CAVE ECHOES

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 468, 30 September 1919, Page 2

CAVE ECHOES

The publication of the fol'owing letter inspire 1 orr Clevedon correspondent, who masquerades (without prejudice, ye ken !) under the tantalising title of " Rip Van Winkle,', to burst forth into musing and mirth thimly. j

BREAD AND BUTTER Sik,—l understand that the State grants a subsidy to millers of £- 10s a ton oil Hour, so that the inhabitants of tbi-i Don) iron may have cheap bread. Why does not the State g-ant a subsidy to butter factory owners, so that we may have cheap butter ? If it's reasonable enough to give a subsidy for to have cheap broad, surely its reasonable enough to give a subsidy to have clioap butter. TIIE CAVE DWELLER Clevelnn. While a reading of the paper, An' a tfikia' of my ease, I comes across a letter What I thinks may cause a breeze It sez it < ome from C'levedun, An' it's datel Sep. the fust, An' it talks 'bout bread an' butter, '•Nuff to m°ke a fellow bust The chap who's goue an' wrote it Sez lie byes inside the cave, An' if ho does we knows him, ' An' we thinks it's him what shaves. We could'nt say for certain, Cause the chap we has in mind, In the letters wot he's wrote before, His name he's alius signed. But he sez the State gives two pun ten To millers for a ton Of flour—lt's called a subsidy Towards the penny bun. An' this heie chap I mention, Seez lie's got a happy thought: "They a'so ought to subsidize The butter wot be bought." Now, he ought to go some further, . An' subsidize some jam, An' a leg or two o' mutton, An' a little lump o' ham. Au' thoo he ought to send out Half a score o' "billy doos," A hbkm fellow cavemen For to come an' air their views. An' he'll provide refreshments Out of all what he has bought; The thing o whatsall been subsidized, The same as what they ought. An' talk about the farmer, Au' the profits what he's got On Hour an' beef an' butter, An'—• >ii! All the bloomin lot

All' yuu'il lind they never talks About a subsidy on wire; Or 011 slag or superphosphate, Or on nil what th?y re^u're. If tlio chap what wroto the loiter, Will only just enquire, Flo'll find the price of butter I [us boon stopped from goin' highor. If he'll ji in tho Farmers' Union, They'll uudertake to show That the farmer gets no profits, '< 'nil i * the price is pretty low. If the fanner paid for labour, Fir fi'ai'lking of his cows; An' all hi' other farm woik - Au' the work about tho house. Then lie w uildn't have no profits, A - ' f .Iks ought to understand That his profits is his wages As "i'h j Man Upon the Land.' An' his missis an' his children Have tn do theii little lot To help to save tho labour, If they hope'to iill ttie pot. So, d'H t let'B have no nonsense 'Bout tho farmer getting rich; Lot 'cm talk about tho imports, 'Bout the sing an' wire an' sich. An' tho next time what the caveman rhiukb no'd liko to air his views, Let him join tho Farmers' Union An' be certain of his news. An' another tiling I'll toll him, If so iio loul.) inclined, Lot him an aw or this horo letter l'.y a writin' to tho Timv:RIP VAN WINKLE