“the gulf between the employed and the employer is growing wider; social contrasts are becoming sharper; as liveried carriages appear, so do barefoot children.” —from progress and poverty what is the meaning of this excerpt? a. children are needed to operate the carriages. b. reformers want all children to have a good pair of shoes. c. employers make too much money and workers do not d. poverty is most obvious along the south’s gulf coast region.