THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD. OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1907.
HOW TO CHOOSE OCCUPATIONS:
HINTS TO YOUNG WORKERS
Tho great question which confronts
the young man at the beginning of
his career Is, "What am 1 going to
do?" You must do something, and
to do that something you must enter
some trade, or business, or profes
sion. It cannot bo all three and tho
road you start to follow Is, all thlng3
being equal, tho road for you to con
tinue upon. True, the professional
man occasionally leaves his ranks
and Joins thoso of business, and
sometimes succeeds; men have for
saken trades, and have made a suc
cess in n profession, but the great
majority of successes are of those
who choose, at tho start, tho best
road to follow, and seldom change
their course.
Tho taking of tho wrong road at
the start, constant changing from ono
avenue to another, are tho causes of
90 per cent of our business and pro
fessional failures. Tho man who
starts right, however small may be
his degreo of success, Is more likely
to reacn tho flush of pobsiblc attain
ment than he who, with apparent
reason or without reason, changes
from ono thing to another. The few
exceptions which have occurred go
moio to prove the reliability of tho
rule than to discredit it.
The first thing, then, to decide up
on is whother to learn a trade, a bus
iness, or a profession. After this
question has been decided, then It Is
Incumbent to choose tho kind of
trade, business, or profesion which
you appear to ho tho best fitted to
occupy, both by Inclination and abil
ity. In this choice this choice at
the start rests to a large extent
tho probability of your success or
failure.
Upon general principles what you
want Is what you would succeed in.
If all of your tendencies are In one
direction, tho chances aro that you
will succeed better by choosing that
calling than by taking up anything
else. But your inclinations, however
strong, thoy may be, are not entirely
to be depended upon. Many a young
man, with apparent reason, chooses
some calling which he does not
posses more than a semblance of abil
ity for. He sincerely may believe
that he has taken the right step, and
may have no thought for any other
vocation, yet he may be unfit for tho
ono he has chosen.
Something Is needed beyond in
clination andvcholco, and that some
thing Is ability. Without it ono can
not make more than an indifferent
success in any direction. Fortunate
lv limvnvpr. Inclination and ability
frequently go together, and there
fore, inclination and choice aro(
worthy of the greatest considera
tion; but they must not he followed
without reason, a reason which can j
bo proved to be reason.
It by no means is Improbable that
you may desire to become a lawyer, '
because somo of your friends have
entered tho law or are about to.
Your choice, then, may be a reflected ,
ono, and not a real one. it is pos
sible that you havo chosen tho law
because you did not feel Inclined to
go In any other direction. That is
not a valid reason nor a safe one.
You should assuie yourself of the
permanency of your Inclination and
choice, that it is necessary for you to
bo reasonably sure that what you
think you want to do is what you can
do, and that it Is not a mere passing
fancy, before you take the leap which
may havo no redound.
After you thoroughly have tested
your inclination, and havo proven
that your choice is based upon rea
son, it then is time for you to find
out whether you are fitted to follow
tho line of your desire. It is neces
sary for you to make a self-examination,
and it should be thorough. It
NEW YORK FACES PROBLEM
Rural Values Decreasing At Enormous Rates 12,000
Farms Abandoned,
A thorough investigation by the
United States department of argrlcul
ture has revealed an alarming de
crease in farm land valuation In New
York state, which is not far short of
a menace to tho welfare of the com
monwealth. Startling figures are presented,
which show an enormous loss in
wealth and population in the state's
rural districts, and a consequent
weakening of social and political in
fluence. According to the reports of tho
government Inspectors, tho country is
being absorbed by tho city, with tho
result that farm 'lands havo decreas
ed $170,000,000 In value; that more
than 12,000 farms have been aban
doned;that tho' population of the
more remote towns and villages has,
in several Instances, decreased 40 to
60 per cent.
The comparisons aro mado With
the state's agricultural prosperity In
the early SO's. In somo districts
land values havo decreased since
then nearly 90 per cont. The 12,000
abandoned farms in tho state are
capable of caring for a population of
150,000 and represent an area of 12,
000,000 acres, most of which is
arable land.
The national governemnt inspect
ors who have been engaged in inves
tigating this subject declare officially
that theso farms have not been
abandoned because of lack of fertil
ity. For tho last 20 years the cities
have so fascinated tho imagination of
country people that farmers' sons and
daughters and those who formerly
would have become farm hands have
abandoned tho soil to their parents.
