The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-08-23
LABOR VS.. GENTILITY.

In recent article in the New York Tri-
bune, under the head of Labor in the
West" Horace Greeley says:
TO the many young men 10 This city,
and In the East, living by small wages,
and to others seeking employment, we
say 60 West. Nations have progressed
Westward for thousands Of years, till it
has become natural as with vines and
flowers TO follow the course of the sun.
To attempt to hold back the mighty tide
is to stand in the way of destiny: TO 90
forward is 10 meet with opportunity, aud
10 place e's-selfin harmony with nature.
u course the young man asks whittier
shall be go, and what he shall do. 10
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Ne
brsska, wherever there is thriving town
surrounded by a Northern population. the
foundation of city is laid. Go thither
and help the town grow, and you will GER
tainly grow with it. If you have a pro-
fession. and you are temperate, honest
aud industrious, you will have hundred
opportunities where you have one here"
This advice is sound, sensible aud very
much TO the point, but there Ia ons par
ticular class OF persons who will not ben
eft themselves in the least by following
II. We refer TO the thou ands upon
thousands of nice young men swarming il
every village and town, and 10 every CITY
of the east, who are passable in appear
Ance, enjoy good health, have a fair smat
tering OF knowlegp, dress unexcepLion-
ably, and filed with a holy horror of any
and all occupations that require manual
labor, or lower them from the standard
Of gentilty based on white hands. For
this class there is,no opening whatever IN
the West. Such advice has been given
go long and persetsntly that the West is
beginning to be placed in the same con,
Gitou as The East in this respect-over-
crowded with respectable poverty. AT
the present. day the entire West is over
run with professionals. Every little VII
lage and hamlet is supplied with enough
lawyers, physicians, preachers aud teach
ers to supply city; and. also, with an
other class who, although not profession
ais, are respectable in she way of dry
goods, grocery stores, and email shops,
and other stay-inFth shade occupations.
These persons cannot all succeed, nor
all live by their occupations, and often,
in fact, none of them, owing to the many
subdivisions o. that particular business
There is not a town in Kansas to-day but
has double to four times as many lawyers,
physicians, clerks, SCENTS, dc as il can
possibly need or find use for, the mai irity
Longing through year after year. living
as best they can, and ever hoping and
waiting for something to turn up. A
certain number of these are needed-the |
rest supe' flutes; and liz all euperfuitiee.
can be advantageou-lv dispensed with.
AT the same time Kansas sadly needs I
men. The State can never be DEVELOPED |
without them. Millions of treasure he |
buried IN her soil, awaiting strong arms to |
uelVe II out. Thousands OF acres of as |
good land as can be found in the world, /
I've ldle, Tor want of the needful labor. /
Good homes are scattered IN every -dIrec.
HON. Tor those having the energy to se>
cure them. Grand openings for ener
geuc. enIerpris'ng men abound every.
where IN the State, but for none other.
We need prof, ssional men of all kinds.
but II Is not TO be supposed that We can
hnd employment for the increasing thou
sands that clog and choke up the East.
The real truth of the matter is, let pohti-
clans and stump orators say what they
will of the dignity and nobility OF labor,
Il Is not at all becoming more fashionable,
and by some Glasses rot even considered
respectable. As long as this is the case,
We may expect to see towns and cities
over crowded with idl-rs, and naked
wastes where there should be grain laden
helds and blooming gardens. Young
men are easily affected with these false
notions Of gen;iIity, for which society is
to blame. and as soon as society disntfes
and honore labor practically, as well as
theoretically, we will see these evils cor
Iec'ed- BY The two prevailing evils OF
I En and gentilily, both East and
"est are made to suffer; one by over.
Cro~o'ng-Ihe other Tor want Of labor. |
-Las0Tsncs TFiLuRs.