The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-29
CUR YOs NC MEN.

uuV Know a little widow
Who could win aud fool you all.
CUR YOa NC MEN.
| fFrem the New York Trsbune,l
we doubt whether any other country exhil
Hs larger AMOUNT or proportion OF uselrss In
ent, ot misdirecied energy, than ours o.
eeses young men IN fearful supers bundance as
dict themselves to Law, to Ph, sic, TO Commerce,
mainly because these seem the only pursu,,
which promise wealth and distinction h.zarc
ous ~ matchmaking is known 10 be, long an
tolsome Ms is the road to eminence and forum
a. the Oar or in medicine, these seem TO most q
our aspiring youth the only unofficial avenues i
lame and fortune; hence they are uniformly ru
inoasly crowded. There has been no dsy q
tue last iOrty years in which there were not Ion
times as many trying to live by Trade in TIM
country AS we're needed in that occupation-
twice as many as could possibly succeed-henc
the fatal expansion aud lcosen~ss Of MercaptiI,
Cr'dl'; hehce the failure OF at least nine tenth
oil all who engage in Traffic To fail ia AZ na.
| tarai an end 20 mercantile career in this conn
Try as TO be killed is to the soldier enlisted fo,
iiie 1t man opens a store, the reauy iruu;r,
| is, "How long will he LASH" and he who esca ne,
bankruptcy fer so long ss ten years, does wei
better than the average We could name
| country villages which have had their tifte+p OF
twenty mercantile firms in the course of the
last thirty years and broken them all within tive
or three; and OF these not one has retired with
competence, Qne is ,radipg yet aud soivelt,
TWO, perhaps. have retired or reno, ed, losers,
but not broken; the rest have gone the way OF
Gil American traders-or so nearly all that the
exceptions he p to prove the rule Or the Young
men who will this year embark in trade, it is safe
to say that three fourths will want a National
Bankrupt Law within the next ten wears. and
another eighth within twenty. Brit they cannot
break so fast that others will not scramble for
their places. Thousands OF new concerns will
be opened this year, to be closed as thousands
we're in 1887 8. 1t were idle to demonstrate
against this tendency-the thing 10 be doue IL
to cOuntervaii it.
have frequently spoken. We will let no one
quarrel with US as to what constitutes pood
farmer, since we concede that every tiller OF the
soil who grows large average crops pretty uni
form'y, makes his farm richer each year, and
realizes profit therefrom, ia Of the right
sort, though he has no knowledge of and no
latin III science, never saw drain tile, and be-
iieves the education which sufices tor an OK
good enough tor farmer. That there is a de.
p'orabls deficiency OF good farmers, even of
this sort, ss shown by the tact that the average
yield 10 our farms is diiniuishing-that of wheat
being hardly half SO much AS il was iiity wears
ago; vi lie in England and Scotland it b g near.
~ Doubled during the same period. Attribute
THIS falling on 10 whatever insect or other mis-
chiet you may, We are sure that bad cult ure-the
txhaus'ion tom the soil Of certain elements es-
sential 10 Wheat-is the real aud principal cause.
ihat the midge has destroyed he grow ing wheat
on thousands OF acres of virgin soil, does not
hat had
grown but once in four years throughout Our
country, with proper treatment OF soil aud
citation OF crops in ntermrdiatelv, We should
lave suffered comparatively little by rust.
'r blishs, or Insects. The Hesslan fy came to
Is (A> IA s"pposed) from Europe; but compared
with this country europe suffers very litle from
his aud all other desttoyers. Man was not made
y be flied aud defeated by n worn: but if the
sorm . allowed TO have the field TO himself =
he man has DO right 20 complain We hold
hat II halt our capable, clear seeing, ambitious
onng men we're TO devote to Agriculture the
nergy, enterprise and knowieuge that they
ow give ~ Trade and the PROFESSIONS. they
'ould greatly bless those lett in stores or Of |
ces, render our farming generally more eff
lent and successful than It now j., aud add NIL
ons to the annual product aud aggregate
Ieath Of the country.
eld Tor Ia ent and enterprise in Manufactures. |
. which We would invite the attention OF our I
Dung Men. '''." "i
THIS country has become the largest market
n earth tor Fabrics, in proportion to its popu.
