Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-21
BILL NYE'S ADVICE.
SOMETHING THE YOUNG MEN
SHOULD HEED.
The Advantages of the Great West
as Country TO Grow
Up In.

'ANAA NAAS .'tbiiS -AlbCAAAa1l. " HSIC CsiI 1
do the best and soonest succeed? ?" has been
and will continue to go right on in the
vital business. l select hefollowing letter
for replying purposes rather than any other
in my possession, because it is earnest, per
sonal and pertinent;
William Nye, Esq lI'orId 0liiee Ne,r York City
DEAR SIR write TO ask year advice as West
! ern man as 10 the ACCESSIBILITY of "a young man
/ OF Eastern pdrentage gong West 10 grow up
with the country. am al 4 loss what to think,
as there are 81 many contradictory stories afloat
in the various Eastern papers relative To the
West, and especially rs so many Western men
who crack up the Western country as being the
place to live in are continually coming East
investing their surplus or engaging in business
with Eastern concerns. If the " est OH IL such
a broad field for advancement, why. then, do
| western men suca as you leave such fertile
heldS and pastures new? With kind regards
yours very truly, CABLE.
1t IS true that a great many Western
men have gone East TO invest their sur
plus, but if they had never gone West they
would not have had any surplus to invest
The advantages of the West for the
young man consists in this, that he is there
given 4 chance to show his gait and dem
onstrate his merits. Nobody asks him
who his grandfather was and why he came
/ West. He is tested and Endorsed or
lynched, according to his merits. That is
not all. He is as good a man with IS
suit of clothes and a bob-tail genealogy as
| any other man, if he be good citizen and
pans out all right The difference between
the East and the West is that in the West
less attention is paid to forms and ex-
teriors than in the East. In the West a
l., - l
CURED to behave himself In the East 4
millionaire can behave himself days and
/ do what he pleases the rest of his time
But the chief advantage to young man
who has his way to make in the world
consists in this-that industry and true
merit are Immediately recognized in all
new countries.
The last question is more or less a per-
, sonal one, and it shows the man who wrote
it was philosopher In replying to it |
must not forget that it is serious and SEN
sible inquiry. Ny own case is an excep-
tional one. In the first place, everybody
is not allowed to remain in the West In
one way the West is democratic, in an
other it is exclusive and aristocratic 1t
is no sign others will have to move East
because | did.
Seriously, let me say to the young men
who read this, that if they are made of
the right kind of stuff they can succeed
sooner in the West on less money and less
crest than they can where usages have long
been established and where customs are
gradually becoming more and more Euro
pean. In the West, America sticks out
more prominently, and there is a degree of
freedom from the petty envies and ieal-
ousies which curse the lives of those who
live in older countries l could be poor
and come nearer enjoying it in the West
Many writers have shown us where to go
with capital to do the best, but what we
want is information that will help those
who want to know where they can get the
most enjoyment out of poverty, where
good citizen is wanted and welcomed.
The main difficulty with New York and
Boston boys in new countries is homesick-
ness and disappointment because a good
many institutions to which they have been
accustomed are not to be found To sue
coed in the West a young man must be-
come a part of his adopted country, and
loyal TO it. He must not act upon the
principle that he is still citizen of New
York or Boston, but in good earnest be-
gin to be necessary to the section of coun-
try he has removed to.
And, after all, there is not so great a
difference between the East and West. All
Western men, with the exception of the
Indians, were Eastern men, and Eastern
money makes the West successful. Let
no young man from large Eastern city
console himself with the notion that he is
comforting favor on the West by remov-
ing to that part of the country. The fact
that he Is there at all is proof that he
came there to better his condition, and he
cannot conceal it. He who goes West
solely to teach the untutored pioneer the
elements of refined civilization will not
endear himself to the community for the
humble pilgrim who walks into a new
town in the Territories and goes to work
attending to his own affairs is more apt to
return TO the East some day in a Pullman
car than the man who enters the place pro-
coded by silver cornet band
The West, of course, is not now what it
used to be, for modern improvements have
reached everywhere, and the frontier is
pretty well narrowed down, but there is
stlll plenty of amusement excitement and
instruction Tor lnqulrlng minds.
have said seriously what | have said.
because this will answer a question that |
have often been asked. A good citizen is
an ornament and a success. whether he
dwell within the shadow of Bunker Hill
or the canyons Of Colorado, but he would
succeed quicker and get the eve of the
speaker sooner, perhaps, in Colorado, be-
cause the farther a young man can get
from the depressing, but brilliant record of
his grandmother, the better he will be.
This statement has nothing to do with the
campaign.
Another thing l have noticed in the
older parts of the country, and more es-
peclally In New England, which keeps a
young man back. In the town of his ma
tlvlty he is never considered by the old
settlers as man. He is called Henry or
George, or worse still, Williams bow" or
Johns boy" until his teeth begin to fall
out, whereas in a new field he would be
called General or Judge or Governor on
good salary
The West wants good, live, self-support-
ing young men. Whether or not the East
can spare them | do not pretend to state.
The West will always welcome the sensi-
JOu"S nioh liolh IHe EdSt, OF from
other countries, who are equipped for
roug h-and-tumble with outrageous fortune.
While | would not guarantee success to
everybody who goes West to-day, would
certainly under like circumstances go West !
myself, willingly and hopefully 1t is no
sign that the West is full because once in |
while man who came from there is in |
that condition. Neither should young |
men hesitate about going toward the Occi- |
dent simply because few wealthy freaks |
like the undersigned came East to bedew |
with their surplus the land of their birth. |
BILL NYE.
Drinking Before Meals.
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