To-day there are hundreds of occupations with good pay.

Because of the railroads, people are more free to go wherever they wish to find work.

Many people like to live and work in large cities. But there are also many who do not like the cities. For them there are opportunities on the farms or on the big cattle ranches of the west. There is work in the mines of Pennsylvania, Colorado, Montana, or Michigan. There is the fishing industry on the eastern and western coasts of the United States. There is lumbering in the lumber camps of Maine, Minnesota, or in the western states. Locate on the map the largest industrial centers of the United States.

LESSON 2

HOW TO FIND WORK

At one time or other you have probably been out of work. Then you know how hard it sometimes is to know how to find the kind of work which you would like.

Of course you always try to find work you like. You know that then you will do much better work. You will also be a happier and better person.

There are many ways to find work. Sometimes the newspaper advertisements will help you.

In the Help Wanted columns you will find advertisements calling for machinists, bench hands, machine operators on engine lathes, milling machines, or drill presses. There are listed many openings for people who can do the work.

Or perhaps you have a friend who knows of an opening. Another way is to go from employer to employer and ask directly for work.

If you know a trade and if there is plenty of work in this trade, you should join a union. This is often the quickest way to get into your kind of work.

How the Government Helps People to Find Work In many big cities there are Public Employment Bureaus.

These employment bureaus know of factories and companies that need workers.

Men and women who are out of work often find the government employment bureau the best help for many reasons. Some of these reasons are:

(1) The government bureau finds work for people free of charge. No one should ever have to pay for getting work.

(2) The government bureau tries to find people the kind of work for which they are best fitted.

(3) The government bureau knows of openings in different parts of the country and can give good advice as to what are the best trades.

WAITING FOR WORK AT THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.

(4) The government bureau works for the benefit of the people and not for itself.

Have you a government employment bureau in your city?

If you have, you will find it much better and safer than any private employment bureaus.

The private bureaus help you to get work only for their own gain.

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Very often you will have to pay them a high price

for a poor job.

The government employment bureau tries to help every citizen to become self-supporting.

It helps to make it easy for the citizen to find the right job.

For these reasons you can see how necessary the government employment bureau is to the citizens.

LESSON 3

HOW TO ADVANCE IN WORK

Tony came to the United States about ten years ago. He came because some friends had written him about the easy work and good pay in America.

But now Tony is always complaining. He tells his friends how disappointed he is with his work in America. He says there is no chance to get ahead.

Tony, however, is a lazy, idle fellow. Whenever he can, he shifts his work over on to the next man.

In the mornings Tony is always late about fifteen or twenty minutes. He is the kind of fellow who "hangs around on the job." He never finds his work interesting. He never stops looking at the clock. Tony is very careless and wasteful with the company's material. He thinks that because it does not belong to him directly, he does not need to be saving.

It is easy to see why Tony cannot get ahead in his work.

If the company promoted such a man, it would be very unfair indeed to its good workmen.

Steve, who works in the same shop, came to the United States about five years ago.

The company has promoted Steve several times and he is still in line for promotions.

But the company did not promote Steve for nothing.

The truth is that Steve is a good workman who has tried hard to better himself.

When Steve first came to America he had several jobs which he did not like. The pay was poor.

Steve, however, was not discouraged. He realized that as long as he could not speak English and did not know a trade, he could expect nothing better.

Therefore Steve went to night school to learn English. He went to the public library where he found books telling of opportunities in different trades.

At last he discovered a trade in which he thought there would be a chance for advancement.

When Steve had learned enough English he went to an evening trade school.

By hard work and honest, healthful living, Steve has been able to better himself.