New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-27
BUSINESS CONDITIONS.
In THE CITY.

~A&6 VA I.
Higher wages are paid
to skilled labor ana
greater rewards given TO
business enterprise and
professional talent. The
larger the city, the
greater the wages ant
rewards. Syracuse paws
better than Olean and
New York than Syracuse.
Cnionists recognize the
difference by setting a
different scale OF wages
for the same work in a
dozen communities. This
lure OF highest recon-
pense partly explains the
increasing concentration
OF population.
Not only are wage.
high, but hours less.
Through organizat ton
and political influence
the mechanic puts in an
e & h tn o Ut day, a S
against the ten or eleven
hours Of the country.
Through organization he
Is more secure in his sit
uation, does not fear
personal discrimination
and stands with his class
instead OF being a soil
tary worker. He has the
advantage Of death, sick
and out-of-work benefits.
Likewise. the municipal
emplOye is protected by
the Civil Service. and in
some departments re-
ceives assurances and
pensions.
Everybody goes to the
city TO make q career, q"
The s m all merchant
hopes to found a depart
ment store, the clerk
viii become a buyer, the
patrolman will end as
chief of police. Many dis
cover that the middle
man is mightier than the
producer; the secret Of
prodigious success is to
iuggle with the work Of
others hands. whether a
carload of potatoes or a
block Of railroad stock.
A cunning brain may
outdistance capital and
patient toll.
There is a great varie-
y Of opportunity. A
man does not have TO
stick TO one trade or
business. There are so
many ladders TO success
that he can shift from
one 10 the other. often
without losing any ma
terial advantage. Expert
ence of all sorts becomes
valuable in this acrobat
ic rise A lawyer, for
instar &c. is IN natu-
raj training for politics,
finance or journalism. A
II ( e insurance agent
turns readily 10 real es-
tate, A hotel clerk may
become cashier IN q res
taurant or manage a
bucket shop. Often a
trade serves as & main
stay 10 q man who is
aiming 70 establish him
self IN a profession. One
who fails in business or
profession can find work
in the same line. The
big law firms employ
young and broken down
lawyers; the department
stores engage embryo
Stewards and bankrupt
gTocers.
No doctor expects TO
win fame and fortune
outside of the city. Big
operations and big fees
are not known in the
rural districts. Legal adj
vice comes cheap. The
inventor. musician and
painter find no market
for their wares. Archi-
lecture cannot flourish
where the village carpen-
ter rules. and orchestral
compositions are not re-
CURED for a Fourth OF
July brass band.
The new occupations OF
woman are owed 70 the
city. She has the privi-
Iege OF a hundred indie
pendent caliings. from
shop work 10 private
secretaryship and profess
sional careers. If she
does not engage in an
occupation as a life work
II is an educative expert
ence, q means or earn
ing pin money, a stopgap'
until matrimony, a n q
often the direct, best
of gaining a hus-
band.
From Office boy 10 mill
ionaire in a dozen years
is the type OF urban sue
cess. The possibility is
dazzling. Who does not
hope for q grand prize in
the lottery. either by
grace Of luck or superior
skill?