Show kroin from country to city the cities have gained at tho the expense of 0 tile tho country the iho census says the reasons for this state of things aro are not nol far to seek year after year thare is a natural and steady how from ti alio 0 country to tho the city ol of young men who who haye have been educated to sonic some extent and who find at homo home no opportunities for well doing unconnected with labo laborious riou drudgery and incessant toll toil in most cases those these young men aro are of 0 a temperament t that 11 at recoils from tho the stagnation of rural life and that thirsts for the tha stir and excitement ox cit cl lemont ement which belong to tho the centers of population it wore more an idle task to suggest to such natures tho the compensations of peaceful seclusion the s slow il but t suro sure acquisition under certain conditions of property and moans means of 0 self support and the possibility of possessing under tinder the most favorable circumstances all that makes life worth living youth and temperament are both against the experienced monitor A glowing imagination and a buoyant hope falness see fortune social success professional fess ional lonal or it may bo be literary distinction in tile the near future of a city life the attraction becomes irresistible and by one restless and active young men from the country aro are drawn into tile the swift current of liffin info in the as into tho vertex of a norwegian maelstrom what has hag been Is and what Is will bo be particularly marked though it has been during tho the period covered by tho the present census this tendency of young men toward the cities is nothing now in connection with it in the past over against a few successes there Is a sad and tedious record ot of blighted hopes disappointed ainis aims fruitless efforts and dismal failures and this record with now names and circumstances will find repetition in the future there are thousands of lately arrived young men in our cities today to day who have already discovered that in the city no aare more than in the country can one hasten to bo be rich that employment oven even is hard to find lor for untrained faculties LIP s a and 11 d nond nondescript es and dreary often humiliating drudgery ot of course some of tho the country young men who roach reach tho the cities achieve success but their number Is not sufficient to swoll swell a census return that effect Is produced so far as the cities are concerned by tho the great army of those who year by year take their place in the ranks of competition and soon find themselves in tho the prime of life barely ablo able to make a living and with no bettor better prospect ahead the time must soon come coma when this continuous influx into our cities of young nice men from tho the country will be generally regarded as a misfortune the operations of agriculture are at the foundation of all our prosperity as a people with tho the single exception of bad and unjust economic conditions the circumstances of tho the american farmer are 03 especially ally favorable the methods of a varied and profitable cultivation of the soil are daily becoming better understood and inventive genius has made available for farm work many laborsaving labor saving machines that relieve it of much 0 of f its drudgery there is to show that agriculture Is arriving at a now epoch in its history but tile tho new conditions will need new men tile the more varied tho the cultivation and the moro more numerous the mechanical appliances employed the more will in intelligence telli gence and enterprise bo be required in the management of the field and farm it is greatly to bo be hoped that our well educated and active young men who from childhood are familiar with the processes of farm life will see their opportunity port unity in these changed and changing conditions li 71 ashington post |