The Arvada enterprise., 1921-12-08
American-Isnls
This 10 Story About 4 PIG Man
and Tailor, But With the Finish
az Il Should oe-Not a. Usually
Told.

Told.
Strange, isn't 1t, the apparent satis-
fuctiOn great many people get
through repeating some spicy gossip
that harms others?
Let man come along and tell Of
the good this or that person has done.
the benefit he IL to the community In
which he lives, how devoted he Is to
family and friends. and It sort of goes
In one ear and out Of the other. Hut
let this man even suggest this or that
person has been detected In shady
transaction. has wrOnged family or
friend. and this bit Of gossip usually
pot true--is passed on In u hurry.
Because SO much OF this sort OF
thing has been sIillfully told I" do
general harm to the country ut large,
people who would not think of injur.
Ing any one. too often aid, through
the telling OF some untruthful stUry.--
they may think 1t true-the general
destructive movement In this nation.
Here is II little story going the
rounds. Sounds all right, is well told
and appears to hear repeating. Yet,
analyze 1t aud you will see It's pur-
pose-tO cause those who read or hear
II TO believe that In some mysterious
way, through, what Is called "hMsi-
ness" the two men mentioned have
been robbed. Here is the story:
-
"m u certain country lived Il tailor
who made clothes. A little wny off
lived II farmer who raised pigs. Re-
tween the two was II river. Across
that river was bridge. On top of
the bridge another man stationed him
self to see that no one passed. The
time came when the furmer wanted II
suit OF clothes, and the tailor wanted
II pig. So the rnrIner started toward
the bridge with two pigs, and the
tailor headed the same way with two
suits of clothes. When they reached
the bridge they were stopped by the
man on top. lie said to the farmer.
What can do for your The farmer
said. I want some Clothes The nlnll
on the bridge said, We'll. clothes are
up today and pigs are down. but will
give you suit Of clothes for your two
pigs And to the tailor lie said. Pigs
are up today aud clothes are down.
but I'll give you II pig for your two
suits of clothes The farmer went
home with one suit of clothes and
nothing to ent. The tailor went home
with IL pig TO eat and nothing to wear.
But the man on the bridge had IL pig
to cat and Il suit of clothes to wear"
But the man who passed this on IN
clever language did not tell all. The
implication he left Is false. Let's get
the rest OF IT,
The man living on one side raised
only hogs. and being unable to gel
across the stream. had no clothes; the
tailor on the other side iunde only
clothes, aud belng unable to get across
the stream. had no meat. Then alOna
came the man with engineering abll
ity. courage and capital. because hs
had been thrifty-lived where people
could trade with eucli other. He used
his engineering ability. his courage
and his capital-tl,e evidence of hii
thrift--and ~ built the bridge. T'hen
the pig man had 4 way 10 xet clothes
and the tailor had wsy To get meat
In consequence Of the coming OF The
man with ability, courage and capital
on the one side Of the river theiI
sprung M n great agricultural dis
trict with reads. homes. schools
churches. etc. on the other n grea
manufacturing district with streets
nsotles Of transportation. schools
churches, etc. Those WHO lived on bOti
sides Of the river enjoyed the thInl
given them by the man witt, ability
courage aud the evidence Of thrift
capital.
hut the shiftless and lazy on b0ti
sides Of the river did mot like this
They saw their feliOwin~n wiI0 had Ell
erKy, ability and skill forging to th'
front. acquiring property and heinz
thrifty soon acquiring capital, which
capital they In turn put to work dOIns
ether forms Of bridge building. Thi,
made the sbiftlexs md lazy sore. They
t'egan To find fault with ti,e man wi,G
built the bridge. calling him y grnfter
rObbcr. capitalist because H.
Ind brought general prosperity to both
Sides Of the river. These shifiic~s aud
lnzy. In time. found they could play on
the pr"judiccS Of others and 10 gave
their time and energy to II general
fault finding campaign.
There mny be some Of them In your
community.
They do not like tO .re others sue.
rcssfil because they are not success.
fui Themselves. yet they could be jus,
M successful M their neigl,b0r n they
would apply themselves to their work