The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-13
Learn q Trade.

During a conversation with a fore
man of large manufacturing com
pany he said incidentally: ave have
had no American apprentices in two
years." and in reply to my interroga-
ton said that American parents were
more desirous of their sons learning
to despise labor than to adorn it.
Looking the matter over carefully /
have reached the conclusion that he is
right. 1t is pity. Young man, look
forward few years. You have good
homes to-day and homes where every
comfort possible to have is in your
grasp. You do not appreciate these
things They come to you without
effort, they are retained to you with
out effort on your part and you per-
NIT yourself to slide along on the
creased pole of confidence in the
ability of your parents to provide.
Did you ever think that money, some
times, yes, often, takes wingsp Well,
it does; it goes in the twinkling of an
eve sometimes and then your father
has to work, and you, if you have any
thing in your composition and make
up which has the appearance of
man, will go TO work to help out your
father. Now. if you had learned a
trade you would not be obliged to
search for six-dollar positions as
clerks, but could step into places that
are waiting for just such men as you
might be, at fair salary.
Don't think when you light your
cigarette and walk down the street
that you are any better than anybody
else. Don't imagine that the mechan-
ic rs he passes you envies you. Don't
imagine that society could not get
along without you. You must know
that society thinks only of your money
and nothing of you, and if your father
was to lose his dollars to-day that to-
morrow would find you knocking at
societv's closed doors. And the me-
chanic pities you and says, "Wcll, !
would not exchange places with him."
and he means it.
Suppose you put on an old suit of
clothes and 90 down to the machine
shop or the factory or the printing
office and commence at the bottom
round and work up. There will be
boys there that will laugh at your
white skin and delicate looks and yet
secretly they will admire you for hay
ing the good sense to do what you
ought to do. Your employer will ad-
vance you as fast as you deserve and
with your natural ability there is no
reason why you should not reach the
top round of the ladder in few years. |
Then if your parents have money and
you feel desire to do something else,
do it; and if days of adversely come,
as is very probable they will you will
have something to fall back on which
will support you and your wife and
babies in comfort. What this country
needs is more of its young men to
earn trades. There are enough who
will be bound to make fools of them
selves and try to navigate life without
t. and look to the professions for
Try and uncertain living. 1t is no
lisgrace to any young man who, hay
ng the opportunity to learn a trade
which will be of use to him in after
ears, throws it away and with it his
comfort and that of those dependent
IN him. to satisfy the pride of society
which looks simply upon the wealth
nd not the worth of a man.-E. c.
)avis, in Arkdnsaao Traceler.
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