is making its saddest
mistake in accepting this position as
final Evidence of this may be found
in John Mitchell's book on "Organized
Labor" In that book Mr.. Mitchell be-
gins with this statement: The aver
age wage-earner has made up his
mind that he must remain a wage
Garner. He has given up the hope; or
a kingdom to come, where he him.
self will be capitalist. and he asks
that the reward for his work: be
given to him as a workingman. sta
tistics show that this need not be the
case. The opportunities for the wage
workers are as great today as ever
if only they will seize these oppor-
tunities and develop themselves so. as
to assume greater responslbliltles.
The most disastrous thought that one
could ever hope to entertain would
be to think that he is always gong
to remain just as he is with no hope
of further development.
Freshmen Are Ha1ed.
When a young man goes to college
he receives a great deal of hazing in
his freshman year. Why does ne take
this hazing in a good, manly spirit:
Simply because next year he Will ne
sophomore and will administer the
same dose to the then blossomins
freshmen, but. if when a young nan
once became a freshman he always
remained freshman, his attitude
toward the hazing or other incon-
yeniences of the freshman year would
be very different indeed. 1t seems to
me tina. the same analogy is applicable
in the case of labor. If wage-worfsEs
believe they are doomed ever al
remain in their present position
out hope of advancement. they
try to get everything for their
possible to obtain. The teachingVQt
should be disseminated to the great
mass of people is not that there is a
barrier in their way or roof over
their head. but that the opportuni-
ties are great for those who will seize
them and those who will pay the cost
price of success.
What Is Successs
Concept of individual success varies
directly with the number of people
it. The term hardly means