 Your Coca-Cola bottler presents Claudia based on the famous play and novels by Rose Franken Brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself. Have a coke and now Claudia Miss Warren says Matthew be down to the barn Look to hear you two young people when you get with math you let me handle talking mr. Tucker I bow to your superior knowledge of cow now we ain't gonna mention cows cows mr. Tucker's why we're here Yes, what would you suggest that we talk about the weather weather yeah weather's always pretty safe to talk about in the trade Can't buy the weather and other fellow can't sell it to you perfectly safe in Chesh you might call talking about the weather and opening gambit Buy a car. I don't see why we don't just come right out with it That'll be the honest thing to do what's honesty got to do with buying a cow Yeah, I hope it's got no little to do with buying this one up here I suppose you too would just go right in on Matt Warren and say yeah, mr. Warren We want to buy a cow but that is what we would never buy one that would put all the one on the one side What you got to do is make Warren want to sell you a cow and the more he wants the more reluctant you'll be Seems so complicated. Of course. It's complicated. What fun would it be if it wasn't complicated? Look here, Mr. Norton. You'll be right. No one shot fella. Thank you, mr. Tucker Well learn your wife's something about Yankee trade its man's business anyhow women ain't no good at it But Jared Tucker's good at it ain't nobody no better trade than Jared. Let the old man run the show Howdy Matt Warren David Norton here too David Norton's wife here, too We we was just passing along be the road and I says to the Norton's I says Matt Warren's probably milking it being milking times. How's we mosey over and say howdy? Howdy, howdy, howdy, I I was just saying to the Norton's looks like we might get some weather the weather like the poor is always with us And we might we might there's ring around the moon on the last Too much rain when we didn't need it and then not enough when we did in his normal year We'd had a fine cotton a rowing this year to show measly wasn't worth what in the side is handle What's Rowan last cotton for a nutrient is just chuck full of protein And cows go to it like bees to honey mind how he was the first to talk about cows What do you say Jerry? I says like like bees to honey like bees to honey That's right. We drown to milk and cows and they give down milk by the pale fool Speaking of cows like you just was Matthew. How many you got now? 15 15 cows. Oh Side of cows. Yes, sir. Side of cows. So wonderful side of cows, Mr. Warren all standing in a row like you like cows You start praising them and Matthew will have them priced out of all reasons. I'm right. Sorry Matthew Right. Sorry that your feed shot this year shot for all of us all of it. Look here, Mr. Warren I've got I've got they got same idea too. Yes, sir. Same idea Times come hard. We got to cut our suit the measure of our cloth. Yep You got enough hay for 14 cows and you keep 14 and sell one Hey, hey, you got something in mind Jared. Oh Merry thing. Merry thing. I just Generalizing Matthew. Hey, you'll be the kind of man. Jerry. They sell them generalizes without self-interest You aiming to buy a cow? What would I be doing with another cow, Matthew? Look, Mr. Warren, we've got an arbor Matthew these two young people be so generous and open-handed They'd probably offer to give you their hay. Oh, well, I'd be right in this But I'm afraid it wouldn't help me none the way. I see it. I've got enough hay for 12,000 Being as I got 15 your little would help but it wouldn't help you know Matthew. I Got a sudden idea slower sudden your ideas are always expensive to the other fellow. Well, well What you got in mind? Well I got in mind that a little trading is in order But you got to trade Jared advice Matthew and Maybe a little something more. I'll do without the advice What's the something more the advice you'll get for free? I was afraid of that miss Norton You got a young and over to your place Bobby Yes, a young type that likes to drink a parcel of milk all warned milk's expensive is all get out too More than that in the country a kid ought to sort of get to know the cow's feet Well, I don't think Bobby's old enough. He'll be old enough old enough soon enough Besides you be good neighbors and what kind of neighbors would you be if you wouldn't put yourselves out to help old Matthew? Well, look, he ain't there help. I'm worrying about thank you all the same mr. Mrs. Norton It's your help Jared that I really worry for me I ain't in the stall now not so as I could see yet But you will be before we're done Matthew You're an untrusting short man. Now we've traded before that's what I'm remembering now Now let's say just for the sake of argument just for the sake of argument mind you But I might do some selling the cow just for the sake of argument. Let's say a hypothetically mr. Norton If you was interested in the cows How many cows would you be interested in? Well, we thought we were thinking of just one cow just one Just one just one Jared your idea is no good The Norton's buy one cow. I got 14 and food for 12 now. We've got to have a better solution imagine I'm thinking I'm thinking Miss Norton You sure you wouldn't be able to use three cows. Oh, I'm not too sure. We'll know what to do with one Anyway, we wouldn't have enough feed for the three. Oh, yes. Yes not enough feed That's flying the ointment Matthew. We've been talking talking talking off on tangent We've been talking about cows, but cows ain't your trouble. It's feed is your trouble Jared he's broke should have sent you to congress That's the kind of fool talking that's got this country into the mess with you What kind of a mess are we? I ain't got enough feed for my cows. That's missing up And that's