Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-10-09

quarry men, d ~ per day and
board themselves; tte-cl,oppen loo
per tie, awd- s4lser Acknowledgement.
ton. Living in this country is high,
and gOo,ls and provisions arc not
sold at Eastern prices. Let those
who are adopts in &gures show how
the working man betteis himself by
leaving oven small wages in the
East, where living is cheap, to come
to this country to work. The writer
has failed to see the advantage
gained.
From the standpoint Of man
who is compelled 10 expend a little
elbowgrease occasionally to enable
him to prosecute his rambies, l am
in favor OF the Scott movement, and
would like to see it succeed. IL
Scott and his party contrive to
squeeze few miffiOns out Of Con.
gress and distribute portion OF it
in remunerative wages among the
suffering labOrers of the country,
who does it burti Not the man who
earns his bread by the sweat of his
face. The A, T. Il S. +. Go. pay less
money to laboriIsG men than any
railroad company l ever knew any.
thing about. To such men as Mr..
Sigh, however, who, to use his own
words, lis making more money than
he ever did before in his life,' and
who bids fair to bosome a millionaire,
q bloated bo0dholtler, or railroad
magnate, the Scotenovement might
prove detrimental, especially "a Mr.
8. has permanently located on the
line of the A., T. & 8. F. Men who
are growing rapidly rich are apt to
forget their days of dependence.
They grow selfish and unmintiful Of
the interest of struggling humanity
around them, and seek to enrich
themselves Mt the expense Of the
ignorant hewers Of wood and draw.
ers Of water in this vicinity. The
worst features, however, OF Mr.. SIS
Misrepresentation are such rs he
publishes to the world through his
newspaper correspondence. Thous.
apds have been lurtSl iron comfort.
able homes in the East by just such
pictured bOnanzas as Mr.. 8 would
lead the reader Of his article to OK.
pect to find on the frontier. Toscek
tickle fortune amid the hardships
and dangers to be encountered in
all new countries, they abandon the
bird in hand to seek for two In the
West; but nine out of fen ffud that
with their approach tire willy birls
have disappeared, and that to the
Que man who strikes it rich in tho
great West ninety nine meet with
disappointment, and many Of them
with actual suffering. Hundreds of
things which you may enjoy in the
older States without cost, and which,
you are accustomed TO receive as q
matter Of course, are high priced
luxuries on the frontier.
1t is not my purpose to discourage
young men who would adopt Hurncc
Grceley's advice to ego West, young
man, grow up with the country, =
but | weuld tisabusc their minds Of
false impressions in regard to the
ease with which man may grow
! rich in this country. The majority
, who come must work and wait il
they would win, To those who have
the courage To accept these terms
; and whOse prospects ere not 81 the
best wheTp they are, would SAY
come, and when you do come, setAIt
down aud 90 to work with . will
i and success will surely crown your
efforts.
!. Letters addressed to Rambling
i Jim, Animas City, Col, enclosing
o stamp for reply, will receive proDp
J. attention from one who endeavOr.
n to present matters in their tru,
s light.
Very respectfully,