OCR Text |
Show THE TIlE POOR AND AJID AD , RICH ARE STILL n S UTII ITII USIf US USIt It If } vou ou turn back the pages of history to the thetmles thetines thetimes tmles tines of the Colonies Colomes you } ou111 ou \ will \\111 111 find that Washingtons WashingtonsAdamses WashingtonsAdamses WashingtonsAdamses Adamses and Jeffersons Jefferson were among the rich one oneper oneper oneper per cent in their times and the poorere poor \ were \\ere ere poorer poorerthan poorerthan ' than the\ the they the theare } \ are todayNow today tCday todayNow Now ow the National Resources Committee finds findsthat findsthat findsthat that one thud of the population has an everage all an allnual annual annual nual incoTie mCO'11e mCO11e into-ne into ne ' - of $471 471 $ that another third has $1076 1076 $1076and $1 1 $ ] 076 076and 076and and an upper class has $3 3 $3000 3000 $ 000 Five per cent of the thench therich therich nch rich get 138 per cent of the total One halt half of one oneper oneper oneper per cent of the population consisting consistmg of 197000 197000family 197 197000family 000 000family family groups and single persons receive as much " . much"as muchas as the poorest third of our countrymen |