The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-08
What Men Sac
Men see according to the mao .,,,.,

Men see according to the measure !,
their mental activity and experiancs
The Yankee who exclaimed upon look. &
ing at Niagara Falls, ''What a miobtn
waterpower running to wastep, was i,
nowise different from his fellows n
revealed in his remark that he had had
more to do with utilizing the forces Il
nature than in going about the country
to gaze upon its great curiosities.
It is the purpose of this article "a
speak of the difference in mems unpre..
mediated thoughts as to great THINGS
when newly presented. 5s
The Chicago Board of Trade was
visited by two men for the first time.
One exclaimed, What a Babelp These
men must be lunatics!'' The other
thoughtfully looked for a time, and re: i.
marked, s.Here are determined the sell
ling values, and how the two parties
defend the line! 1t looks as if the hold
er and consumer could not do better if
here themselves. y tE
Another gentleman, IN author, walk
ed down the avenues of one Of our large
wholesale book stores, between the
piles of books, and remarked: ~ see
in this evidence of a vast and rapidly
developing country. More than 7oO,-
900, copies of my spoilers were sold
in this western world alone last year. .
Two men climbed to the top Of one
of our grain elevators; Tiled with corn.
One exclaimed: ..Nfiat cans be done
with such a vast mass of grainp 1t
must reduce the price. Who would
lose this, if it were to burnt" = The
other remarked: "Here is the industry
of communities, townships, counties,
and States, concentrated. The mercan-
tile and all other businesses are de-
pendent upon and supported BY this;
and, upon the other hand, the labor Of
other regions is depending upon this
grain for bread. Here it concentrates
for market, and from here it is .distri-
buted to market It is the growth of
This trade which pays the cost Of city,
town, and country growth ~
Another pair visited the Stock Yards.
One was filled with amazcment and
wonder, expressing doubt in the ability
of the markets Of the entire earth to
absorb and consume the flesh there Of
fered for sale, and wondering where it
all came from. The other, man of
reading and observation, made intelli-
gent inquiry as to what states produced
the best cattle, where the Colorados,
Texans, and scalawags found amarket,
etc. He realized that the market which
drew such a supply of stock must have
a corresponding consumption.
Similar remarks have been listened
to regarding the mercantile interests,
the schools, the railroads, the churches,
and so on. Like conditions are true
Of the country as well as the city. Tho
one looks upon plat of land aud sees
for what it is adapted another sees
naught but s. a barren waste. The milf
tary man sees in every Landscape its
strategic possibilities-its waters, its
.defenses, its supplies. The hunter dis
covers its adaptation for sport, the
cattle-grower for stock, the engineer
sees its possibilities for bridges, rail-
way routes and towns, the politician
sees the future State, and SO on; each
and all see according to their eyes and
knowledge. q Isl !!,:5
Listen while the dressmaker OF tailor
looks over the piles Of new goods. In
each piece they see the possibilities for
this or that sort of garment, while in
the eyes of the non-tradesman the
goods are but plain cloth. Human
minds do not all see q Greek slave in
every block OF marble. and it is a good
thing that they do not. Tho right
thing for each to do is to learn the
best possibilities III some one direction,
to apply them, and become an cxpertin
that line. A successful lifo need not
cover a great area, but should learn
one line thoroughly Chicago Ledger.