In many districts all of tho farm
ers aro men of advanced ago. As
fast as thoso die the farms become
tenanted or aro sold for little or
nothing to the less vigorous and ven
turesome of the younger generation,
or become tho property of wealthy
men, who join them Into large estates.
Is not safe for you to trust yourself
alone. You should consult your
friends, and particularly thoso who
have Judgment. Talk with them,
ask them to adviso you with freedom
and frankness. Do not depend upon
tho Judgment and advice of any ouo
friend. He may be blabed or ho may
not Judgo well.
If tho consensus of opinion is In
your favor, it is then time for you
to get Into direct contact with the
men who have made both successes
and failures In the callng you pro
pose to follow. If you do not know
any of them personaly, obtain Intro
ductions to them. Tell them nbout
yourself and ask them to give you
an Insight Into the calling they rep
resent. Learn all you can about tho
vocation that you propose to folow,
not from hearsay entirely but from
coming into contact with it. If your
inclination, based upon reason, tho
opinion of your friends, and tho ad
vice of those in the calling you have
chosen, favor your entering that vo
cation, then you safely can take up,
and you may expect to obtain all tho
success your ability Is capable of giv
ing you.
If tho majority of opinion is
against the calling you havo chosen,
It is your duty to choose again, and to
repeat the processes of self-examination
and investigation.
It Is possible that you have no
noticeable inclination for any partic
ular vocation, although you may be
able to determine whether or not you
will choose a trade, a business, or
a profession. It may bo possible
for you to go further and to deter
mine what class of trade, business,
or profession best coincides with
your choice or is best adaptable to
your capacity. Consider, then, only
some standard trade or business,
which Is all business and which bears
no flavor of a profession. Under
these conditions do not take up a
specialty. If it be a trade, choose
nno in whiph tiifiro is a nermanent
.Inni-inrl fnr Its workers. If business,
select one which consists of the mak
ing or buying and selling of common
commodities.
To meet success In general trade
or business one does not have to bo
a specialist or possess any pronuonc
ed ability In any one direction save
being a mechanic if a trade is select
ed and having ability to buy or sell
if abuslness Is chosen. All special
ilaes of business and trade, and all
of the professions, belong to those
who have a pronounced bent In their
direction. The majority of men who
aro not in trade or in the professions
are business men no more and no
less that is, they have ability to
buy or sell. It makes little differ
ence to them whether thoy deal in
dry goods, clothing, hardware, or rall
loads. If you have no pronounced,
inclination in a definite direction be
come a tradesman. Learn the busi
ness and stick to it.
While delay Is to bo discouraged,
I would advise you to wait several
months If necessary berore cnoobum
your vocation than to take the first
thing which presents ltself.unless it
is of unusual advantage. It is better
to wait a considerable time and make
tho right cholco than to plunge in
without proper preparation or a.
weighing of business values. But
don't loaf. If you wait, keep busy
while you wait. Make work of wait
ing. But don't be overparticular.
Success depends upon hard work.
There are no so-called "snaps" In
business. One should not Jump at
the first opening, unless that open
ing appeals to him, or he is obliged
to take It.
Remember that as you start, so are
you likely to go. The finish is de
pendent uponMhe start.
The total land values of New York
state amount to a Httlo over a billion
dollars. This is exclusive of machin
ery, cattle, etc. Land has risen in
value in the immediate neighborhood
of the cities, while it has materially
decreased in value In the remote
country districts, the rate of de
crease being in reverse ratio to tho
distance from the city.
John A. Stowart, president of tho
League of Republican clubs of New
York state, said that tho league in Its
general committee meeilngs had dls
cused the question, b'ut had hesitated
to tako action because efforts on Its
part would be stamped as political.
Convention to Plan Remedy.
The calling of a state convention,"
said Mr. Stewart, "to consider tho
abandoned farms, the want of farm
labor, tho enormous falling off In tho
wealth and population of tho villages
and tho upsetting of the natural and
safe balanco between country and
city Is soon to tako place, to extend
tho schools in each of the country
congressional districts and to teach
the country boy how to make moro
money on tho farm than he can make
In any office In New York City will bo
discussed. It is not a political move,
for the question Is much broader than
any political orgnnteation or party.
Tho league has adopted a resolution
.iiinn nn tim loirlslatnro to tako Im
mediate action In tho Interest of
farmers, and tnereioro, oi mu insu
lation of tle entire community."
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K. P. picnic. Tho North Ilcncl or
chestra has liccii engaged for tho oc
casion and will funilbh music for the
jjfl,.. Committee.
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