Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22
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Wanted-A Situation.
From the Nashville Banner.

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The number of young men i
the South out Unemployment an
with no visible means of supper
could be counted not merely b
the hundreds, but by the thou
sands. We suppose there is no
a city or small town in all tn,
Southern States but. has it's sur
plus of young men In daily in
quiry of a situation to measurt
calico or weigh out groceries fol
the most limited salaries. VIZ
have had frequent applications
from young men willing to work
for their board and clothes unit
they could fall into something
more remunGrative. 1t is very
plain that, instead Of making wise
provision for the future, We are
actually raising up a generation
Of paupers. We have been de.
voting too much attention to the
| professions and too little to the
trades, We have any number
of excellent colleges turning out
swarms Of young doctors and
lawyers to starye, and no institu-
tons for the educa ton of skilled
mechanics. 1t is time we were
beginning to popularize industrial
pursuits--to dignity labor, and
make honest work respectable,
Parents, it matters not whether
rich or poor, are wronginge their
boys by not bringing them up to
some art. First, a good solid Eng.
lish education, and then few
years apprenticeship to a good
trade, and we shall see fewer
young persons crowdiug the towns
and cities to fill positions only fit.
for girls or women. No child OF
wealthy parents will be any the
worse of with the practical
knowledge Of some useful branch
of mechanics, even if he should
never expect to follow itfor living.
No railroad Superintendent OF
President is so eHicientlas one WHO
was educated up from the shops,
and knows how to build a loco.
motive as well as the master. me-
chanic under him. The best
President of manufacturing
company Is the man, who was
himself educated amid the whir,
and hum of the spindles. The
knowledge of the mechanic arts
is .-orc us,!al to the people of
our section now, than the knowl-
edge of the learned professions.
The commercial hope Of the South
is in the successful prosecution
of industrial enterprises. The
wealthy citizen should lead off in
this work of regeneration. Let
him afford practical evidence OF
his faith in the industrial future
OF his section by teaching his
children to be useful members of
the community, and let there be
a generous emulation ameng all
classes to dignity labor and to eIe.
Vate the mechanic pursuits 20 a
level with the professions of law
and medicine. Once get this
spirit awakened throughout the
community, and the whole people
will be inspired with confidence
and higher hopes of the future.
Commerce will thrive under its
healthy influence; real estate will
enhance new workers from
abroad will come in to put their
sturdy shoulders to the wheel ;
our homes will be beautiied our
waste places be redeemed, and
prosperity, comfort and moral
improvement will take the place
of poverty and desoltion and
lawlessness. To be a powerful
section we must be independent.
To become wealthy people We
must utilize the resources with
which God has blessed our prolific
section, and keep our money at
home. Above all to begin WITH
we must stimulate our own chill
dren to become skilled mechanics
and builders and architects and
engineers, instead of lawyers, doc
tors and counter-hoppers. Rather
let US import our professionals
than our mechanics, if we must
import either, and let all go to
work and honor the workers.
A gentleman in the vicinity of
Philadelphia recently lost his wife,
and correspondent states that a
young miss of six, who came to