The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-22

Opportunities Awaiting intelligence,
Enthusiasm and Push.
tally among artisans and the humber
bread winners. Since the day Horace
Of agitation throughout the larger
cities Of the east In favor Of more en-
igrstion to the western states. espec.
There seems 20 be a popular revival
Greeley gave that historic bit Of ad-
vice to the young man TO go west"
there have been periodical furries of
enthusiasm among working people
who are tired Of the ceaseless and sou.
hcrrowing struggle for their daily
bread, and who cast longing eyes to the
westward where broader opportunities
are ever present to help solve the prob
lem of existence.
10 is one Of the inexplicable mysts..
les why the toilers Of our great cities
remain under the domination Of labor
"bossism" and wear out their unhappy
lives in the almost hopeless conditions
that surround them. The spell OF the
great city is strong and holds meay
who would be infinitely better of In
rural communities. They complain
yet they prefer TO bear the ills they
have than "ny TO 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 oD
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
mar in a aourishing town, respected
by all, happy and independent Speak.
ing Of his own experience, he said
Had remained in Chicago would
probably be selling papers or running
an elevator in a skyscraper to this day
The opportunities for gaining a com.
peience in the cities are extremely linn
ited, and altogether, city life is not
what it is cracked up to be for the
workman. Give me the smaller towns
OF the limitless west, with their sun
shine roominess, the genial good fel.
| lowship Of their inhabitants, and the
absence of the maddening throng that
makes NJ in city like Chicago re-
semble a lades on earth Any man
with thimbleful Of brains can sue
coed in the west if he knows how to
aoapt himself to conditions. He must
be a worker, he must be energetic.
honest. enterprising fearless. II he
lies these qualities -te wJst wants him
and he will win out all right"
1t is a fact that almost any young
man Of grit and ordinary intelligence
can make a better living in the smaller
towns Of the west than in cities where
hundreds of thousands of his fellow
men are straining iu ruthless competi-
ton. The ordinary iaborer, while not
being as we'll paid in the west, enjoys
the advantages of cheaper cost of liv-
/ ing. His chance of working for him
self and saving a little capital to start
in business on his own account are
good. Above all, he gets more out Of
! lifo 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 and fac
tory and strike out for himself will sue
ceed In the west If 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'
viduality which the factory hand or the
small clerk can never bnow-Kansas
City Journal.