The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-10-02
TheCherry
" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes flippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

There was the guy that said, 'sUn-
ions amt no good"
There was the fellow who said,
"Shucks, it amt loaded"
There was the guy who said, "This
boat can't sink"
And there was the sap who said,
"Oh, hell, that bull is scared of me-"
The world is, has been and for some
time will be, the place of abode of
good many like that quartette.
1t is probable that Herr Hitler right
now is thinking the rest of the world
will step out of the way and allow him
to walk over Europe, Asia, Africa
and the Americas, not to mention such
trifies as the islands of the seas.
The strangest thing on earth is the
human race, some of which is human
Just now political campaign is
under way You can't escape it and
maybe you don't want to.
The discussion has about it much
that is as sappy as the didn't know
it was loaded" alibi, as brash as the
challenging the bull act and as ignor-
ant as the "this boat can't sink" jass-
ack.
Little Jack Horner sat in his cor
ner and he wasn't any more childish
than some of our campaign orators
and Little Miss Muffett, flirting with
what, for all she knew, might have
been a black widow, wasn't any more
blissfully unaware of stern facts than
some of the stump speakers, if they
are speakers.
Some of them would make good
speeches, if they could speak, if they
had facts.
But people are like that; the world
| is like that; politics is like that.
"As Maine goes, so goes the ma
tion" That's the old saying, which is
probably almost as true as that you'll
have bad luck if you walk under 8
ladder. If the ladder slips, or the
bucket of paint gets knocked over
you will have bad luck No doubt about
that.
: As Maine goes-so, if Maine goes
for hot dogs, the nation will go fol
hot dogs. If Maine goes fishing, some
of the fish will get shipped to other
states. Thus, good fortune is radiated
Maine, like other resort states
maintains promotion bureau
called a tourist bureau. Main.
+ spends money to advertise Maine ant
every time Maine gets into print
that's considered good luck 70
Maine
!, Count up the times Maine appear
in this section of this column.
But, as a union state, Maine ism
SO hot. Now, why is that?
Have you been watching the finan
cial pages? Big dividends, big prof
its, lotsa prosperity for corporations
r There will have to be MORE bear
t ing down on profits, or else we ca
: look ahead and almost pick the hou
of the next collapse.
Don't you believe it?
No, it isn't loaded, it won't sin
and anyway he hasn't got any horns
S We didn't have a depression and w
e couldn't have another. The world i
: cockeyed and we might as well a
go play knock, knock.
Read Bernarr McFallen, forge
: about your income tax, if any, and jus
\ go as Maine goes. However, Main
Il watches the tourist and gets hi
/ money, it boosts itself.
II If unions are not so hot in Maine
i that's because workers haven't &C
Il their minds out of the chloroform ye
Il But that doesn't mean that worker
II elsewhere are going to stay, or hav
stayed, unorganized.
Il After all, let's not play knocl
i knock And let's not kid ourselve
any more than necessary.