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Young Socialists Magazine 1913 July Dec.pdf

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......... " ............... .THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS' JUOMINEOPPORTUNlTt[S FOR YOUTHBy Charl~s'Edward Russell.i •••••• i ............................ +++++ .......... .It is no longer pos!ible for aooor man to ap;:unlulatt a fon-unein America, Instead of ever), manhaving an' opportunity to get richit is iffiposslbk. t..-«cPt by gamblingor rarely by speculation. No newgrelt fortunes are being formed todayand we may safely say thatnone has been started in the last tenyears. 'l'he conditions in which aboy'·could start with nothing andbecome a multimillionaire havevanished in this country and willnot retUnl. How shall the_poor boynow start upon the road to forlun.e?Which way shall he take? Shall heenter a store and pliln to become.like A. T. Stewart or MarshallF~ld ~ a great men.:hant? The greatstores arc now department storesowned by companies affiliated withthe Central Interests. Shall he developan industry as John 0,Rockefeller devdoped oil? To dothat requires Illoney and the mon~y~upply is owned b)' the Centrcll Interests,which reserve all profitableindustries for themselves. Shall hedevelop a railroad enterprise as MeHill de.vtlo~ the present GreatNonhern? No man can now builda mile of new railroad nor acquirea mile of old ~xcept by the ('Onsentof the Central Interest, that controlal} •. Shall he hit upon a great in­\'~ntion as Mr. \Vestinghouse in­\'ented the .irbrake? Here againhis invention is useless withoutcapital, and all the capital is cpotrplledby the Central Intere."ls.who will take the im/cnlion (orrhemselves if i' be for their benefitor suppress it if it threaten theirprofits. Shalt he go into manu{actllringand seek to be an independentproprietor content with a mode~t fortune ;- In practically alllines the independent manufacturerhas been absorbed by or is vanishingbefore a trust. Shall he try tooperate in real estate? In nille case~in ten the future of his real estateinvestment depends not upon hisjudgment and foresight, but, uponthe movements and decisions of theCentral Interests. Shall he go intobanking and try to becOlllt: a greathnancier? I n all the country therei" no great hank uncontrolled b~'the Central Intere.9ut Jo. mil1t1tt'wl,leh 176 policemen mar~hC'd upto the crowd in .. doublt; quicks.tep, The captain commandedthe nleeting to disperse. F ieldenreto~ted .that the meeting was apeaceable one, At this junctutea bomb was thrown, alightingamong the policemen, killing oneami wounding many more.lnstantly an indiscriminate firingwas op.c.ued . 011 both. sides.wlii

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