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Show THE FORGOTTEN M AVillinm Grulmm Sumner give the title "The Forgotten Mnn" to one of his cssnys, saya a little publication called "Through tho Meshes." "The Forgotten Man" is thnt individual who does an honest day's work, pays his hills, brings up threo or four children, indulges himself in a pip oi an occasional cignr, keeps up a small savings nti-c.imt, nti-c.imt, never asks for charity from anyone, never gets into i'.'oublc with the police, never inures speech or writes a let-tor let-tor to tho editor in short ho s the individual who keeps going on his own momentum, good imes, bad limes, or indifferent limes. "When tho hat is passed for the down-nnd-outers tho I' orgotlen Mnn ' chips in h o mite. Tho tax gatherer visits tho Forgotten Man regularly, and collects toll for tho upkeep of iho police courts, jails, workhouses work-houses and poorhouses none of which tho Forgotten Man ever uses. Hundreds of social agencies exist for tho improvement of Hie human race, but tho Forgotten For-gotten Man never is included in their surveys. Ho is self-supporting, self-tnrting, self-tnrting, self-sufficient, nnd being be-ing so he is counted in on nothing no-thing except tho census. But in that document ho cuts a big figure because ho prob-nbly prob-nbly forms the vast majority. The Forgotten Man is Just the everday, common, ordinary T lain citizen who docs tho best he can nnd makes a pretty ood job of it. He's the man you can count on in timc3 of war or in times c; ponce, in times of hysterical piosperity or in times of uToomy depression; in times of "Republican management or in 'inos of Democratic management. manage-ment. He's a dependable old horse - Iirokcn to harness nnd he'll stand witjiout latching. Remember thero nro millions mil-lions of him, and thero isn't much chance thnt ho will over go crazy even though the whole world about him does seem Inclined thnt way. |