The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-05-17
WITH THE EDITOR


WITH THE EDITOR
Freside Is timely;
Letter From Minnesota
correspondent in Minnesota writes me let
ter which touches naivey mat er Of such uni
versal interest that It to me worth comment
ing upon. | shall not give his name or address.
Here Is what he says by way of beginning:
have been Of your readers for h num-
Der of years, and the number Of useful hints
have got from It are worth many times the price
OF the paper have tried to get you some sub
scribers here but the people all very poor,
and they say they can't afford to take any more
papers than they taking am very poor
myself, and have large family. 1t is hard to
support a large family here, as It Is very stony.
Daryng Is about the only way to make money
but It is hard for poor man to buy cows as they
are very high.
This rams location Is in part Of Minnesota
which Is admirably situated for dairying ana in
which the soil is peculiarly adapted to pasture
grasses and clovers. The stones can be slowly
moved. The grass will grow between the stumps
and stones The problem is to get cows. It will
take grit and perseverance, but II rule is adopted
under which he will forget all about the possibility
Of selling hefer he will sooner or later get ahead
of the game.
IL
his part of the world the who land on
which to pasture 1t is Independent as he
has accumulated one. Prices for butter fat al
most always good in Minnesota. am inclined to
think that what this man needs is strong injec-
ton OF the essence Of optimism | am still more
inclined to think SO by what follows.
A Miliionaire's Correspondence
Now. says he, 81 want to ask you to do me
a favor. should like to send my boys to college;
and l have read in the papers that the million.
aires give away much money thought
the other OF them would give me thousand dol
to give my boys start in college. But don't
know their addresses viii you please write me
the addresses of ]. p. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie,
Mrs. Robert Carson, Captain ]. c. Marty, p. A.
b. Widener and J. ID. Rockefeller
Some of these millionaires dead-one has
died since the letter of correspondent was writ
ten. The medical profession is learning new things
in the healing art all the time but 1t is not yet wise
enough keep the breath in the body OF
Morgan-when his time comes Our Minnesota
friend has probably better chance for long life
than any of the rich men he envies. But that is
a depression
OF course, none of these men would answer n
letter from friend If he should write asking
for the thousand dollars. All such millionaires are
in receipt of such letters every day. and all of them
not to be read by their employers, and those
which should. So there would be chance what.
ever Of subscribers letter getting to the eyes
OF the rich person, II mailed to him. They cannot
read such letters, to say nothing of answering
them. They cannot answer them let alone grant.
ing the favors They have other things to do.
Confidence Better Than Capital
But would the thousand dollars do our friend
any good? /. am absolutely satisfied in my own
mind that It would not. What his need is not
money, but confidence in themselves, and deter.
miation to win college education. Any boy who
is ready for college can get through without cent
of monetary aid-if he has nobody to look after
but himself.
! have personal knowledge OF the conditions
at the University of Minnesota, but | have no
doubt that there dozens, II not hundreds, OF
boys working their way through that institution.
IT,, instead of trying to get the address OF mil.
liona.res from whom to ask aid he would take his
boys to the University of Minnesota-or send them
the'e-he would accomplish lot more. Maybe
they are not yet ready Maybe they never win
be. There are a great many boys and girls-and
some mighty smart in their own ways-who canr0
master college course Maybe his boys are OF
the latter sort. They may be and can still be
successful in the world.
know a poet who told me that he had to 20 in.
10 literature because he too ignorant to become
an engineer-whch was his ambition. He cou'd
not master university mathematics He went into
newspaper work and when last saw him was get
ting $1,000 year in the way of salary. He is quite
distinct success for all his failure in coleg, Mt
every boy can be a success in college, no matter
how much money he possesses
The Hindu and You
But II can almost be laid down as a rule, that
any American boy who Is ready for college and is
able to make good in his college work can work his