BE AS HONEST AS THE DAY.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3144, 20 November 1922, Page 5

BE AS HONEST AS THE DAY.

When consumers try to grsfpple, With the problem of the apple, They will find it full of trouble, as Did Adam long ago; For the men who do the packing, Their inventive brains are racking How to work the winning double Where the little apples grow; When you open up the cases There's a row of rosy faces, There's a tier of ruby beauties on the first and second row; But on digging somewhat deeper, They are meaner, greener, cheaperFor the packer knows his duties, and the little fruit's below. There was once an honest packer, Who declined to be a stacker Of the cards of business dealings in the game he had to play; When engaged in apple-casing He was honest in his placing, Nor would let his private feelings with his honour run away At the base he packed the fairest Filled the middle with his rarest Add on top he placed a row of wind falls dry and brown; But, when cases he was brandings By some strange misunderstanding. Before he let the stencil go each case was up side down. When in England it was landed, It was beautifully branded, Indicating that the top was where the fairest apples lay, And the packer conscientious, Told his comrades more pretentious, that the only certain "cop" was—"Be honest as the day!"' "Oriel"' in the "Argus.