OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE 



prosperous during the earlier years as com- 

 pared with his brother who enters business. 

 The business man, however, who, while 

 young, economizes and invests his savings 

 in his business gradually outstrips his wage- 

 earning brother. During later life he is 

 able to enjoy the fruits of his earlier 

 economy and investments, while failing 

 powers and keen competition of younger 

 and better trained men restrict the oppor- 

 tunities of the wage earner, who has gen- 

 erally spent his wages in better living, or at 

 least in more outward show. 



This is well shown by the fact that it is 

 customary to make provision by means of 

 pensions for wage earners of all sorts, while 

 no such arrangement is made for men who 

 engage in business, be that farming, trade or 

 transportation. 



For many reasons, however, young men 

 will continue to seek employment at wages, 

 even if only for a few years, or until some 

 capital has been acquired which may be 

 invested in business. 



The question arises, therefore, what op- 



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