East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18

FROM THE PEOPLE
A YOUNG MANS VIEW.

Pendleton, Ore, Jan. IS, 1913.
Editor East Oregonian:
Will you be kind enough to give
| this letter a space in your paper for
| which 1 beg to thank you in advance.
In looking over your paper of Janu-
airy l4th / found an article from Mr..
w. H. L. d. of Kamela upon the op-
portunity of the young man of today,
and reply to the same by you, Mr..
| Editor. First of all. whatever / shall
say in this letter, will be spoken with
no intent to offend or cast reflection
upon either the opinions of Mr.. w.
H. l.. d. or yourself, but shall be my
honest convictions upon the subject
under discussion.
do not fully agree with Mr.. w
II. l.. d. in that he holds that there
are no opportunities left for the poor
| boy Of today. And / do not entirely
| agree with you, Mr.. Editor, that this
age is teeming with opportunities foI
the poor boy 1t is very true that the
poor boy, and the poor man, has
played an important part in the gov
eminent of this nation, and it is very
/ ~ VIC thoN NhC pun uO0b anu the DOOI
men of this nation will come to play
far greater part in this government
in the future.
| There was never a day too poor tc
bring us an opportunity and we will
never be so rich that we can afford
to spend what the day brings us. This
! government faces a great tide of dis
content. The rank and file are fast
| growing disgusted with the reign OF
! special privileges and dominating
money power. The entire nation de-
mands a change. Just what that
change shall be and how ii shall be
brought about, We have many wide
and varying opinions and policies
! But we can all get together on a few
OF the great underlying fundamental
I principles upon which all great gov
ernments depend. There Is not one
! of us but what will agree that in order
that we may have great nation;
the national body must be strong, ro-
bust and healthy physically, morally
| and mentally, and in order that we
may have nation of this character,
! We will all agree that each and every
NN' N''ii pms the
be a strong robust man or woman
physically. morally and mentally.
Ihen 1t Is very plain TO US that If we
intend that this nation shall be the
greatest on earth. we must build its
foundation from the finest dust and
water mixed with the highest educa-
tional cement this nation can pro-
duce. And in order to supply this
demand We must make it possible 70
give each and every child born into
the citizenship OF this nation the very
best education mentally and physi-
cally that this government can afford.
Thus this great question resolves
/ itself into three underlying principles,
each depending upon the other and
all combining to form the heart and
Soul Of national government. These
three great principles are Education,
Health and Cooperation. Now, Mr.
Editor and readers, you will agree
with me that the national life depends
upon these three powerful assets. But
the next step Is where we may and
may not agree, but remember that
am as open 10 your solution of this
problem as / am eager TO express my
opinions.
In the southern states today, we
have two million children between the
ages NJ ten and sixteen working in
the factories and sweatshops for
starvation wages. This In a fact that
We cannot disagree opon. Because