White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-05-23

Mechanics, Sf1DQ Xour 0rouno.
Mechanics in the smaller towns peri
odically become restless and dissatisfied.
Business is not 1t al times brisk they
frequently have to trade and shift for
their psy; and they hear Of high wages
paid in cities. Let us caution them
Against pulling up st.kss and moving un-
less they have !. sure thing before thsn1
before they start. In The cities. houss
rent alone costs almost as much % The
entire expense of living in susllsr
town: frswood costs three times -
much and everything except. perhsps.
q few groceries sud st6ts goods. 10 highs
er. Sickness. with consequent loss Of
employment and expense Of doctors
bills, is ruinous. They must remember.
also. that mechanics from every direction
are flockipg to the cities for the same
reasons that they desire to 60. and con-
sequsutly many will be unable to obtain
work. The city Of Omaha is an example
in point. Stories went abroad of tho
great depsnd for mechanics there. and
the fabulous wages paid. Mechanics. Of
course, flocked thither: and some ides Of
tbs resuI. msy be obtained from tho fol.
lowing item. which We end in late
uumber of the St. Joseph Western EN-
pirs: ,7Sea- '. .
During the past week we were in-
formed Of . condition Of affairs in Omaha.
Nebrasks, which We do not deem very
creditsbls to the reputation OF anv village.
town or city, where such affairs 60 IN;
noticed by their own press. A party Of
about forty young men arrived last week
from Omsha. They were q very inte!li.
gent class of mechanics. They state that
they were unable to procure any kind Of
honor able employment. and 10 add to
their misfortunes the landlords Of Omsbs
raised their boarding double and treble.
and seeing starvation staring in their faces,
they scraped their scsnty goods together.
and proceeded towards their homes in the
East. When they arrived in s.. Joseph
they hsd Just enough money to purchase
each loaf of bread. This was wbsI
they .bsd saved in the aforesaid village
We hope for the credit of our GreaI
West that this account Of our informsn'
is greatly exaggersted."l mi 'si esa
The following corroborstive testimony
appears in an Iowa paper: 90
"An Omaha (Nsbrssks) correspondent
Of the Dubuque Times. warns stranger
sgainst coming to Omsbs, and we hav'
seen similar warnings in other papers
The city is crowded with unemployed
men most persons have very little mon
ey, and mt one. half Of them can get vorl
at even Eastern prices. A room withou
FIRE for msn and bis wife cannot b.
obtained for less than fifteen dollars I
week. and ordinary board for a singh
man is from two to four dollars per day
Real estate is held almost as high as q
Chicago. the business parts Of Lake o
CLARK streets in the latter city excepted
Corner lots. sixty-six by one hundred
and thirty feet. are held at from twelv'
hundred to two thonssn1 dollsrs. and ff
tees thonsand dollars has beea offered fo
one of the best. These prices. in tn
opinion OF business men. are too high
and must come down. Parties with from
four Thousand to seven thousand dollars
find building material and lots so higl
that to build would eat up all their cspi
tai. in consequence of which many wer
obliged to give up their own business
and try something for which, perhaps
they were not adapted. -s.