Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-29
''WHAR Dew | CUM IN ?"


0ene the soihoquy oa Farmcr OF the FneR Raw Sugar Question:,
IN the wonderful prosperity tibet beet CROWN invites.
Thars er heap of foolish CROWN n the beats begin ter shout
N holer fer the Tariff ter keep free sugar out!
But L motifs tibet the beetproducin' farms are very few,
An the farmers through the country amt got much eff it ter dew.
The hull land amt arasin' beets. N amt goin' ter begin,
Beet growin's right fer sum, l guess-but. whar dew 1 cum int
The farmer gifts four dollars now fer every ton o. bets
A hansum price, 1 must allow-but hidin' sum deceits.
Beet sugar manyfacterers admit es they hv found
Thet "granylated' costs em sumthin' like tew cents a pound.
In fact tibet leaves a profit on which they'd greatly thrive
And-if it kin be sold fer three, why should we pay 'em FIvE7
1t seems ter me es thets a game thets mighty like a skin
Buff thar's any Observation-Disclosures dew cum in?
When Uncle SANS in want o cash we're glad ter help him out
N we'll stand all the taxes tibet are needed, never doubt.
But when his pocketbook's we'll lined an nary cent he lacks.
Eft seems ter me his dutys ter repeal tibet sugar tax.
Them felers wot is interested seq it's to protect
The beetproducini farmer tibet the duty they collect,
But guess tibet explanation e IS a little bit too thin
The sugar maker,-he's all right;-but-whar dew we cum INF
Take off raw sugar duty an the price will quickly fall,
To everybodys benefit, fer sugars used by all.
The poor will bless the Government tibet placed it in thar reach
On millions of our citizens free sugar now beseech) :"
The dealer II lie delighted-less expenditure fer him
More demand IN bigger prohts-which at present are but slim.
An the farmer IL be MS well paid as he ever yet hes ben
When our treasurys a-bulgin' an we hev no debts ter pay!
The duty OH raw sugars Fifty million every year
An the peoples got ter pay it-thets a fact thet's very clear.
Fifty million! Great Jerusha! Ter protect beet magnates, too.
Why should they tax ALL the people-just ter help a scattered FEW
And the FEW? Beetsugar MAKERS! Don't 1t really seem a sin
Thus ter help an fill thar Golfers? Whar dew you an 1 cum in?
The farmer CROWN beets hes got a contract price fer years.
Free raw sugar wouldn't hurt him, an of it he has no fears.
But mebbe, like myself-hes also growing fruit 8 nice
Ter preserve it-at a prolific needs sugar-at a price!
The repeating of the duty, surely cuts the price in two 4.
Thetll make a mighty difference, neighbor, both ter me an you!
Let the sugar manyfactrer make such profits as be kin :
Ter him it may seem right enun-but whar dew 1 cum in7
An 1 amt agoin' ter swaller all the arguments they shout
Thet the farmers need protection-an' must bar raw sugar out. .
Common sense is plainly shown that the people in the land
Want raw sugar free in future-an' it's freedom will demand. M
'Tis a tax no longer needed hateful to the public view,-
Taxing millions of our people to enrich q favored few.
They can't blind me any longer with the foolish yarns they spin
While they're busy maxim money-whar dew you and 1 come in?
I'm agoin' ter keep on hustlin', talkin', peadin' with my frends.-
Amt no sense in lettin' others gain thar selfish privet ends.
I'm agoin' ter write termorrer to my Congressman nd say
Thet he oughter do his best ter kill that tax without delay! -
FeNer-farmers. do your utmost-whether you grow beets Or not
To repeal the tax on sugar-youc can but improve your lot!
Cheaper sugar helps your pocket, greater blessings you can win
When we've threecent granylatcd-thats whar you am L cum in.