the fault of the continental congress. I suppose here I am trying to help you out and you're hooting hollering about the country hooting hollering about that Yes, you'll be if you don't be fewer words. You're you're apt to sour my milk of human generosity Your milk of human generosity has been sour for you. I'll show you how sour it be I ain't got too much feed to spare But if for the sake of argument you wish to sell a cow to mr. and mrs. Noton I might I might not say be able to scrape up enough hay for two cows for you How much how much what how much hay? Oh, I know as well as you do jerry tucker How much hay two cows leave up by winter? What I want to know is how much you charge So if you were scouting you'd probably ask the price of straw I would if you were selling the straw We've traded before jerry Well, we being trading now I'm trying to do you a favor and you're being mundane and Elimationary any hay I sell to you. I'd sell at six dollars under the boston market that day Fair fair as far as I can see But I'd like to see further In your barn or mine. You're not trading with a child mat In my barn of course my truck or your truck your truck Who needs to say you or me you lend me a hand with it at the price I'm charging No, I wouldn't have no respect for myself if it did But I'll tell you what I will do Completely outside to this deal and because we're old friends and neighbors I'll work right along with you. I couldn't be more generous Who sweetens the bargain the fellers that wants it most And I'm looking at them Your hay is good quality is mine. Well, let me see yours and step right over here to the foot of the mile and I'll show you All right, I'll go and take a look at it My head is swimming Mine's a little confused I guess we're not very good yankees We're just learning the rules of the game Those two old cultures are having a wonderful time Say david, what do you mean by sweeten the bargain? After two yankees have reached a bargain they began all over again to see who sweetens it Sweetens with what? In the old days sometimes with rum Just a little something extra so everybody's happy So they both get the taste of trading out of their mouths There's my difference between your hay and mine matt. My hay'll run better Then the bargain is the noughtons buy one cow And you sell me four times a hay on the terms of four stated if If if what if the noughtons find the cow they like And if the cow they likes priced at the price you like if after we've all slept on it We still like the bargain. Well, I'm sure that mr. Warren and I or yes. Yes, and I'm sure too How some ever wise men proceed in these matters cautiously, but mr. Tucker That there ain't no buts about it you two young ins being sharp enough to trade with either matter me Just to keep her hands. Did we might trim you? Yeah However, or how some ever You and Matthew were boundary neighbors Whatever happens. You both got to be so satisfied. You won't never have no sharp feelings between David look at the time. We'll be late for supper. Mama'll be worried. Well, eh, uh, mrs. Not me. It's too late for more trading anyway We'll talk about it tomorrow in neighbors. Well, all right Uh, will you be coming along with us mr. Tucker coming along with you? No, no, I'm afraid we talked and gabbed so long But Matthew here's late with his charge. I guess I better stay along and lend him a hand now I'll uh, I'll be seeing you two tomorrow Good night you two I tell all this to mama, I know it won't make one eye older sense First we'll have a cow and then we don't then we'll talk about it some more tomorrow And they're pretending to be so sharp and shrewd and graspy down underneath so honest and generous I'd hate to be still cutting my eye teeth and after deal with either one of them alone sort of like a game between them a game Trading is their Yankee kinds of life's blood their bread and their meat trading to a Yankee is Like opera to an italian or bullfighting to a spaniard tea to an englishman Haggis to a scotchman David what is a haggis? haggis is a Well, it's a David look at that moon What would it be worth your while to trade me a kiss? Well, you little Yankee you You can't keep it any job hour after hour and give it your best effort Whether it's housework shop office or factory work An occasional pause is bound to be relaxing especially if that pause includes ice cold coca-cola You'll find it's a good idea to keep a supply of coke on ice So that its delicious refreshment can help you work refreshed at any time. Hi there, mr. King talker here Well, mr. Tucker good to see you you look mighty pleased with yourself about something I'm just doing some trading always feel good when i'm trading Oh, did you and the noughtons buy a cow? No, not yet not yet, but we be in the process of We got Matthew Warren licking his chops and uh drawing at his mouth What's the next step in the uh, uh process? Well, we just let him dangle for a day Then when he's might over eager we'll we'll go to trading Well, watch out. You're not a might over eager yourself me I was trading when Matthew was in short britches. Just tag along tomorrow and you'll see some cow trading Uh, you're just a plain trader at heart. Aren't you jarrod plain trader god dang it son. I'm a fancy trader I wouldn't miss it tomorrow for the world. See you then jarrod As I was about to say every day monday friday Claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola So listen again tomorrow at the same time And now this is joking saying olivar and remember Whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of coca-cola For coca-cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes And ice cold coca-cola is everywhere These broadcasts are adapted for radio by mania star the entire production is supervised and directed by william brown meloni Now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola