The San Francisco call., 1910-11-06

extent OF his worth. IN addition TO the
sum Of $3.50 which he has deposited IN
the bank. Call his entire worth IN
round numbers $500 and our middle
man is worth over six times as much
as he. In the face OF all the facts just
adduced the assumption of S. a day
wage no longer seems prepOsterOus.
Seeing that the testimony of figures Is
all to our middle mans advantage.
what is more probable than that his
yearly income exceeds Raggers' even
IN the proportion OF two or three to
one?
Our middle mans opinions and habits
are much more easily learned. In re
ligion he is a Methodist. like Raggers-
In politics he is a rather independent
sort of fellow. In 1908 he voted for
Taft; IN the last election for mayor
he voted for Leland. and at the recent
primaries he voted for Hiram Johnson
Here is variety enough for anybody.sIn
the course of two short years he has
given his vote successively to a regular
republican. democrat and an insUr-
gent What kind of a man he will sup
port next 1t is impossible to predict.
He is no more alive to the advantages
of reading than the middle American.
Mr.. Jacobs says OF Raggers that there
is no public library in his neighbor-
hood, and he would not use one if there
were. Our middle man has access to
two libraries. the main public library
at Hayes and Franklin streets and the
park branch at Page street near Cole.
each within a dozen blocks Of his house.
but he is not subscriber. He is satis-
fed with what reading he gets from his
newspaper.
He is member OF the Woodmen OF
the World. fraternal and benefit So
ciety which at latest reports numbered
4ss.2S5 throughout the United States
and 5.S43 in San Francisco. The camp
to which he belongs meets once week.
and here he finds recreation and relax
alton IN the company Of his friends. In
what other ways does he enjoy him
self7
He takes ride out to the park or to
the Cliff house about one Sunday in
FIVE months. and about one Sunday in
four months he takes trip out OF
town or across the bay. He saw the
Admission day parade and was DOWN
town in the evening during the festf-
val, and he generally manages TO be
on hand when any pageant OF more
than ordinary briIlancy comes to town.
He Is uncommnnicative as to how he
spends the rest OF his spare time. and
when tried to find out IL he ever took
IN a Sunday baseball game he wouldn't
tell me.
This. then, is the kind OF man our
middle San Franciscan is. Personally
1 think that. in comparison with Rag
first the points OF likeness: Both are
Americans. both are mafried men. both
pay rent for their houses, and neither
cares for reading. Raggers Is a Methe-
dist. so Is the Middle san franciscan;
Ragge-is Knight OF the MaccaSees.
our man is woodman OF the World:
Raggers is spinner In a cotton mill,
ours is a plumber; haggers is a repubu-
can, ours is an independent voter. We
might see evidence Of our mans supe-
rior intelligence in this last fact; Rag
gers evidently votes along party lines
and follows the crowd, but our man
takes keener interest in problems OF
the day and considers the candidate
rather than the party. In what he
owns and what he earns the middle
San Franciscan is by far the better or.
If. as Mr.. Jacobs asserts. the only
way to compare two countries is to
compare the averages of their popula-
tion (the middle men. In fact), we have
no reason to blush for our standing as
compared with the average OF tha
American nattsn