The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-06-04


A Boscon man, after long and pain
stalking research, hes discovered thai
il costs $1,000 a year for Tie average
weil-tD-co American citizen to main
tain himself from inScncy 20 osdage.
He generniiy lives axty-two years, an
when the final balance has been
struck il Is found that lie has paid
$4,000 for the privilege Of being born
living. ard dying in the United States
In the early part Of dis life somebody
s,se. usually hts fatheT, pays this
expense for HIM Bw as he grows
up and necrs a'1amt,y ne pays this al
back. and more Coz thecaIe Of his par
e1ts and the rearing Of chiIs3el. Sc
that the rule holds good tbat a man
pays the expense OF hts own birth aaS
rearing.
OF course all Americans Go not live
up to this tf-Ousand-a-ysar s,nndhIii-
The pauper VINO begins his days in the
wOrkSOus and ends them there al
So for those woo depend upon tie ef,
fortes Of others sor their support ger
orally do It as 1ong as tsey can-.Sen
he coses at least $4,000 to clothe end
house and feed.
The one wco spen6is moz Of his ere
in prison costs more because he has
20 be more securely housed, and be-
cause the cost o. catching and conyic-
ting rim must be added TO the cost Of
keeping him
Even the nons0c hobo costs not
less than 800 every yesr &c lives his
wasted life. He speIEs lutte II is
true, upon c-othes or lodging or any
thing e-se,~but If eli the goods tseG be
gets By begging bullying and 1taevng
be added up together with the expense
ercaised IN reoenrirg MIN from get
ting more ard On moving him from
place TO place, It VIII be found that
his life from first 10 last entails the
expenditure Of sum which, Gf expan-
ded at lis birth, would have procured
him en- annuity Large enought 30 have
maintained him decer1y.
TIE question nay be asked wheshsr
IN visw OF theJe facts It wou1i be
worth every individual either ar his
bLJh or ON reaching the age CT 21,
a sum equivalent 10 the estimated
cost OF IRE particular lie.
1t may be suggested that the paupers
expectation Of life at birth being forty
one years, ard ths cost Of keeping
$50 a year the Estimated cost Of his
whole lie would be $1,000 sum
which would purchase Vie anrutties
for TWO paupeTs instead OF one. TIE
greet objeC1icn to this plan is tsat
every American boy expects to be
nl.Jh ornlGe ard not a palper, SO he
would Indignantly reject Gny pauper
allowance.
If you could have borrowed in baby
hOoddhe $4,000 which you will have
spent in maictainiug your existence
you and those 6aperdeJt ON you would
be muca better off uhen you are In
short We ocuid alll wish that We lad
come into the world with A few thous-
and dollars in our pockets-at tie
1he expenses CT other peoP.e-aad the
expense Of other peOple-anb tie idea
CT the government acting as fairy god,
mother TO every American baby un'dou
eCey ha, attractions for tfose of US
whose fathers omitted to Pile dolars
fer benefit.
These computations Go net cover
the mtlicraaire class. It TOW costs
these scsous Of American nobility ST.
900 a week from youth to age. At
the age OF 60 ohls would amount to
thesumof 100000.
As to wat it costs the American gin
and woman 10 live no exact stQtissics
are as yet available. But on the
whole, IT does Iot vary much iron
mat o. man moving in the SEINE
rank of lie.
1t is che Of TIE essential charncter-
tstios OF a civilized community that
ats members ere mutually dependent
upon one ARCHER for TIE means OF
exieaenre. Even THE aguciuIturtst who
grows mis- own food and whose wife
spins aid weaves the materials OF
c!obhirg-even he can net live upon
Ris own hbor u-Less ne has surplus.
The man woo lives in tie center of
Commanded hfe is forever takngmon-
ey from Gre set OF men and giving
some or all Of it TO another set. For
tlrnate is he indeed if the dollars come
IN litre tester than they go out; for
trey are hardy get anJtoo easily spent
1t costs money to come into the world
for the Doctor and nurse have as mucl
right as the baby to a living. Nature
onctIs1.s tat a man must eat to live.
civilization oreails THAT he must pay
TO eat.
The law and the climate demhnd
uhat We shall have roots ovec. our