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Show II I ' I CTKe Friendlq Path Bu WALTER L . I I J ROBINSON l JJ During 1020, due to the dropping nnd pusslng of dividends resultant from the period of depression, Indications point to u drop in the number huvlng million-dollar incomes even - below that for 11)14. And the etui is not yet, for corporate Incomes, from which most of t tie big Individual Incomes nre derived, de-rived, have been shrinking so much that many wealthy men tind themselves them-selves In a quandury as to their ultimate ulti-mate outcome. it's u mistake to smile over others' misfortunes. Not one should And a cause for rejoicing because qulckl-uiade qulckl-uiade millionaires and wealthy persons are made miserable through falling incomes. in-comes. Hut the Information at bund regarding the difficulties the rich are encountering Is a reason for the average aver-age class and the poor to consider their misfortunes less serious nnd to recognizee recog-nizee that there Is nothing In the radical radi-cal discussions of the rich getting richer rich-er and the poor poorer. The law of Justice usually works out ok eh. Copyright by th Wdwlrr Syndicate, lac.) O IlICII AND POOR' PITY the poor millionaires 1 Some of their shoes are out nt tlie toes. They ure finding much dif-Uculty dif-Uculty In making ends meet. Those who are out of Jobs or have had their wages reduced are not the only ones suffering 111 uncial distress during these readjustment days. There are siaae who go around the country preaching discontent, claiming that most of the people ure kept sior In order that u few men may be made rich or kept rich. Not an Inconsiderable Inconsider-able number are wlU'mJy led to believe be-lieve this doctrine and. In consequence make their own lives unhappy and disturb dis-turb the peace of their fellows. In contradiction of this sentiment reports re-ports from the hurcuu of Internal revenue rev-enue In Washington, show that the so-called so-called poor are having less trouble than those accustomed to enjoying fat incomes. In L)H 11. no were only (XI Individuals Individ-uals in the United States who reported report-ed incomes f a million dollars or more r year. For l!)i the Incomes of more than a million dollars totaled HlHi; but s'nee that year the bout-lug bout-lug of st reel -corner orators notwithstandingthere notwith-standingthere has been a marked de-line. de-line. Wealthy men's Income returns for I'.Mii the last ye:il for which sline-melts sline-melts have been compiled Included only C" of n million dollars or more. |