ARE THEY ILLOGICAL?

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1915, 25 November 1913, Page 9

ARE THEY ILLOGICAL?

Sir, —I hav© been trying for soma time to analyse a "scab," or to reduco it to its "loasi; common multiple" of "greatest common measure," with little success. During' t3io 189f) strjko an Auckland paper—l think tho "Observer" —had a delctful cartoon of a hungry sailor, with the wording, "This is tho tar that refused filio dull' that was mads; with flour that to® bought at a stow that was kept by if. girl that was mashed by a man who refused to belong to the "union." If the tar ,ha<l eaten the dull he would have heon a "scab." Noncargo that is JiaauUoQ by strikes-breakers is "scab" cargo, and 1 the ship is a "scab" ship that enrnies it j xjenseqMcntlv anyone supporting that,ship by tolling a passage nmst bo a "scab," therefore "Bill" ftirry must bo a "scab." Q.13.D. Most of the tohaeco at present soiling is "scab" tobacco, yot tlso strikers smoke. As the hot-el employees did not cofflo out in Wolliu&ton, tho hotels must bo "scab" hotels, and the beer is ."seab" beer. In rie«r of this latter fact, it seems hardly necessary for His Worship the Mayor to keep tho bars closed any longer.— I am, «t<! LOOK).