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ABSALOM AND HIS CHANCES.
EDITOR CONSERVATIVE :
Your symposium on "The Young
Man and His Opportunities , " contained
in your issue of the 15th , was most ex
cellent and most instructive , as far as it
goes , and I am going to publish some of
it in my paper ; but you will have no
ticed , of course , that the avocations re
ferred to by your contributors were con
fined to journalism , law , life insurance ,
electrical engineering , the ministry ,
dentistry , and the railroad business ,
with some slight references to a strictly
commercial life.
Now , as the majority of the young
men of this country are ( and are likely
to remain outside of the professions , and
of all the above mentioned activities , in
short , as "the rank and file" of the
young men of the country are certain to
be farmers , mechanics and artisans , and
laborers ( especially farmers and ino-
jhanics ) , what have you or some of
your able contributors to say for their
encouragement ? And they , in my
opinion , are the classes above all others
that need encouragement , and also need
the intelligent advice of thoughtful
men.
men.The
The average farmer and the average
mechanic does not have the time or the
opportunity to study out for himself the
future that our rapidly changing indus
trial conditions are likely to open up to
him.
In my judgment you cannot employ
your brain and your pen in a more use
ful manner than in pointing out to the
young men of the country what they
can accomplish , if they will but adjust
themselves to our changing industrial
and economic conditions.
Especially point out to the farmers'
boys of the country , who are really the
hope of the country , what they must dote
to achieve a greater measure of success
than their fathers have done , or are now
doing. Fraternally yours
R. 0. MITCHELL.
The ideas advanced above are sound
and good. THE CONSERVATIVE will en
deavor to act in accordance with their
just suggestions.
The "symposium" has aroused much
thought among "the young men , " and
THE CONSERVATIVE is getting many en
couraging compliments relative thereto ,
and especially regarding the high type
of intellectuality and good citizenship
which its contributors represent. More
literature of this sort will be found in
coming issues.
THE CONSERVATIVE last week was
all on one subject , "The Young Man's
Chances. " The articles were all writ
ten by men who have attained to con
siderable prominence in the world , and
were well worth the careful perusal of
any young man. We were interested
in the articles and read them all care
fully tlirough , and when wo were fin
ished we asked ourselves : What do
these mou mean by success , and what
must a young man attain to be success
ful ? Can a man not bo successful in
other lines than presidents of great cor
porations , renowned lawyers , D. D's. ,
and journalists ? Are there no successful
laborers , mechanics , and men of the
common people who have learned to do
something and do it well ? Is there
no chance for a young man to do a good
work and be a success both to himself
and the community in which he
lives , in a more modest walk of life
than those of which they speak ? Does
success lie in dollars accumulated , does
it lie in fame attained because one has
outstripped his companions in certain
lines , or does it consist in deeds nobly
done , the conquest of evil , and the do
ing that which will enable those around
him to live better and happier lives than
they have over known ? Peru ( Neb. )
Pointer.
J. Sterling Morton's CONSERVATIVE
for August 15 , has an interesting sym
posium in reply to the question , "What
are the Young Man's Chances ? " The
conclusion of the contributors , in which
the editor joins , is that "a young man's
opportunities in the business world were
never more numerous , attractive or con
spicuous. "
THE CONSERVATIVE , however , warns
young men against the false notion that
success can be attained without hard
work , and especially does it warn them
against speculation , in which where few
succeed thousands fail. The successes
are blazoned to the world , the failures
are seldom heard of ; they are the
wrecks that strew the wayside to which
small heed is paid in the fierce compe
tition of life.
It is doubtless true that the combina
tions in the industrial world have
brought many changes and wrought
hardships in many oases , but it is also a
fact that nearly all the captains of industry
what called self-made-
dustry are are - -
men who have won by their own efforts
and merits.
So THE CONSERVATIVE predicts that
"the successful man of the future will
be he who has brains to begin with , and
who works honestly , industriously and
intelligently. "
If Mr. Morton had been so mindedhe
might have illustrated how the posses
sion of these qualities win success for
young men by citing the example of his
own sous , who have won noteworthy
positions in different fields by their ca
pacity to "grasp the skirts of circum
stances. "
Verily the young man's chances were
never better than they are today.
Chicago (111. ( ) Record-Herald.
Every young man in Nebraska ought
to send for a copy of THE CONSERVA
TIVE of August 15th and read the arti
cles on the "Young Man and His
Chances. " Such matter plants good
thoughts and high ambitious , and does
good for the future as well as for the
present. York ( Neb. ) Republican.
Last week's CONSERVATIVE , published
by J. Sterling Morton , at Nebraska
City , contpined a very fine symposium
on "Tho Young Man and His Oppor
tunities , " and which every young man
ought to read. It will be worth their
while to obtain a copy and read it.
Chester ( Neb. ) Herald.
The promised edition of THE CON
SERVATIVE devoted to "What are the
Young Man's Chances ? " by writers ,
prominent in professional and business
circles , is at hand , and it is certainly a
most enlightening and elevating collec
tion of well written articles. The in
troductory article is of special interest.
No paper coming under observation of
the Grip during the past few years has
offered and held out the encouragement
to young men as the edition of THE
CONSERVATIVE of which mention is
made. Those whose minds may have
become embittered or soured over realer
or imaginary woes or who may have
grown pessimistic as the result of read
ing or listening to speeches by men un
able to achieve prominence or notoriety
in no other way than by working on the
envious feelings inherent to human
nature , we say if such persons will read
the paper referred to , an impression will
be made sufficient to cause rational
thinking , and with the mind in a ra
tional condition the encouragement of
fered by the experience of those having
achieved success must necessarily in-
inspire others to taking advantage of
opportunities for success open in
every field of labor for those possessed
of the ability to see and grasp them.
In publishing this work J. Sterling
Morton , editor of THE CONSERVATIVE ,
has performed a distinct service to
his country. Pioneer Grip.
KANSAS IN THE NATIONAL CAM
PAIGN OF 1884.
BY M. W. LEVY.
Kansas politics were injected and be
came a potent factor in the campaign of
1884 and were in no small degree respons
ible for the defeat of James G. Elaine
for president.
J. P. St. John , for many years a leader
of the prohibition element of the state
and nation , was in 1882 nominated by
the republican party of Kansas as its
standard bearer. Incorporated in the
platform was the following resolution :
"We declare ourselves unqualifiedly in
favor of prohibition of the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors as a bev
erage and pledge ourselves to such addi
tional legislation as shall secure the rigid
enforcement of the constitutional provi-
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