Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1915-07-23 | Page 7 | The Patriot

The Patriot. Sir Thomas Lipton said at a provi-sloners' provi-sloners' banquet in London: "All the blame for high prices is put on us dealers. You'd think, the way some people talk, that we dealers were as false in our patriotism as the chap who was sanding his sugar the other day with his errand boy's help. "The errand boy, lifting a scoopful of sand, asked: "'The usual proportion, sir?' " 'No, Joseph, of course not,' the boss replied sternly. 'The usual proportion pro-portion in days like these? Joseph, Where's your patriotism?' "Thn he sighed and added: " 'Only half the usual proportion o( sand, Joseph only half the usual proportion pro-portion a.8 long as our gallant troops at the front have such need of sandbags.' sand-bags.' "