St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-27
skies. The statesmen hobnob and
touch glassware with the utmost aban-
WORK FOR ALL.


Among the correspondents who dis
cuSSed pertinent matters of local inter-
est in last Fridays GLOBE was one who
took issue with a former statement OF
ours that any young man able and will
ing to work could find employment in
this region of the country. He cited
himself as contradiction to the state
ment, with the assertion that there were
others in the same box with himself.
We have not the means of knowing
what efforts our correspondent has
made to Obtain employment, or what his
disposition may be with regard to the
kind of work that he wishes to be en-
ployed at. But there is nothing in his
communication to change our former
opinion or to prevent us from reaffirm-
ing that any man, whether young OF old.
who is capable and willing can find en-
ployment. If young man comes here
hunting a soft snap, or is unwilling to
labor unless he can wear kid gloves and
a stand-up collar every day in the year.
then we advise him to go back where
he come from. This is not the
place for him. The people up here
who work and who employ labor
are hustlers. and do not: take kindly to
fastidious employees. We recognize the
fact that the easy places have all been
filled long ago, and the young man who is
unwilling to accept any other but soft
position will have the opportunity to
hang around the street corners many
months of weary waiting before he finds
place to suit his mind. But if he is
willing to lay his hand to anything that
comes along, he will not have to wait a
great while until some one comes in
search of him to give him employment.
There are some young men with such
dainty ideas of labor, who, when they
fail to find position as clerk in some
business establishment, or salesman
for some first-claSS house, OF a reporter
on reputable newspaper, sit down in
despair. My dear boss. You must re-
member that there are other fields OF
useful employment, not so remu-
nerative or comfortable, perhaps; but
that should make no difference to
an active, indep endent young fellow,
who is earnest in his desire to find
something for his hands to do. If moth
ing better is in sight, join the street
levee, hire yourself out as an apprentice
to a good Misunderstanding rather
than be idling away your time and la
menting that there is no employment to
be had. There is no disgrace in any
kind of labor which will turn an honest
penny. The liod carrier, who earns the
salt that goes into scanty meal, fills
the pampered son of fortune who lives
sumptuously on the earnings of 9TH
ers. By glancing at the advertising
columns OF the GLOBE young men out of
employment will find every few days
the advertisement of some employment
agency who are offering good wages to
laborers to work on railroads and other
improvements in Dakota, Montana and
elsewhere. But the young man who is
hunting for soft snap doesn't take to
that kind of work. 1t will take him
away from the city, and he can't go to
balls and the theater at night. just
there is the trouble. young friends,
with most of you who complain of
not finding work. You want to be in
the giddy whlrl; you want to dress
we'll; you want to have dainty hands
an d powdered faces; you want to have
a good time generally. In short, you
are hunting for Sinecures. We will say
to you frankly, if you possess these
dainty ideas of labor, you missed your
sphere when you got into this commu-
nifty. The sooner you get away the bet
ter it will be for you and the better for
US. Pack your traps and start to-mor-
row for the land of the Hottentots.
There you can indulge your laziness
and exist. You can't do it here.