Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
THE SUGAR TRUST AND BEET PRICES,

THE SUGAR TRUST AND BEET PRICES.
Some time ago the Saturday News suggested that if one desired
TO comprehend the magnanmity of the sugar trust he need only to
compare the prices paid for heets this year with those Of 1913.
In 1913 the Colorado beet producers received five dollars a ton
new tariff bill the sugar manufacturers complained that it discrimin-
ated against the sugar interests and accordingly the price of beets
But the wal unexpectedly broke out and sugar began to soar
until 1t ranged around eight cents a pound, or eight dollars a humid
There is no prospect that sugar will materially drop in price for
the 4 Bnt i XsaF sS sysp t 3nodg ht the r,N wsf may n cease i IN the the m net Rt me ee4,,
cents a ton which is only twenty-five cents above the price paid
last year while sugar is about eighty per cent higher
The magnanimity of the sugar trust-not the wholesalers, nor
the retailers, but the trusts indeed superativel
President Wilson calls upon us to be thankful on November 2o
We'll try to be there with the goods
Former Governor McGovern of Wisconsin appears to have met
defeat at the hands of the democratic candidate for the United States
senatorship.
If the weather man is responsible for the sort of overhead ma
terial he has given us thus far this fall he is entitled to the thanks
Of every farmer who had not got his blowing completed by the first
of November.
One of the enterprising weeklies which has entered upon a new
Gary paper is al institution which reflects credit upon its town and
The surrounding country.
Since we have been hearing so much about the IIomestake and
the Homestake influence in state matters, it might not be a bad idea
to have a thorough investigation of the whole subject for the purpose
of ascertaining just where the Homestake is sat'' and where the pub
he Is at in connection with it.
II 1t be true that the presidents personality won the election
for Ed. s johnson in South Dakota, there would not seem to be
much nope the mex republican Ticket IN this state, for Wilson 81
personality will be injected into the next campaign with much great
er energy than in the last.
Senator Bristow Of Kansas is the sort of man who fails to main
tain his hold upon his constituency. He has gone down to defeat
under the candidacy of former Senator Curtis Bristow, while ad-
mittedly a man of some worthy ambition and Of some political con-
ychons, eylnced adisposition to wobble. and particularly an inclina-
ton to pose.
When we really get to afixing governmental stamps to the var
lous documents on which the late congress imposed special taxes,
and when we learn exactly how much it costs to keep congressional
extravaganees agoing, we shall begin to protest in real earnest. The
special tax measure had not become operative when we. marched to
the polls on November 81
The Saturday News was never a great hacker Of ssUncle joe
Cannon but it admits that the man has qualities to be sdmired. ESeI
never afraid Of the cars as the saying goes. He knows what
he believes and he kaows how to express that belief, and he knows
that he will speak his mind cut in nsetin' though the heavens fall
Uncle doe has come back for the second tTEe in his eventful life
for United States senator m Illinois, Notwithstanding Mr.. SuIi
van apparently had the backing Of the national administration in al
of tlanket style. Roger Sullivan is a type of politician whose
elevation to exalted positions VIII not rebound to the glory Of teE
commonwealth. Progressive democrats everywhere should congrat-
their party upon its narrow escape IN Illinois
Burke for refusing to desert his post at Washington tol
engage in the political campaign at home. To his close appETnationI
to duty at the national capitol the American attributes his defeat
Had papers of the type of the American shown a disposition to say
something friendly concerning Mr. Burke when such e3pressionsl
OF friendship might have had some bearing upon the result, It's bel
encomiums might be accepted at their face value.