The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-16
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The Need OF Good and Thdt6ush Bsslnst1
or Professional TixaninS.
J In the existing state Of society, with keen,
competition in every department Of busi-
ness, aud scores Of well-eQuipped men
ready to snap up every vaeant position that
to turn their boys loose upon the world
without trade or profession. The gam
ing of an honorable livelihood q dif{icule
enough with the best preparation, but %
send q boy out from tile paternal roof with
nothing but his hands to depend upon ie 70
consign him to o life of toll, Il not Of crime.
There are exceptions, but they arc few.
Greatness Of intellect aud moral rectttude
sufficient to overcome natural obstacles arc
they appear. Men like Henry Clay, Abras
ham Lincoln and Henry Wilson, al poor
boys who worked their way from the low
est to the highest positions In life, can bo
counted on ones fingers without going over
them twice.
One of the oldest and most capable busi.
ness men in PITTSBURGH expressed his views
In regard to training boys for the duties Of
lite substantially as follows to . reporter Of
the Dispatch: "If had q boy would no
more th,rk of sending him from homo 70
earn his living without the necessary train.
ing to ena5,e him TO ilahs hts way against
s.c strong opposition that he would be surd
to encounter ct every step than would
think OF flying. I would consider It o crime
against society TO do so What chance has
n by got to hold his own in the tiercs strug-
Gle fo. existence without skill OF some kindl
Snnc all. The most he can hope for 10
lo,".y soation and a carcer Of drudgcry at
manual labor of the toughest kind. He
poses, but when he comes IN contact
with actual business affairs he will
soon and that they are too COM
plicated and precise for hts crude ideas
and methods. The result can not be doubt
full. dewill drift from post to pillar and
1Haiiy bring up ut the bottom Of tho ladder,
whore he will remain. He has been tried
ard found wanting. This is not his fault;
he may have done the best he could; butit
all comes from his parents neglocting to
give h,m that training Of brain and hand
which is so necessary to SUCCESS in this age
OF keen wits and sharp competition.
'.Buslness methods have changcd wonder.
fully since was u boy. Then it was con.
Quoted, for tho most part, in q crude, hap-
hazard sort of manner. Nearly every thing
was on small scale, requiring no parttcu-
lar training or experience. Some people
have the notion that it is the same now, but
secccsss:llin business life forty or fifty
years ago could hardly fill q clerkship now.
Business has been reduced to o sclcnces
ard its manifold complications arc as hard
to understand as any other branch OF xhowl-
edgc. A good business man in these days
is competent to fill any position. public or
private. Moro than one President has
called men from the store or factory to as
sist in carrying on the Government.
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SO that correct business principles ure In
s.!!ed into him. He may learn these At
home, in store, factory or workshop; do
net INSIST that he shall be highly educated in
the learnings of schools, but do insist that
he shall DO thoroughly grounded In some oc-
cupatjon, trade or profession. A business
half learned Is not learned at all. This Is
the cause Of SO many jack-of-all- trades
witch nfost every community. They know
. Il littls OF many things, but not much Of any.
The: nave to give way when they come in
competition with better trained hands and
brains.
'Thc future glory ana prosperity Of this
country rests with tho boys. They will in
due tune be caiied upon TO take the places
of the men who are now ut the head of at.
fa.rs-who arc filing the offices of the State
:. and Nation end conducting the various
business enterprises for which VIC are 50
= Greatly distinguished. How important it 10,
then, THAT these boys be brought up so as
: to be competent to discharge THESE great
!, duties. There is no excuse for neglect in
:" ,ll.s matter. The country is tull of publio
!. SCHOOLS where good education can bo oh.
:. :. tanned Without money and without price.
= Every city, town anc village has its fac.
). tories, chops and stores where actual bust4
ness can ba learned by tho proper appica-
= tion. Therefore, say there is no eacuse
. for parents allowing tlcir boys to 20 forth
into the world and TIC themselves down to d
sife OF dri;d.ery, ::li:ch they must do II they
= lavc nc!.i,s.v trained minds nor sl,:led
!, hands. Tie dangerous classes Of society
=. :. arc composed of men who, when boys, left
> home without knowing how to do some
!. thing Having no skill at any thing, tney
!, ! ,sldom find employment, aud then only
- y. ut the rougliest and least remuncra.ve
. wor;s. The result is that they first become
= lissipsted and then criminal. THIS plct-
!, ure is not overdrawn, it is borne out BY
n statistics, and a matter CT a'-coa. universal
u experience and ot1scry ..i)n. hav. known
/. many naturally bright sls's ,,.,, ,:,s.u this
- cause, have grown up " be drones IN 30:
y cieiy. They failed in compeutlon with men
:. better equipped than then. .eives. became
> discouraged, and settiea down IN poverty
e Nsa sraess Ssseuss -
!: have boys t9S q r.
arc brought m ~ sAll rs.
ticn and not permitted to spend thsfr tI:iid
In iu.encss, in when there Is mother dig
nifty nor profit. 1t VII: serve as an anchor
10 Keep them from drifting With tho wind
and give them far start in the race ol
,.s life. 1t wlli not only be OF lasting benehl
to the boys, but VIII be a source Of comfort
c. to the parents, save some Of tnem FROM go
i ing down TO tho grave with broken hearts
J, and be an element of strength to the coun
e try which, can be depended upon in tima O.
il need. Nothing good comes from ialeness
which is the parent Of evil; but inteli.xen
n industry is always honored and honorAole
ir- To slightly paraphrase tho sacred tsxt
train up your boy in the way he shoul
u so. and when he is old he will not depar
~ from IT,"
" Dangers 0f Hee- Water.
DIR. Hammond protests against the Amor
q, ican habit of guiping down o great quantit
), of ico-waters He says shat it induce
M catarrh OF the stomach, which underlies
q, dozen other troubles, and, vcry possibly
cancer Of the stomach. Ice. used In sma
quantities, is valuable remedy, but an
,h; one had better swallow Goals of fro tina
of icewater. It blisters and destroys th
nd membrane. Dyspepsia is sure cons,
quencc, and It does not even insure temp,
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