The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-08-19
THE LURE OF EASY MONEY.

It is a curious fact that seems t.
prevail among certain class o
people that the goal of their ambi
ton lies away from from home ant
out Of their reach, and will exer
every effort and make sacrifices thai
are detrimental to themselves, anc
often to others, to reach it. AL
men are not constituted alike and
where one man may make success
others make failures. Unless man
has some special ability and an op-
portunity to use it, he is much bet
Ter off in his own home town. where
he is known, than TO risk taking
chances in a strange place. There
are times in the history of all pro-
gressive cities, when to use a COM
mercial phrase, there is boom on,
some improvements going on that
call for more help than the city can
supply" This is advertised and
starts spirit of unrest in otherwise
prosperous and peaceful conmuni-
ties and lot of ambitious, but well
meaning citizens paint picture of
easy money. They will give up posi-
tons that have been yielding them
a comfortable living. gather together
what money they can obtain and
leave home to take a chance against
fate, and often leave those behind
who are depending on them for sup
port, and take a fighting chance to
eetbetter opportunities than they had
at home. A man to make change
is never safe unless he has unusual
ability along some special line and
has made arrangements where he
can put it to profitable use. Then
it is alright and proper that he should
better his condition and benefit by
his knowledge. This is the right
thing for every man to do, better if
he can; but in the large majority of
cases, it is not the practical man
who is lured away by the f1owery
language of some mushroom town.
It is the near-mechanic who is
egotistic enough to imagine that he
is the whole show" and as a rule
comes to grief, as he will find to his
sorrow that all such places have a
floating population, and the same
allurements that brought him there
has Brought others, and the supply
exceeds the demand and the easy
money sought for is not in evidence,
and will prove the adage that "All
is not Gold that Glitters."
1t may be possible that for time
one may do we'll enough, but it hard
ly ever lasts long and as a mans
necessities increases with his pros
perity, he is apt to 60 beyond the
limit and when the rush is over
what has he gained? Nothing-only
a lot of trouble to himself and others.
A stranger in strange land. hun
dreds of men have had this expert
ence, and they are invariably the
same.
A stranger going into a new field
of endeavor has a hard up hill job
on his hands and obstacles that are
hard to surlnount. 1t takes lot of
bull dog tenacity to even hold your
Own, and all men do not possess it,
You can't buy or borrow it, it must
be a part of the man himself. No
amount of egotism can make up for
deficiencies one may have, so ON the
whole it is better from any view
point to confine your efforts to your
home town. and if you have any
specially to offer, you can get as
much for it at home as you can any
where. The man at home are no
different, have as much money Offer
an good opportunities, and are just
as progressive as any place on earth,
and will pay the full price for value
received, if you have the goods to
deliver, and seldom consider that
business depfessions affect every
other section of the country. to a
greater or lesser extent ,as it does his