Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — Farmer Boys and the City. [ARTICLE]

Farmer Boys and the City.

In spite of advice and admonition to the contrary, ambitious country boys will continue to come to the city so long as it offers them a broader field of action and greater hopes of large rewards. The men who are now trying to persuade the farmer’s boy to stay on the farm may not accomplish much, but they will certainly do no harm. The boy who is likely to suoceed in the city will come in spite of them, while perhaps they will be able to keep some of the probable failure* out of the strain and struggle of city competition.