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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 16, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 11.

To Many Inquirers

By Editor

To Many Inquirers.—We are receiving many inquiries from carpenters and others in different parts of the West, and even from the East, as to Mountain View, where the Pacific Press expects soon to move. We are asked, What are the prospects of employment in carpenter work, about the printing establishment, etc.? We would like to state: (1) There are more local carpenters, those living within a few miles, than can be employed; (2) the printing and publishing business will not use any more employees at Mountain View than it uses at Oakland, if as many; (3) the only outlook for employment will be such as can be found in a small country village and for a brief season in the year in the country around in the fruit harvest; (4) all things considered, the locality is a favorable one for the office and a limited number of employees, but it offers a poor prospect, in the judgment of the writer, to any one who is dependent on day labor for support, and no permanent work. There are other openings in California, Oregon, and Washington, which offer much better opportunities to the poor in this world's goods, or those of limited capital. To all we would say, Be sure you are needed and wanted before you come.