"STRATFORD EVENING POST" WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1929. EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTHS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 35, 13 February 1929, Page 4

"STRATFORD EVENING POST" WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1929. EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTHS

T.HERF} is not likely to'bo any dissent from the statement. by the Minister or Education that the policy which has been adopted in relation to education in' tluj Dominion has had. the unfortunate effect of giving cnnureu a puis 111 lav our. of oiuee-

wuiu, says tue outgo mmy ’limes-, ar mere is not a m ravoiir 01 omee

v, orK, tjiieio is at mast a eras in tav our oi woric in the, cities and towns i- —a bias wnich. is undoubtedly, stiengtiieiied oy tho tnat uio ceil tics or population ouer a variety or amusement ror tire iionis of iO.OUIU .mat IS nOv O.UtUluaUlO -hi tiies cuuntiy uistiiCts. it .tins nas to te umauu.Ai me mot tnat tilde aie Xurgo nuuuieio—liundreus n not

tiiousanus —or young people in toe nines and towns at present wno are

wiluoui, onipioi nieut, suupiy because the onices ana snaps, ana factories

cannot, aosoi.o tu/Cmi. ivxr. Aimore, behoving, as wilt bo wmely beiieveu, Unit ino ex is Ling tendency is one that must liq corrected, holds that the remedy consists, iu tho vigorous prosecution of a, scheme of closer settlement or the laud. Tho desirability of increasing tho number of occupiers ofi the soil and of promoting tho development of the rural industries should be generally recognised. Apart Tronr the fact that tho prosperity of the Dominion is dependent upon the successful cultivation of the land, from which 90 per cent, if its exportable produce is derived, it is plain that the greater the number of people who are settled in country pursuits the larger must he the demand for the outpub of tho secondary industries and the more extensive the opportunities for the employment of young people iu these industries. Yet it is nob by telling themi this that the bias towards work iu tho towns on the part of the young will ho overcome. IT has to he brought homo to their minds that, after all, their material interests are more likelyt to be served by their turning their atten thru to ratal pursuits than hy tjieir remaining in the towns and hanging about the streets in the

hope of their securing a place. in an office or a shop or a i’actoiry thait may ultimately not lead them very far, Jt has been pointed out that the proportion of persons engaged in the rural industries who are their own masters’ is several times greatjer than it is in any of the secondary industries or in commerce, and consequently that the youth wfio'is induced to accept employment on the land has a better chance of attaining independence than he has in any calling outside the learned professions. That is an aspect of th© whole matter which, it may be suggested, is insufficiently considered by tTie lad who is at school and isj not' brought directly enough under Jus notice.