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Show I AN vEX AkPLB FOR CITY WA&E- Bj t EARNERS. . Hil -"" I'Prtaidtnt John A. Widtaoe, State Agricultural College. Hi ' WrittenVjor$ihc Deserct Farmer. Ij J All honest work is honorable. The Hl prosperity of the world requires" that H'j men must engage in many and .various Hi'' -occupations. He who carries bricks H' so the mason is just as necessary to Hi ?lthe world as the bank president. The HI Vll' important' questions Jn judging a Hf man 's value are whether he docs well H the work of Ijis daily life, and whether H jhe does lf a little better day by day. B 'However, men may easily be classified H as , those who work for others, and H hose who work for themselves; the HI wagc earners and the wage payers; HE the consumers anjflthe producers. HI True it is that the complexity of the HI Tvqrld in a sertse 'makes every con- H Jsumer a producer, and every producer I MMttW Ift.teStf term8A how- majority of men it is true that we cither pay wages to ourselves and others, or others pay us wages. In every human heart lurks the desire de-sire to be independent, to pay ourselves our-selves qur wage, to be producers. In some this desire has become a flame of passion; in others lack of energy has caused it to slumber. The progress pro-gress of the world rests primarily upon up-on the men in whom this desire is luminous and impelling. Let it slumber slum-ber in the hearts of most men, and the world will pass through the lethargic dark ages. While we differ in our natural powers, pow-ers, we have equal rights to acquire , happiness. The desire- to be independent inde-pendent should be given, full opportunity oppor-tunity of fulfillment, and men should seek to strengthen it. There will always al-ways be a sufficient number of men who will be content to be wage earners. earn-ers. If there is any justifiable class distinction in this world it must be based upon the distinction between the producer and consumer. Young men should begin early to plan for a career pfj, independence, of production, of wage paying. Of the professions that give independence, inde-pendence, farming stands among the foremost in its possibilities of case of attainment, large returns, healthful living, intellectual and physical labor well blended, and'dircct relations with nature and' her ways. All this 'has "been written as an introduction in-troduction to the brief story of a young Utah boy who yearned for in- dependence, and who found it. Ten years ago, in 1898, Edwin N. Kcarsley of the south end of Teton basin, was avagc earner in Salt Lake City. His income was (about forty dollars a month, a fair wage for unskilled labor in those days. At the end of each month, his salary was consumed. Nothing was left. The desire for independence in-dependence burned strongly within his breast, and he decided to tear -himself away from the old ways, and to throw himself upon bounteous Mother Nature in his quest, toe decided de-cided to become a farmer: " Armed with two ponies, for which he paid $8.00 each; $5.00 for A first homestead entry fee, and a determination determi-nation to wojrlc as hard as needs be, he started out to find, his fortune. He hormesteaded 160 acres in Teton valley. val-ley. The way was uphill for several yars, ahdjncluded frequent trips to ter time to earn a little cash with which to Ibuy supplies for the 'farm. However, the way soon became easier. eas-ier. Today, after ten years, and while ' Mr. Kcarsley is still a young man, he is a master in his own home. Today he has 40 acres of timothy, 20 acres of grain, 10 acres of lucern, 7 acres in .meadow, a large kitchen garden, a 'flower garden and trees, and the rest of his homestead to break up for cultivation cul-tivation without irrigation, as described de-scribed elsewhere. Besides, he has cattle, horses, sheep and hogs to consume con-sume all he raises, the vegetation on the unbroken ground and more. He has a , well built and commodious dwelling house, granaries, cellars, sheds, barns, machinery and all the other equipment of a well stocked farm. Farm papers and other up-to-date reading matter come to his home. In addition he has a wife and five children who arc being brought up in direct contact with the purity of nature. na-ture. The man is a king, for he owe servitude only to God and love only to his fellow man. Mr. Kcarsley is only one -of many of whom such a story might be told, but there, arc thousands of young men in Utah, who, now won by the glamour gla-mour of the white collar and the absence ab-sence of responsibility, should follow the example set by Mr. Kcarsley and his kind. Here's the hope that the love of independence and the producer's pro-ducer's and wage payer's life may rage, if needs be, within the hearts ol the young men of Utah and compel them to leave their easy wage earning earn-ing jobs. There will always 'be plenty of men and women to do the .work of servitude. If our young men will heed this lesson, our beloved state shall be a land of kings. |
