New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-13

And yet We believe the world never afforded
lsrrer or better opportunities for acquiring wealth
ttsp it doe. ja,t bow; and lha, there s DO ter
slsce for ;Dirg than cur ON country affords. Let
u. give few hiuts on this head TO those who may
need them.
We will suppose the inquirer to be syoupg maa
Of fifteen 70 five and-tsenty, whose educational
advantages have been mesger, aud sho il, not thor
ouebly qualified for any field Of productive l,bor
How shall be set about getting richi Wesay-
l. Consider whether you would prefer to be
farmer or an artisan. and. if the latter, OF what
trade. Baying decided keep your eva stA.dilv on
the pursuit you prefer aud fud employ ment in it
So soon e. possible-doiDg meautIme the bsss
'hirg that offers, though tbat be chopping cord
wood at two skillinrs per cord. Never be idle
secular day when th-re is ary work to be had; aud
if there is absolutely none where you nov are.
keep in motion toHsrd a less crowded locality till
you find some. Having found work, stick to It
heartily and faithfully. and. if it pays you bat
Nv en,y .fse cents per day, con!r!ge some way OF
Using upon twenty.
2. Whenever you can find employment in the
pur,uit you mt an to live BY, accept il, unless with
beld by the necessity Of corning At something
else in order TO pay your debts And, il decid'n.
where fret to follow so as in time to master the
calling you have chosen prefer the place where you
can learn most and fastest to that where you can
obtain the lsrges, psy.
3. Be sure that work and thought go together
Keep your eyes wide open and your mind intent
and active. Resolve not only 70 keep trying TIL
you know bow to DO everything just right, and then
do II 10 otherwise than that but 70 know chy that
is the best way ts reason in the nature Of things
II you have chosen Farming. be sure to find some
time in each week to resd the best treatlses on that
noble calling, and keep keen eye on all the peri
,dicals within reach that treat of it. Take the
best one yourself aud study it carefully. In short,
give the rext two three or four years to the vital
work Of mastering your chosen pursuit, 80 that
tbepcef,r,b, through every day learning, you may
csufdeD,ly measure your strength IN It with any
competitor.
L. Having thus mastered your calling, go to work
in It for others for the best wages you can obtain
resolved 50 TO earn them that you will be MORALLY
certain TO command larger sum next year. Thus
perseyers in industry fIugsllty and temperance
carefully econom ziBg your tine and means until
you shall have earned enough to strike out boldly
for yourself.
3. By this time, you will have made friends
especially among those Of kindred position and
habit. to your own; and now you can make that
sympathy available for your mutual good. Have
as many as possible join you in purchase OF land
to be divided among you according to your several
means aud NEEDS; whereby your wealth may be
doubled in a month. For example: two or three
hundred Young men of twenty to thirty, knowing
and trusting each other and each of them good
thrifty likely farmer or mechanic. having severally
earned and saved from $500 up to $4,000, resolve
to buy and settle together. So they send out two
or three Of their number to look and bay lands for
tbem-in any Of the new or OF the border Slave
States where even improved lands are cheaper
than elsewhere on earth. They select and pur
chase from 1900 TO COCO acres of land according
TO the price and their means, survey 1t into large
and small farms and village los, and sell 1t at
auction TO the highest bidder, each member be-
ing entitled to buy TO the extent OF bis lowest
mept in the purchase and as much more
as be can pay for-each being pledged to settle
add improve his trsct The hour this Is done and
the tract all settled the members lands alone
are worth double their cost-often much more
The farmers have thus secured lands at wilderness
prices and secured at the same time the yicinsge
of millers merchants mechanics, &c, which
gives additional value to lands long since improved;
While the carpenter, shoemaker, blacksmith, tailor,
timer, &c, &c have acquired not merely homes
but lifelong customers at the lowest possible prices
CONCERTED EMIGRATION is plan BY which the
industrious can at least double their moderate
means without making profit out OF anybody else.
Ard there are millions of people, especially of
the young, who might speedily double their little
properties BY means Of it.
G. Having thus made home, resolve to spend
your remaining days there, and to be one Of the
best farmers or artisans to be found there or else
where Work steadily but not immoderately
think. observe and read so as to make every blow
tell If your land is msiny timbered, cOntriye
way TO Nuke the timber, if possible, source Of
pr fl; if the soil is rather eaD devote all the time
not absolutely needed otherwise to making it richeT
Sell only for pay down, and buy Likewise for cash.
Do not allow your wants TO gro. faster than your
means Make each mistake or failure source OF
instruction aud improvement. Form no bad habits
have no liquor on your premises, aud no tobacco
unless 10 repel yermin. Have no capital locked up
in lard that you do not use, unless 1t be woodland
rspidly enhancing in value, nor IN fast horses
snowy turnou,s, nor any sort Of fancy property
i. rs,, not till YOU shall be out of debt with good