Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-11-16
Here and There.

II there is anything which can make
an ordinary man feel small Ii Is reading
the sworn income returns of the country,
or rather the tables of returns. 1t seems
millionaires are growing rs fast as weeds
.in this country of ours, and yet some OF
us never have seen one, and most OF Us
gave up hope long ago Of ever becoming
one. II seems that 10000 residents OF
the United States in 1919 made oath to
an income of $4,000 year. These
men are clsssed as millionsires as that
is about the lowest income of one mil
lion dollars, yet some men receive that
income in salaries and may not possess
that amount of property. There were
two men in the country last year who
received incomes above $4,000, 900 each.
There were twenty, eight whose incomes
were above s., 100000 annually, thirteen
whose income exceeded $1,000, 900. and
ninety whose incomes went above the
figures of $4,000 year. There were
10000 men whose incomes ran between
the figures Of $4,000 and S750,000 q
wear. OF these 1911 had an income ap-
proximating 1000; 90l had 10000;
65S had $4,000; 472 had $4,000; S74
had S1O0,OOO; 1884 had S150,000; 476
had $500, 900; 263 had $3.50, 900; 1S1 had
$500, 900; 1S4 had $500, 900; and "a who
possessed an income of $500, 900. Below
this comes an army OF about 1000, 900
persons who gather In an income Of
$4,000 or less each year and down be-
low that class Is the mob to which most
of Us belong who are not worth the at
tentIon of the tax collector. OF the
millionaires most of them flock together.
More than 5000 Of the men whose in
comes yearly are more than $50 600 live
In the state OF New York and half OF
that number live in New York City.
or the twenty-eight richest men In the
country, one half live 10 New York state;
two of them live in Delaware, one in
Michigan, one In Ohio; two in Pennsyl-
vsnia, one in Texas and one in Rhode
Island.
A memorial to General U. s. Grant,
which has been eighteen years In the
making, is nearing completion and will
soon be in place in the Botanic Gardens,
Washington, D. G. II will be an eques-
trian statue In bronze, sixteen feet high
and weighing 10,700 pounds and costing
$3.50, 600. The statue is mounted on q
granite pedestal fanked on the left by q
group of cavalry and on the right by q
group of artillery done in bronze. Two
huge lions at the foot OF the pedestal
complete the memorial. Henry N.
Shrady Is the sculptor.
Our newly enfranchised women folk
have got the country In q bad way.
They picketed the White House and
won out; and now the followers OF
Terence MacSwiney plan to do the same
thing, or rather they propose to march
to march seventy-three nights, one for
every day the Irish patriot tasted. They
carry banners bearing such inscriptions
as these:-"Get the British Army out of
Ireland;" "MscSwiney's Death Shall
Not Be In Vain" Now, perhaps, we
shall see whether action Is more effect
ing than fasting.
The Massachusetts, Society Of May
flower DESCENDANTS will erect two tsb-
lets, one in Boston, and the other In
Proyincetown, as It's share 10 the ter
centenary of the Pilgrims Landing.
The tablet at Provincetown will COM
memorate the four passengers OF the
NARROWER who died on shipboard In
that harbor; and the one 10 Boston will
mark the home of Mary Chiffon wins
low), who is said to be the first woman
passenger to land at Plymouth.
Frank A. Vanderlip, the New York
banker, has bought out the century-old
New York village of Sparta. Mr.. Van
dsrlip is going to make the village over
into q model Of architectural beauty and
landscape splsndor. he is going to tear
down undesirable buildings and erect
new ones; and 1t is added he is going to
give a ticket of leave to undesirable
citizens" so as 10 have ''nics people" In
bis nice town.