Smyrna times., 1886-08-18


ing of these vital questions has made
anyone happier, my purpose is served
hut, for all time to come, personal pref
erence chooses to leave the answer to
all questions of any blood kin to these
i'll that mysterious world of things yet
unthOught. If, perchance this scrap
should find its way into the mind of
someone who thinks and who cOntem-
plates coming to Kansas, altogether
! likely he would like to know some
thing of industrial Kansas, the supply
and demand of the labor market, and
the prices of the products of the soil
and all the light we can flood npon it.
What is said of Southwestern Kansas
in particular but will mostly apply to
Kansas in general.
THE LABOR SUPPLY.
The labor market is full and over
flowing at every side. The West floats
in glowing fancies before mems minds
In the East, as a new country, where
there are few people, where they can
control everything, where they can es-
tablish monopoly, demand what
price they please and get it and
where they can live without much
hard work. AS a consequence of this
being in the mind of this man and that.
in all the great number of the men in
the East there is tide pouring out
constantly into the West. And again.
as a consequence of their fancies not
being realized the tide pours back
again into the East save those who
have spent all in coming and have
nothing left for returning, and few who
resolve to stick to the bush ANYHOW.
Add to this some foreign emigration
and it will not be hard to tell whv the
labor market is overfowing and being
overtlOWed. 1t is not hard to tell why
the wages Of labor, at trades, office or
common labor are low. Doctors and
lawyers just graduated think the West
has none of them and consequently our
storehOuse is full and overaowing with
these. In the minds of the young men
OF the East whose thoughts have be-
come lighted by the West, it is a glow
ing new world, where sorrow never
comes, where they shall ride on the
hurricane deck Of ponies and in the
hunt and chase they shall gambol over
her sunny slopes forever. Where life
is a pastime, care bubble on the sea.
and pleasant thoughts shed fragran ce
like the blossoms Of oranges through
all Of life's brief day. Thoughts like
these are ever turning the engines of
their minds, at intervals some enraDt-
uring thought will seize them and seem
to swell their bosoms to the size of a
blvouac tent, and these fancies even
dance in magnificent splendors around
the campfres of their midnight night
mares They read everything they see
or can get hold Of about the West
They believe the favorable and reject
the unfavorable. This is an attack of
the Western fever y and the surest and
quickest cure for it is to come West
| have never known this remedy to
fail and it is highly recommended.
But these kind of men after their spell
is over, if we can only induce them to
stay, usually make pretty good citi-
zens.
There is kind of men, however we
had just as leave you would keep at
home-the immoral, lazy trash who
make living by their sharp sayings
on the street corners, l hope, Mr..
Editor, you will use every honorable
means in your power to persuade them
that there is no room for them out
here. But their being here does not
reduce the price paid for labor no
matter how many comes. This maybe |
will throw some light on how a new
country happens to have a plentiful
supply of labor and professional men.
and why they come