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Show v , THE LAW OF AD.IT SJMEN'T j Said the Man with the Hoe to the Man with the Pick; "I may be a most unintelligent hick,! But frinkly I envy the money you've i made, j For the less that you labor the more you are paid. j I'd like to know how you accomplish1 the trick" j Said the Man with the Hoe to the' Man 'with the Pick. j Said the Man with the Pick to the Man with the Hoe; j "The way of the toiler is tedious and slow. J i Just clo?e up your farm 'till the mid die man begs He'll soon pay two dollars a dozen for eggs; For prices go up when production gets low," j Said the Man with the Pick to the Man with the Hoe. So the Man with the Hoe said. "I'm through with fatigue," 'And proceeded to join the Non-Par- I tizan League; And the obdurate middle-man viewed view-ed at length i For it seemed that in union there sometimes is strength. And the Man with the Pick on the following day. Saw his grocery bill and then struck! ' for more pay R. E. Sherwood in' Life. |