A PARODY ON TRUSTS

Evening Star, Issue 14963, 24 August 1912, Page 10

A PARODY ON TRUSTS

The following amusing parody was read during a recent no-confidence debate in the Commonwealth Parliament:—■ Let us control the Trusts, Let us make laws for them, Let us speak much of them upon balconies, Let us make mention of the evil of their ways; . For in distrust of Trusts there is hope, And we shall have favor of the people. Bring unto us a Trust that we may see it; Lo, if there be any such we shall smite it with the jaw ; For a Trust is an abomination before the Lord, And in our detestation of it there shall be many votes. **'* * * * * The people cried aloud. Bread was up, So was meat, So was rent, So were rags (Also the prophecies of Wragge As a kite). And the people cried aloud, and said: " Who in the name of the profit hath caused all tilings to ascend ? Yea, who the blazes has caused the price of living to increase?" And small, still voice made answer : "The Trusts." ******* And the men of Belial stood afar off and said with a loud voice " Aha ! Bring ye, us a Trust that we mav see it; Yea, bring us all tho Trusts that have a name— The Sugar Trust, The Salt Trust. The Beef Trust, The Bread Trust, The Tripe Trust, Yea, even the Beer Trust, that is wet as the dews upon a parched land ; For we be Liberals of every State, And our views are the views of those who dwell 3,000 miles apart." And one man ran swiftly and brought looking-glas^: And they that dwelt 3 : 0<"i0 miles apart looked therein and saw— The Sugar Trust, The Salt Trust, The Btef Trust, The Tripe Trust, Yea, even the Beer Trust, that is wet as the dews upon a parched land. And the men of Belial stood afar off and said with a loud voice " Aha '" The Curse of Moses.