Show HIE flie excerpts Ex cerps from an essay by william graham sumner written in 1883 now who is the forgotten man he ile is the simple hon est laborer ready to earn his living by productive work we pass him by because he is independent self supporting and asks no favors he ile does not appeal to the emotions or excite the sentiments he only wants to make 0 contract and fulfill it with respect on both sides and faor en on neither side the forgotten man is weighted down with the cost and burden of the schemes for making everybody happy by the outlay of public beneficence with the support of all the loafers with the loss of all the economic quackery with the cost of all the jobs the system of plundering each other soon destroys all that it deals with it produces nothing wealth come only from production who then is he who provides production who is he who provides it all alla go find him and will will have before you the forgotten gotten man alan you will find him at work because he has many to support the forgotten man is delving away in patient industry supporting his family paying his taxes casting his vote supporting the church and school reading his newspaper and cheering for the politician of his admiration but he is the only one for whom there is no provision in the great scramble and the big divide such is the forgotten man alan he ile works he votes generally he prays hut but lie lic always pays yes abbie all he lie pays |