Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1921-12-10

Strange. isn't it. the apparent satis-
faction great many people get
through repeating some spicy gossip
that harms othersl
Let II man come along and tell of
the good this or That person has done.
the benefit he is To the community In
which lie lives, how devoted he IL to
family and friends. and 1t sort of goes
In one ear and out Of the other. But
let this man even suggest this or that
person has been detected in a shady
transaction. has wronged family or
friend. and this bit OF gossip-usually
not true-is passed on in hurry.
Because so much of this sort of
thing has been sklllfully told to do
general harm to the country M lnrge,
people who would not think of injur-
Ing any one, too often aid. through
the telling OF some untruthftil story
they may think 1t truc-the general
destructive movement in this nation.
Here is little story going the
rounds. Sounds all right. is well told
and appears to bear repeating Yet.
analyze II and you will see its pur-
pose-to cause those who read or hear
II TO believe that in some mysterious
way, through what is called "busi-
ness" the two men mentioned have
been robbed. Here is the story:
'In a certain country lived a tailor
who made clothes a little way off
lived farmer who raised pigs. BE.
tween the two was a riecr Across
that river was "A bridge On top Of
the bridge another mun stationed him
self to see that no one passed. The
time cume when the fiirmer wanted "a
suit Of clothes. and the tailor wanted
n pig. So the farmer started toward
the bridge with two pigs. and the
tailor beaded the same way with two
suits of clothes. When they reached
the bridge they were stopped by the
man ON top. He said to the farmer.
what can ] do for your The farmer
said. 1 want some clothes The man
ON the bridge said, We'll. clothes are
up today and pigs ARE down. but I viii
give you n suit of clothes for your two
pigs And to the tailor he said. Pigs
are up today and clothes are down,
but I'll give you n pig for your two
suits OF clothes The fnrmer went
home with one suit OF clothes aud
nothing to eat. The tailor went home
with n pig To eat and nothing to wear
But the man on the bridge had 4 pig
to eat and II suit nf 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 II.
The man living on Que side raised
only hogs. and being unable to gel
across the stream. had no clothes the
tailor on the other side made only
clothes, and being unable to get Acro..
the stream. Ind M meat. Then niong
came ia. man with engineering abil-
ity, courage and capital. because he
had been fhriffy-llved where people
could trade with each other He used
his engineering ability. his courage
and his capitalize evidence Of his
'hrif'-nnd :" built the bridge. Then
the pig man had way to get clothes
aud the tailor had n way to get meat.
In consequence of the coming Of the
man with ability. courage and capital.
on the one sid. of the river their
sprang up n grca, agricultural dis
trici with roads. homes. schools,
churches, etc; on the other great
manufacturing district with streets,
modes of transportation, schools
churches, etc. Those who lived on both
sides OF III" river enjoyed the thing
given them 10y the man with ability,
cournrc and the evidence of thrift
capital.
But the shifrlc~s aud lazy ON both
sidcs Of the river did not iik. this
They saw their f-iiowm.n who had en-.
ergy. ability md skin forging to IN.
front. acquiring property aud being
thrifty soon acquiring capital. which
capital they In turn put 10 work doing
other forms Of brldgc-buiidlng. This
made the shifil.ss aud lazy sore. They
began To find faui, with the man who
built III. bridge. chilling him grnf,.r,
robbcr. capitalist" because h.
had brought general prosperity To both
sides OF III. river. These shifilcss and
lazy. In time. found they could play on
III. pr.judic"s of other. aud 81 gave
their time and energy to general
fault findin: cumpaign.
There may be- some of them In your
community.
They 10 not like 10 src others sue.
ecrsfnl because they are not aucc~ss-
fui themselves, yet The, couid liz Just