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What Are the Young Chances ? A Symposium.
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VOL. IV. NO. 6. NEBRASKA CITY , NEBRASKA , AUGUST' 901. SINGLE COPIES , 5 CENTS.
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, T. STERLING MORTON , EDITOR.
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The last half-
THE YOUNG MAN dozen years have
AND HIS OPPOR witnessed some
TUNITIES. remarkable revo
lutions in business
methods all over the world , and es
pecially so in the United States. Th §
combination of gigantic corporations
with hundreds of millions of dollars
capitalization , extending even into the
railway field , has brought the question
of the future of the young men of to
day prominently before the public.
There are many who see in the present
state of industrial affairs only darkness
and gloom , but there are others who re
gard it as a natural result of improved ,
enlarged and progressive business ideas ,
and a distinct advantage to the people
generally.
THE CONSERVATIVE presents with this
issue the opinions of several gentlemen
prominent in the legal , railroad , indus
trial and educational fields , on one of
the most absorbing topics of the day
"The Young Man's Chances. "
Most of these articles are optimistic
in tone , and THE CONSERVATIVE shares
in their general conclusion , that the
young man's opportunities in the busi
ness world were never more numerous ,
attractive or conspicuous.
It is true that recent speculative
ventures on the part of a comparatively
few men and their
False Notions. success in that
line , have given
many of our young men the false
notion that success can be attained
without hard work that something can
bo made out of nothing. There are
thousands of other men who are finan
cially , and even morally , ruined each
year , because they have followed the
same plan of speculation ; but the sad
story of this latter class is seldom writ
ten. Comparatively few speculators
succeed where thousands fail , and this
rat proves that economic laws are as
inexorable in their operation as are the
aws of nature. THE CONSERVATIVE
Delieves , as it has always believed ,
; hat the success of any man is
determined by his ability , industry and
honesty. This brings us to the
discussion of a matter of heredity ,
for , although in this great free country
every contest , His defeat would not bo
because of lack of opportunity or fair
conditions , but simply because ho lacked
ability inherent ability. And thus it is
with present business conditions ; the
opportunities are better than ever before
in this country- and the demand for men
of ability is greater than the supply.
Combinations in the industrial world
bring many changes and in some
cases they work hardships ; but the
pathway of the world's industrial
development is strewn with indi
vidual wrecks. Railroads have ruined
the business of over
land freighters ; self-
binders , reapers and
mowers have sup
planted the man with
the scythe and cradle ;
sewing-machines have
thrown many tailors
out of work ; dress re
form has wiped out
hoopskirt manufactor
ies ; typewriting ma
chines and typesetting
machines no doubt
displaced many em
ployes ; and steam and
electricity have super
seded hand-power and
multiplied the pro
ductive capacity of
one man in some coses
twenty-fold. But al
though these trans
formations have been
accompanied by indi
vidual losses and mis
fortunes , it cannot be
denied that they have
been in the interest of
the whole people and
represent more than
anything else their
industrial develop
ment and progress.
Nearly all of the
J. STERLING MORTON , EDITOR THE CONSERVATIVE. successful men of
the rich and the poor alike are on a
nearly equal footing in the matter of
acquiring an education , it will be found
an impossibility to provide everybody
with an equal amount of ability , in
either business , professional , or mechan
ical lines. Ability is largely a matter of
blood and breeding , like the fleetness of
a race-horse. A Clydesdale could be
given equal "opportunity" or "ohauco"
in a race with a well-bred trotting or
running horse , and yet be distanced in
today are what may be termed self-
made men ; that is , they have won their
way to prominence and wealth by reason
of their own efforts and merits. So , we
predict for the future the successful
man will be he who has brains , to begin
with , and who works honestly , indus 4
triously and intelligently.
Wo call our readers' particular atten
tion to the splendid contributions on
"The Young Man's Chances" in this is
sue of THE CONSERVATIVE , and hope the
articles may-be carefully read by all and
widely circulated. N.
