Show THE AVERAGE MAN the average man mans is the man ot of the mill the man of the valley vailey or man ot of the hill t the man at the throttle the man at the plow the man with the sweat of his toil tail on his brow who brings into being the dreams ot of the few who works tor for himself and tor for rae me and for you there is not a purpose a project or plan but rests resta on the strength of the average man inan the growth of a city the might ot 0 a land depend on the fruit of the toil ot of his hand theroan The road or the wall all or the mill ar or the mart call dally daily on hinT him that he furnish furr ish his part the pride of the great and the hope of the low the toil of the tide as it ebbs to and f fro ro the reach of the rails and the countries they span tell what is the trust in the average man the man who perchance thinks he labors laborg alone the man who stands out between hovel and throne the man who gives freely his brain and his brawn Is the man that the world has been building upon the clang of the hammer the sweep of the saw the flash of the forge they have strengthened the law they have rebuilt the realms that the wars overran they have shown us the worth of the average man so heres to the average average man to the one who has labored unknown on the tasks he has done who has met as they came all the problems of life who has helped us to win in the stress and the strife he has bent to his toil thinking neither nelt lier of tame fame nor of tribute nor honor nor prize nor acclaim in the forefront of pT progress ogress since progress began heres health and a hall hail to the average man chicago tribune |