The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-08-16
LABOR IN THE WEST.


60 West. Nations have progressed West
ward for thousands OF years Gill it has be
come Natural, as with vines and iowers.
to follow the course of the sue. To at.
tempt to held back the mighty tide is to
stand in the way Of destiny; to 60 forward
is to meet with opportunity. and to place
ones self iu harmony with nature d
course, The young man asks wither he
shall 60, and what be shall do. Ia Hi
Uois. Iowa. Missouri. Kansas and Ne
braska. wherever there is thriving town
surrounded by a Northern population
the founration of a city is laid. Go tbilh
er and help the town grow. and you will
certainly grow with it. If you have a
profession, aud if you are temperate, hon
est and industrious, you will have hun
dred opportunities where you have one
here. But there are no more chances for
an unfaithful man there than here. For
such, there are no chances anywhere
there are only dreams Of chances Ii
you have taste for farming. or hoticul-
ture, or b0lh, for they should be combin :
ed, 60 West; get few acres near a town.
and the demand for our productions will
increase as fast as you can supply them
The market of any growing Western
town of a few thousand inhabitants is
bet ter than the market of Philadelphia,
New York or Boston. This is secret
worth knowing, No matter what you
raise, 1t viii sell. If a young man will
plant, and take good care of an apple or
chsrd of FIVE acres, in ten wears his wife
need not want for q silk dress, nor his
daughter for gold ear rings. a cow will
be well spring Of pleasure; FIVE cows
will support the family. Of late, dairy
productions have received a new value,
and this value will increase, because the
limit of production, in proportion to the
demand, has been reached. This is
another secret. We would especially
urge getting land. II is a sure invest
ment. You cannot be discharged. Your
mistakes will be your own. You will be
a proprietor, and likely enough, will BE-
summoned on the. Grand Jury.
From many, the reply is. 20 yes; this
Is very fine; but I was not brought up to
work. or, II bad been, am not going
TO be a clod hopper" We will tell you
another secret, Within ten years a great
chan Ie has taken place regarding labor.
The majority of mechanics make more
money than the majority of professional
meu; and common labOrers get more mon
ey than clerks. In ten years more. the
ference will be still greater. We look
to see labor rise 10 the dignity Of the pro-
LESSONS, when, perhaps, as much will be
paid for splitting a hundred rails as for
preaching a sermon. Every age differs;
but in every age work is the key TO sue
cess. No man, whether king, noble, gen
erai, legislator or poet, ever succeeded
without work. In our age. practical in
dustry wears the crown. The young
man who shriDks from work, nevertbe-
less will wCrk-must work, but he lsbors
To build a home Tor the abode of unclean
-pirits. Whether Que has FIVE dollars or
a million. work is his destiny. Ia the
end he will lie down and rest from all his
ators AID his works will follow him, Whai
we want TO understand is that blessings,
and not curses, are the fruit of useful in
dustry, II TO this skill and cuhu are
united, Wba,ever may be the calling, the
result will be all that the heart can wish.
Of course time is required, and possibly
gray hair may appear before all hopes are
realized. Miserable is the man who as
fua Of his whole life has nothing bu'
g Az hair to show.
We we'll know how great are the diff
cullIes to young man who has not been
taught to labor. Ii he is poor and with
out friends, perhaps his case is harder;
but this is not certain. In going West,
one will be most certain of success, If be
get land. First, he must have money in
some way; if il come fairly, it will do him
good; if unfairly, 1t will be a curse tC
him, and be can recover from the effects
only by mis- fortune and many tears. Or,
he may go with only money enough to
pay his passage, and hire out, for it is
certain be can do something. Il takes
about TWO months for the hands to be-
come tough, and about the same period
for him 10 learn TO work naturally. Prnv~
ideuce always encourages the hearTo
young man who tries to be useful. Each
day his task is easier. But It is astonish
ing how fast one will learn TO work on
his own land. The difficulty with many
young men is to get West aud obtain a
fooihOld. After this everything will be
comparatively easy. Thea viii be the
time to apply skill, TO read, to keep in
formed, aud to grow. After young
man completes the growth Of his body,
the growth of his mind commences. To
secure best one, be should bring him
self into close relation With the sympa-
lhies and wants of mankind. This growth
will 90 on for the remainder of his life
Keeping this in view, and being temper
ate and Industrious. be will change what
is bad, will develop unsupported good
qualities, and become an honor 10 The
human race.-N T. Tribune.
We like the style OF Senator Upton. Of
Nebraska. At the opening of tie lste
special session of Congress, be horEifed
the grandmOIhers and Deseons who rep
resent New England. by proposing to of
fer premium for Indian scalps. On the
last day of the session, the Nomination
of Horace Greeley, as Minister to Aus.
tIia, was sent IN and " as. about 20 be rat
fled, out of compliment 10 q man. who ls
entitled to none at the hands OF UnioI
men. Mr.. Upton imputed Rh~t woulC
be he effect If any Senator OBJECTED t
acting upon 1t at5once. He was aus wered
that It would have TO lie over one .day.
which would be equivalent TO its relecsioI
as the senate would stand adj 5urned
Upton replied, that in that case be OBJ
jected. as be cnutd never consent to th