The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-21

may look for a iTveiy business, winch
will occupy some ofour young men that
are now idle, for the times have
been hard for them indeed, for<sach
Of them as depend upon their en-
ployersand those who have latelyem
barked in business. Many men !. Of
my acquaintance, who embarked last
Winter and Spring with capital of
from four to five tn ousand dollars,
are now beggars, as 1T were, without
money; discouraged and without
friends. Thus, wandering about in
search of something to 'do-too much
pride to send, to, their homes for
money-they become desperate, and
embezzlement, larceny, or murder and
robbery is the result. asrr
This morning as | came to my office
quite early schanced ito go above,
where there were some vacant rooms
in the baildipg. and in one of these
| met fine looking young man, good.
length upon the floor. AS I entered
he started up. and blushed; [ asked
him how he came there2 He said ::
" [ came into your city about four
weeks ago a stranger. [ have been In
search of work land / have offered to
take anything that is honora ble) ever
since. and had no place to sleep, so |
came here to rest myself over night. !"
New what DO you do for something to
eat, says [. He said, Il go to the
beer saloons, where they keep free
lunch; [ have lived that way for
almost two weeks. | am bound to
get money to go back East beggar,
| will not, no nerer, and the last two
words came out with an emphasis
which meant, he would do something
more than ordinary eheshe would re-
turn beggar as he termed it. Now
such is life in large cities. Young men
are constantly coming in and going
out great deal worse off than they
came here often. There are to-day
ten thousand young and middled aged
men in this city who have no perma-
nent employment. These are the
days of hard times" When will it
be better? As soon, young men, as
You make up your minds TO do as
your fathers did. Go to tilling the
ten million acres of land that lies
loomy and rich, only waiting the hus-
bandman to ply the seed, and it will
bloom with rich and abundant har-
vests that will make you glad And
you will grow up with everything han
dy about you; will live to a good old
age. and die a blessing to yourself,
your family and your God. Whenev-
er we have more producers and less
consumers, then you may look for
better times permanently. | would
not>speak discouragingly to the young.
They are the men for business. But
[ am only dealing with facts. How
many young men, after they leave
their colleges and academies, are will
ing to return to honest labor on a
farm? How many are being brought
up farmers? Comparatively few. All
business is overdone everywhere, and
those that are in business are preying
off of each other. For instance, a
bushel of corn on the east side of the
river can be bought for one half dol
lar. BY the time you get it in St.
Louis and ready for consumption. it
costs one dollar and quarter. The
business men get this 70 cents.
This is not because there are not
enough commission merchants to do
the business Of preparing this busheI
of corn, but because there are SO
many hands to pass through, or be-
cause one commission merchant, SELL
ing but one bushel of corn per day
must take. enough out of it to pay his
rent and keep his family from starva-
ton; or, if he sells two bushels. to
clothe them better, and if he sells
three. to have them live in style,
as they call it.
But men scorn the idea of, farming
becausesft Is notAmoney making. How
many merchants live life time with
out becoming bankrupt? Statistics
tell us that over seventy per cent. of
merchants in this latter day fail some
time in their lives, while there is not
ten per cent. of farmers. In cities
the great mass of wealth is owned by
the few, and the many are the poverty
stricken who are miserable tenants,
paying exhorbant rents. and living up
ali their income The many in cities
are the slaves to the few. In
the country there is plenty for all.
Here man and wife live in dusty,
dirty back room, where they cook. eat
and sleep. In the country they can
at least have it clean. though ever so
humble Here men live on what they
can get, then they get what-they- can
live on We hope to- see the day
when things will be CONSTANT, and
instead of large, cities, we will have
thickly populated and smalE cities.
Instead of the many starving, the
many will be rich, OF. in comfortable
circumstances 1oesD 81 w. M. E.