Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
OUR AVERAGE MAN
Deduction From Census Reports Point
Him Out as 40 Years Old and Pros
perous No Specimen in Reserve.


rnecrs and others have been pointing ar
guments at the average man and the
average American, says the San Francisco
fullctin. w" have been informed by tho
knowing ones how the average man and
American would view divers questions
and what he would do under any given
set of circumstances. Tho average man is
national parsonage in this country. lie
IS supposed to be typical of the whole
American nation. This government Is
conducted for what our more or less wise
rulers deem to be the benefit of the aver
age man. Tho greatest good Of the great
ost number Is held to be tho greatest good
OF the average man.
But this government of the average
man, by the average man. for the average
man has been embarrassed more than
once by the want of a definite type or
model of tho average man, We have our
standards Of weight and measure pre-
served In glass cases at Washington to
prevent the pound from losing or gaining
weight. and the foot from losing gain
ing length, but we have no average man
in glass case by comparison with whom
we may determine our respective places
in relation to the average and whose opin-
Ions we may consult as those of the pcO-
/ pie.
/ Ono looks in vain through the abstract
| of the 18th census, lately published by the
| government for an official determination.
! description and analysis OF the average
/ n,,r,o,, t,,, ,,.,a.a., - iaS,,, tr,,,, e.,
! $50 .is, 49,, a.. ,.,,.a,;,,.
and condition of the average man. That
/ task has been left to private newspaper
enterprise, and is here given for what ii
is worth
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