A STERILE TREE.

NZ Truth, Issue 474, 18 July 1914, Page 2

A STERILE TREE.

Pairasifes in -the Labor Orchard,

The wase-c&rner la be^lnnine to feel that things are not wholly saTisfactory In the Labor Party orchard. Ho luida that tho trees that grow In that garden ar« infested with parasites of a most voracious and destructive type. Speaking generally, these pamsltcs may be termed tax-eaters; but tho class of tax -eaters may b< subdivided into such sub-classcj as political loafers, salary-hunters, poiiticalboodlcrs. political dawdlers, and other destructive vermin that prevent a growth oi good fruit appearing upon t*hc Labor Party tree. Aa the result of the wngo-oarncrs' disgust at the Jack of fruit upon the tree that ho plautcd with bo much solicitude and loving care, he has set to work with a new kind of disinfectant, which he calls Die Trades Union Party. He has dipped hla Implements of industry into this disinfecting, antiseptic wash, and Is beginntnc to spray the tree with IL It Is quite possible that he may come to tho conclusion that it "is not good enough" to bother with the Labor Party tree an> longer, and that he will plant a new tre«, a Trades Union Party tree, which, bj meann of the disinfecting wu&h of vigilance and unhesitating criticism, ho will keep free from the parasites that arc rondcrlng the old Labor" Party tree so sterile.