The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-15
THE CALL OF THE WEST
Opportunities Await hg In
telligence, Enthus lasm
and Push.

islly among artisans anf the humber
bread winners Since ~ day Horace
Of agitation througho the larger
cities Of the east In "a n Of more EN-.
igraiion to the westerfs states. espec-
There seems to be q popular revival
Greeley gave that hir.oric bit Of ad-
vice to the young mao to "go west
there have been peri dical iurries Of
enthusiasm among orkng people
who are tired OF thu teaseless and soul
narrowing struggle ir their daily
bread. and who cast bnginp eyes to the
westward where brchder opportunities
are ever present to lelp solve the prob
lem Of existence
II is one Of the ,nexplioable mys er.
les why the toller.t Of our great cities
remain under the domination Of labor
'tossism and WEI ont their unhappy
lives in the almost hopeless conditions
that surrouad them. The spell Of the
great city Is strong and holds many
who would be Infinitely better OF in
rural communities. They complain
yet they prefer TO bear the Ills they
have than Fly 10 others they know
not Of" In the sordid. selfish battle
for existence in the big city the poor
clerk or artisan has little chance for
advancement compared with the op-
portunity afforded by the smaller
western towns. One man who ran an
elevator in Chicago a few years ago
broke away from this employment and
went west and is now the wealthiest
man in a aourishing town. respected
by all, happy and independent Speak.
ing Of his own experience. he said
HAD / remained in Chicago I would
probably be selling papers or running
an elevator in a skyscraper TO this day.
The opportunities for gaining a com.
retence in the cities are extremelyli
tied. and altogether. city life is not
what it is cracked up TO be for the
workman. Give me the smaller towns
Of the linitless west. with their sun.
shine roominess, the genial good fel.
lowship Of their inhabitants. and the
abscnce Of the maddening throng thai
makes hfe in a city like Chicago re.
semble a hades On earth Any man
with a thimbleful Of Trains can sue
coed in the west II he knows how to
aoapt himself to conditions. He must
be a worker, he must be energetic,
honest enterprising fearless. If he
has these qualities the west wants him
and he will win out all right"
It is a fact that aln.9st any young
man Of grit and ordinary intelligence
car -.sRe better living in the smaller
towns Of the west than in cities where
hundreds of thousands Of his fellow
men are straining in ruthless competi-
ton. The ordinary laborer while not
being as well paid in the west. enjoys
the advantages Of cheaper cost of liv-
ing His chance of working for him
self and saving little capital to start
in business on his own account are
good Absve all. he gets more out OF
life in the west and earns place in
his community that the toiler among
the masses in the east never secure.
1t is more true now than ever that the
west needs men. This need is for the
young man with the right stun in him.
The young man who has the nerve to
leave the drudgery Of the mill ana fac
tory and strike out for himself viii sue
oeed in the west. II he works earnest
ly in his new home, within few years
he will find that he has place in the
community and has a recognized indi-
viduaIiey which the factory hand or the
small clerk can never know,-Kansas
City Journal.