'uOn. 1t II rapidly increasing in population
nd consumption. Whoever among US knows
ow TO make almost nything we'll and cheaply
eed not look abroad for = market. We buy
lore Broadcloth annually than any other ma
on, ye' We do not make one yard in q hundred
II; while we make Ca,simeres, De Laines.
rinis, Drills, Flannela, C0nnterpanes and many
ther fabrics. SO cheaply AZ to defy foreign com
etiuon. 0i Hosiery we have extensive con
liners, and hardly any thing can be simpler than
$ manufacture; yet we import the great bulk
what.we consume, while exporting none OF our
/" n production. In short, there are scores Of
opportunities or every side for embarkiny in
anufactures with mora certainty Of immedi-
te success and ultimate wealth.
Nor do we n-ed capital, ss il often asserted.
here is capital enough in this country. and
.adiness to invest it, II It's owners can but be
lie that it will be wisely employed. Our great.
It deficiency is in practical kp"wl. dye We're
n thousand OF our young men thoroughly
lalihed TO direct and manage manufactures,
lere would be room tor them all. Mills and
approved water powets sell a. ruinous Rates, 10
pod part because there are few o. none qu.Ii
I'd BY training aud experience to make th.
ost of them. Had one fourth OF our youth
ho bave been sent to college during the last
u years been sent instead to the best manu-
ctortes OF the Old World, there to study aud
aster the most approved methods OF spinning,
eaving. dyeing, &C.. our National wealth would
ave been far greater than it is. and our Labor
ore generally employed and more literally re-
unerated. MAY We not hope that the imme.
ate future will correct the error OF the past?
Another step has been taken in the work of
deen.ing the country from the domination Of
e Lscompton Democracy. John q. Ten Eyck
Burlington was yesterday elected y Cnited
,atrs Senaior OF New Jersey m place OF VIM.
right. from March 4, 1859, 10 March 4, 1866.
r. Ten Eyck 10 lawyer Of ability and char
ter; he WAS an earnest supporter ot Fremont
i'd Dayton, aud is thorough Republican lie
~ nominated on Wednesday night by the
epublican caucus at'Trenton ON the ninth bas-
t-Arrsrs Browning, Gregory aud kandO,ph
eing his competitors. ln the election he re
lived the whole Republican vote, and was
so.en on the first hsllot
Since William L. Dayton went out Of Office,
1851, and Jacob w. Miller, IN 1858. New
ersey has constantly been represented IN he
rnaac ov men VI very luiteO capacity Ms res
ects talent, but OF boundless and unsuitable
'nius for s+lt,abasenent ana srrv,lny. No de-
and o. the slave traders; NJ str.t.h Of Ex,cu-
ve authority. no scheme Of corruption aud RI
avagance, has been 100 hard tor them 10 Weld
Tney have spoken and voted jus, ~ their
Sners aud masters ordered; and u il an occa.
on for profound snd hearty consral ulAlion
ben the Representatives OF ahe y. opl~ finally
etc out To sucn creatures their veil dvs rived
inishmen', and put hOnest aud teaa less men iu
eir places.--N. Y. Tribune. -s
We learn from the Ounnss Staieaman of the
hh that young man nsm.d Farnsw worth ut.
Hpivd 70 shoot one Frank Knight, ~ Agency /
iy, the Thursday evening previoua. KnigA, |
capped injury, sxcsp, being -oune shat po y a.r
lsut IN the lace arns~osth vas arrested. i
Fought 10 OuunwA sud committed 10 jail, 70
saas shs asaioa et The 0rAaa Jury.