THEORY OF "SCABBING."

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 2 December 1913, Page 4

THEORY OF "SCABBING."

The theory of "scabbing" is discussed by "M.C.E." in the Christchurch Press in a humorous manner. He declares that the' theory is strange and beautiful. After quoting the French philosopher, who said, "1 think; therefore I exist," the humorist says it is much more true just now to say, "1 exist j therefore I am a- 'scab'." How can one escape being a scab when Mr. Sample himself —but here the chain of logic clanks along for itself:

This is the Bed Fed. boss whose boot Was repaired by the man in the slop made suit. Who kissed the waitress he loved so well, Who served his meals in' the small hotel, -That bought fts bread from a baker man, . Who baked the loaf in the bakingpan From which was cut the identical slice • -. .. That somebody thickly spread with nice "Fresh butter that camo from the cream obtained From iiKe selfsame can as was fouled and stained .—(The very same can as ever was born) — By the cream from the cow with the crumpled horn That cropped the grass on the actual farm Of the man the ribbon upon, whose arm Filled full of terror and deep dislike The noble fellows who went on strike To help the men to beat the scab 9 that spoiled the plan that Semple made to, flatten out the folk that thought that'they could trust''to. the clause that the noble Feds. broke. l