Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-06-30
FRIDAY, JUNE %, 1859.
coon ADVICE.

neapOl1S lines, hon. q. e.. I'LL
touched upon the condition Of the
working man and gave out the
following solid advice to theyoung
man starting out in life:
"There is much talk that men
cannot get work to do in this coun-
try. It is not SO. Every healthy
man who is idle in the United
States to-day is so from. choice. [
do not say that every carpenter
can get carpenter work to do, or
that. every plumber can find a job
at his trade, but if he will take
what he can get, every idle man in
the country can go to work as soon
as he is ready to. At this moment
there are jobs ranging in pay from
$1.25 to So and 81 day for 100000
men in the Northwest. There are,
no doubt, enough idle men in this
region to fill all these jobs, but
they are men who have dropped
out Of healthy, active life into the
life of the loafer. In a sense this
condition Of things is enough to.
make an observing mar pessimistic,
but a broad view throws a different
light upon it. To offset the army
Of idle, vicious men-for idleness
breeds viciousness-there is a
great body Of busy, prosperous
farmers, business men, profess
sional men and employees in
Minnesota, in the Dakotas, in
Montana and away out to the coast.
lit may be true that the wilfully
idle are now multiplying; if true,
this might be taken for a disquiet-
ing sign by the faint-hearted. But
there is a remedy, and it is self
acting; the doctrine of the survival
Of the fttest is eternally true, and
those who will not work cannot
eat,
"Were I asked to give definite
advice to a young man of intelli-
gence and health, but without
capital or the training Of the
schools, [ should say, first Of all,
that he must remember that op-
portunity has much to do with
success in any place, and in any
circumstance in other words, there
is something in luck. At the
same time luck and laziness don't
60 together, and opportunities will
not hunt him up. He must look.
for them and work for them and
after all, the measure Of success de-
ponds a good deal upon the man.
Such a young man as you suggest
could not win if he were bent on
living as if he had an income of
thousands, while yet his income
were not more than from $400 to
$500 a year. But let him work
steadily, live prudently and give
signs Of intelligence and enter
prise, and help will eventually
come to him. In truth, help for
such young men is constantly
looking for them to take it; help
to buy farms, help to take charge
Of enterprises, small at first, but
in this period of rapid evolution,
sure to grow into something we'll
worth while; help of greatly
diversified sorts. No one who re-
fleets q bit can fail to see the
falsity of the notion that the day
of rapid development of big enter
prise has past. It is true, for in
stance, hat more miles Of long
distance steam railroads have been
built than are yet to be con-
structed, but the development Of
urban and interurban electric
railroads is still comparatively in
its infancy. The same is true of
many other forms Of development.
They all require capital; but when
Of the right sort, a young man
need have no difficulty in attach
ing himself advantageously to
thosewho can command it. One
OF our most serious troubles, at
the present time, is the scarcity Of
proper men to place in posts Of