The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-08

frequently l hear young men com
planning that there is no chance for them
in their towns. The complaint is
general. Young men in small places are
bitter against their own towns, and
flock into the large cities looking for
employment. That they 60 to the bad. or
become buns. or finally land in some
cheap job and become cheap men is
due in great part to this feeling, writes
Warren I. Warrens in the Workers
Magnate.
Their universal cry is that "they want
tc get somewhere that lot OF busy
bodies and knockers can't pick at them
every time they move. What they want
ia license to do wrong without being
criticised for it. A few days ago ! ran
Into an interesting specimen. He was
nice, clean looking boy, evidently all
right morally, but on the verge OF ruin
| He was coming from a small city near
Chicago into the city, looking for work.
He had been deeply wronged and was
sore on his town.
I'm just running up looking ior a
job he said
THAT so what liner
I've got couple Of friends with the
Adams Express pulling for me. Maybe
I'm land there. l was looking fol
something with the Rock Island, but it,
Ipretty hard to get in there"
I've got a job he continued after
ltime. Pretty good job and the wor'
lisn't hard. get of any time wan
to and they don't dock me. Sometime
I'm gone two or three days, sometime
longer, and come back expecting to b.
locked, but they never take it out o
my pay"
Pretty easy, eh3"
"Well, should say, / got off thi
time, and if / get the job in Chicago
won't 90 back at all"
"Will that be treating them right Z
"Sure, they never did anything for me-
They wouldn't hesitate to kick me on
liz some one else they wanted cam
along. Why should | let them know
Besides, I wont change unless ge
more money. So l don't tell them In
looking for another job
Say" he remarked after a short 81
lence. "Ain't it fierce the way som
people knock a young fellow? Their
amt any chance in my town. Som
ones always knocking. Fellow can't d
anything but they spread 1t all arount
l want to get some place where a fel
fow can have little fun without every
body talkin'. Chicago for me-"
"But," / demonstrated, "Chicago Ism
big enough for you to do wrong and g
away with it. Even II no one report
to your firm your own work will sho'
! that you've been having fun, as 20
, call it."
"Thats So" he agreed. "But 1t ain
like my town. Why, fellow hasn't
chance just the other day went u
and applied for a job with the Blan
company. And they wanted reference
, What do you think of that! OF cours
can get references, but / didn't hay
= Iany with me. | told them was read
for work. My brother works ther
and he asked the boss about it and IL
boss said: 20, he doesn't want worl
He's too sporty What do you think (
IthatP
ell Il think perhaps they're on to you
"You do, Ell? Well, the trouble
some one has been knocking Just bt
t cause l had on a gray hat and coat, an
d nice tie, they knock"
: Maybe they'd heard about your rul
d ming off three or four days"
t "I'll bet they had. Some ones al
j. ways knocking. That towns on I'll
r bum, anyhow. Mayor put it to the ba,
What do you think? They wanted [
pinch me for shooting off revolver o
the Fourth
81 think you ought to have bee
Ipinched."
: rs that SO? Say you're knockin
I too. But that mayor is bum. He wa
r elected by a big majority, and the frs
:. thing he did was to begin throwing dow
his friends"