Daily Republican., 1882-09-21
GO WEST, YOUNG mani
How some Young men who Took
, the Advice n ave PrOnted Oy II.

How some Young mon who Tool
, the Advice have PrOnted Oy IL.
Rufus Hatch in the Hour.
The prophetic advice Of Horace Greeley
$50 west, young man., was far NOR
wise than he knew, and we heartily ap
prove it. But our advice does not ap
ply to the namby' 'pamby youths VIII
affect patent feathers, kid gloves, and {
caue to lend style 10 their daily prone
made down Fifth avenue to Delmonico's g
They are not wanted, and would not be
received with open arms IN the busJ
west. They had better remain at home
to grace the parlors of their fonu moth
ers. But the man who is willing to
put on cowhide boots. tuck his trousers
inside the boot leg, get up and 20 to
work at 6 o'clock In the morning,
rough 1t with the toughest, superintend
and personally oversee every detail, can
make an easy and early fortune, and
then go to New York asindependent as
a lord.
A few instances of wealth thus &C.
quired came under our notice directly,
and they are only examples of q thous :
and more. EnRineer No. l, who ran on
the New York Central railroad twenty
seven ye irs ago, was afterward an en-
gineer on the Michigan Central, and
tiye year ago he went West to the
Northern Pacific, where heis now the
senior engineer that ruus out of Fargo.
By dint Of industry and economy he
became the owner of 400 acres of land,
adjacent to the last named place,
which to-day will bring in cash SAC, 900.
He has two sons who are the happy
owners of 1000 acres of land. One son
Is a rising lawyer.
Engineer No. 2 at Fargo owns four
houses; his income from his rents Is
equal to that Of bank President in the
city of New York. These men still
ride in the caboose every day, holding
the throttle of the ''iron horse" with
three to five hundred precious lives in
their charge.
A gentleman named Green, from
Canada, rented an improved farm
OF l, 800 acres in 1881, paying one third |
of the PROFITS as rent. He netted $l3,- |
900 as his portion for the season. THIS |
year he bought and improved 5000 |
acres at 500 per acre, amounting to
$50, ,OGO, He assured me that his net
profits this year would be $25, 200. He
was offered $75, 900 for tie farm after
delivering the crop, and he thought he
could get $4,000 If he was willing to
sell
One more instance A gentleman
In st. Paul was check clerk on
the dock at $S5 per month not many
years ago. He invested his savings in
land, gained the confidence OF English
capitalists and to-day he is President
of the Manitoba railroad, and said to
DO worth $6,OO0,OOO
Nor are these examples of what en-
,rgy, ability and common sense can do
n the West confined to the grazers and
armers A young dry goous clerk
vent to st. Paul some years ago with
'3, 800, started in business, borrowed
'26, 900 for capital, and is now part.
ler in house doing 100000 of bus.
ness per annum and employing three
hundred and fifty men and women.
His income is altogether $500, 600
ear.
A grocery firm in the same city sells
15, 100000 Of goods annually. There
re many such large and successful bus
ness concerns in the West and North
vest. What we have given are but fair
amples of the prosperity of he Western
ountry, aud the possibilities that are
resented for energy, enterprise, aud
ard work to achieve grand success.