The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-11-12
Tie die is cast.
The deed Is done,
The battle is 1onght,
And fha VtatOrV yvOn
THE WAY TO PROSPERITY.

a Common Sense View of the Situation.
MEssRs. EDTToRs:-I have an idea, and
although, for youth in my teens, it is
not the first time have been struck with
inspiration, yet it is the first
time l have dared to put my
thoughts upon paper. L, there
fore, hope that the wise eX Senator and
his Honor, the eX-Mayor, who are hob
nobbing together in the editorial sanctum,
will not ruthlessly throw this first at
tempt of juvenile eXperimentor in the
waste basket, but knowing that ''talI oaks
from little acorns grow will cOndescend
to publish my crude thoughts for what
they worth.
Labor Onane UinceRt," is my motto,
which rendered into plain Anglo-Saxon
meaneth, Labor conquers all things"
Now gentl- men, editors, one and all,
anxious to advance the interests of our
prospective commercial and maRufae-
turing southwestern Metropolis" how
are we to do it. How are we with in the
next decade to make our city count its
score of thousands of inhabitants. Some
will tell you one way and some another.
A sovereign panacea for all the evils that
flesh is heir to, by some, is to vote an in
Vulnerable quantity of bonds for one horse
foundrys, paper and wooden mills, Nor
NAL boarding houses, or throwing up ''a
straight and narrow PATH begineth the
Cottonwood doth not in scriptural par
lance ''lead unto life'' but surely doth I'M
to death, or terrible upset, if two I'M
In III - I'll
this wonderful highway constructed by the
marvellous wisdom of our first city faith
ers. But, say some of your readers, these
things are past; tell us of the future. We
care not to hear Of our pas; failures. How
are we to do better? 1 will, with the
modesty of youth, tell you how I thInS
better times may dawn upon us, much
better In my estimation than by buit4iig
a narrow gauge road to the Moon, Ar
kansas City, Paradise or Utah, which no
doubt Brother Beecher's friends think is
one and the same place. We have,
Messrs. Editors, too many drones among
us; too many nonprodueers; too many
who try to live off the hard earnings of
others, who any fair day can be seen in
knots OF half dozen or move. standing
on the corners OF our principal streets dis
cussing the hardness of the times, or the
political standing of this or that man, and
wondering why or how such and such
men succeed, when the Lord knows that
they mentally strive as hard as any to
get along and fail Of success.
Messrs. Editors, within n mile Of our
city in every direction lay thousands up
on thousands Of acres Of virgin prairieH
Let US instead of wasting our time in ad-
vocatiug this and that chimera, let us
instead of building railroads, moving
State capitals, delving for minerals which
we have not, erecting factories which we
have neither coal or water to run; let us,
l say, pillow and seed; let us demonstrate
to the Eastern residents who are looking
for farms for themselves and their child
rem, that properly cultivated, we may
laugh attthe drouths; that WITH deep
blowing and thorough cultivation our
deeolate acres can be turned into bloom.
ing orchards, vineyards and gardens. /
am fully satisfied that with the same
energy and persistence manifested by the
farmers of the Eastern States, our prairies
can be made to blossom as the rose. Our
soil viii stand more drouth than any soil
have ever worked, and for a chicken, l
have worked on farms in sevearal Of the
Eastern State and know of what w rite.
Our city can be the centre of thriving
farming population and grow with the
country, and in my estimation it is the
only way in which we can lcok for any
permaney in our future. Let US abandon
the thought of getting rich in a day; let
US come right down to the sober reality
Of life; let US instead of holding immense
meetings, and resolve TO mul tIply and
increase in jiffy, take hold of the shovel
and the hoe, the pick and the pillow; let ~
assist to develop the country and the eoun-
try will, in spite of the grangers. assist
the city. The sooner we come to the concIu-
sion that it is by hard manual as well as
mental labor that we will succeed, tho
sooner success will be within our reach.
1 trust, gentlemen, you Will pardon me
for thus tresspassing upon your proverb-
ial good nature, but when so many
schemes are being Matched to make US
great, may be excused for my juvenile
contribution.
Respectfully, YOUNG FARMER.