The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-17
The Forgotten million.

10 Is the fashion 90 discuss social quDs-
ti0ns aud TO bring 90 the discussion
many prepOssessiOus and not ltfe
warmth of imagination. The anaIch
i-t. socialist. and naturalist. each '.l
his own reasons. nave all an Interest r
mamifyiug and pr0claiming every
wrong. ogil aud danger which cln I..
sbly be- attributed 90 industrial c.nI.
tions. ln every important strike. Obj.
strikers ondeav0r to enlist public $500
pathy by giving vivid descriptions H
the evils against which thef rrltt t
NEWSPAPERS and magazines iinl 10 proc
Gia5Ie To- print exaggerated accounts NJ
industrial evils. and the average r0.I..
whose sympathy Is moved day liWr
day bv some new tale Of injustice
distress. gradually loses a| HU.a
OF the proportion OF gooi n ,sI
i'm the social organism. li. does
not observe that wherea am0.,
AN the evils p9rtrayDl r.
developed in unnatural aggi0meu'
OF population, three quarters 0I n.
American people do not live in Ien-'
settlements. bat scattered over great
areas. only one.quaIter of tle p'pIia-
uNn Using within gOurs so large a.
four thousand. IT, has not been brough
home o. him that even bon such hide
Gus mas. of misery as East London
siN.y-tWo per cent. of the population
live in comfort and vNh an upward
tendency He tends t0 forget ,he great
comfortable. c0n,ented mlss re che peo-
pile. in bis eager eyWw.ly with ZONE
small fraction which f.. miserable anna
embilteici.aud lItile by itiic bee com'
% accept the extreme NleH that Che .1
is5inz rcal order sail WInn-, aitlnI-'
De knows perfectly well tul. the -fo.
majority of people, even il tle worst
American towns and cities. ilFe conn.
foriably aud hopefully. and "i'h a-
much conteuiment and -iadn'ss a. cIu
be expected an people ot their ra'N.f
i0Yle.s lineage.
Tine aotldote for this emql.e.n.l
state of mind is tne careful. study o'
communities which illustrate the cIm.
mone.t social conditions and ihe rlm
moucsl modes ef life. the modes mi .l.e
common to the great body of American
people.
/ am very familiar with doe r..y
settled town OF Mount Desert situated
ON the island of that name in itn0u,c t
BAY. | know the mode ol ile ar-
general social condition of the pe n.et
and tudy of sucn towns as tns would
throw far more light ON the GENIAL
condition Of ihe industrial c.a.
OF this favored land than conclusion
drawn from the exceptional condition.
Of large cities.
There is probably not am able.b.iin.
man iu the town. leaving on the slm
mer residents. vhO does NOT work t
great deal with his hands. Iha doctor
i also farmer aud the minister 81.
Somersville. wh'n there De- on.. probably
raises ms own vegetable. takes clfD oi
his horse. and saws. splits anl CARRIES
in his wood. Almost al N. mon ii'
rough carpentersa painter anl ihef
are equally nc home on 0.lt.a l-sci
or n blackboard. Tine most sub ,anliiI
citizens work on the roads. tend ihei
live stock. milk the COWS. cu- Dee anl
wood, go-a-hshing and tend lobster
pots. Ten years ago. many cl tN'
women spun the wool OF their oNi
sheen into yarn. besides making aii iNt
family CLOTHES, taking care ot tie pour
try. making butter and doing an OH.
household work. the girls work haii
AN the summer bOarliug-houscs oi i.'
island for eight or ten weeks.-FfD-'
dent Eliot IN August Century.