The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-26
HE MOVE
 T0BIGGER TOWN
Forbes Says All Depends On ! Mans Temperament And
 Ambition
sy ?, c. FORBES

By 3, c.ff0RbEs
 Do New York, Chieasb, Philadelphia,
 hn Fracisco, Detroit, Boston and other
 scry large cities offer better induce ||ments for getting ahead than smaller |places? I am prompted to ask this question |because of the large numeber of visits land letters I receive from persons who have either pulled up their roots and kcome to New York or who plan to D|do so. &
 We'll how do you feel about it7 r Sometimes, after hearing all the
 facts, I advise the change, More often, Nat least delayed until the person has |lmade more of a mark where he is. Take New York. New York Is big Ewith oportunity for youngish. men who Hhave demonstrated their ability to pull Bahead of the rank and file of workers Iin their line. Such men usually find 8connections before they pull up stakes land migrate to the big city. Don't
 ask me how they do 1t. ., The person
 who hasn't enough resourcefulness to
 accomplish this cannot be helped much
 by anyone eisel taioq 
 New York and, other large cities.
 larly attractive to young men or women Iwho have not been able to make dis |tinctly- unusual progress in their home
 towns. 4sa a. .,. On the average, it is easier for young man or woman to make some
 thing of a mark in smaller town
 than in metropolis city where the
 competition Is so very much greater. Therefore, it is usually better for the 1person who is filling only an ordinary position not to incur the risk involved lin moving into a teeming city. Let him or her first demonstrate lhis or, her ability to climb distinctly Eaboye the crowd.
 From my experienced and observations, HI should say that persons earning or. Gdinary salaries or wages can get more Tout of life and live more comfortably lin smaller places than, in New York Tor any other big city where the rents are terrificaily high, food and clothing Hare relatively dear, and amusements- Eare extremely costly.
 This item. of amusements may seem Eunimportant, but those who move into New York nearly always complain most bitterly over 1t.
 For example, the other day, I had lunch on board a liner in New York Hharbor and the chief engineer told me |that he had not set foot on shore either on the previous voyage or on This present trip, mainly for the reason |that he and other seafaring men felt Ithat they were robbed every time |they sought amusement or dined out lin the city.
 What about those who have earned rather notable success elsewhere? Should they embrace opportunity ito migrate to the big city?aS9sF Take, say, business executive or Ia bank officer who has reached a high position at home, and who re- |ceives an offer of a good deal higher |pay from a big city. Whether he should make the move or should not
 make the move depends, I believe. |largely on what his main object in life is, on what is his philosophy of |life.
 If a mans object is to get as much |comfort out of life as possible, and If his wife also believes that a tran Equil, embarrassed life is the best, |then 1t is safer to stay where they |are, and continue to enjoy all the things (which normally accompany success in moderate size. Such man and his wife and family can live a very |pleasant life, enjoying a great many friends, considerable prestige and watch over the bringing up of their Echildren more closely than they could lin the metropolis. ~ .I On the other hana,, if as- man has tremendous ambition and eagerly as- |pires to, do bigger things. and still bigger things, and is quite prepared Ito sacrifice to whatever extent may Joe necessary, his personal comfort and domestic life, then he is likely to hesi- Itate little about seizing the first reason able chance he has to invade the big fcity. If he puts fame above family life, if he rates wealth above scrupu-S Ilous regard for his physical well being, The is probably fitted to play the game successfully in the larger arena. As Or. again, man who zhas reached, tthe top in his own coSfniunity may kfeel it his duty to. em6raee an offer Ito move to the big city to take hold Eof some position of greater responsi- Ebility and influence. His consuming Eambition may be to put intoSthe world Ethe best that is in him and he may. hot worry very much about getting tall that he possibly can out of the world. His main aim may be to Eserye rather than be serveG
 Then, the bigger place in the bigger Ecity is the logical sphere for such a 'man. for our largest cities direly need |the infusion of such stalwarts. Let no smaller town citizen, whether |young man or executive, imagine that |the majority of those big city giants 'who have attained national prominence, have led easy leisurely lives. The price has to be paid for conspicuous success. fAnd the, price nearly always is very Estiff.
 Such men as President Grace, of Steel, Thomas W. Lamont Eof J. F. Morgan & Co.,, John A. Ryan, 'of copper fame; President Swope of |General Electric; President Teagle, of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Chairman ITripp, of Westinghouse; the presidents Eof our big railroads; President Thayer, Eof American Telephone and Telegraph |company, each and all are7at the beck land Scall of circumstances and most 'often hurriedly jump on trains or on and go to the ends of the |continent or the ends of the earth Hregerdless of how seriously their family life may be thus, deranged. They Iare,. in sense, slaves. . After all, however. life consists in |doing, not simply in breathing; in thinking, not sleeping.
 Therefore, the person made of the |rigbt stuff strives to find that notch 1,n life where he can accomplish most. .-Copyright 1924, by B. c. Forbes. CASH GRAIN AHt 'i northern, $1.15b @1.19b. Corn, No. |S yellow, TEA @73cl Oats, No. white, |A4ssc. Flax, No. l, $2.56h @2.61A. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 25.-Wheat, No, "a hard S1.05@1.22; No. 2 red, $1.13Q