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Show B How Thoy Stand cu tlio Sugar Bounty Quostlon. Some ol our sugar beet raisers have felt (or tomo time pant wry Keenly tlio B , cut which lina been mado on tlio prlco B 1 o( their becti per ton thin year ami Maslloofclng nt the figutes .!2,000 which the) B ' into enoilgh to ratso tlio sarno number B of tons liis year as last, something that JflVtM Ihey will not Jo by a, largo number o (VjT ton ucy lloW Ioel na tll0"K'' "ieru B muit bo (omothlna out ot Joint with tin- JPBK voteri of this county for the Doulliun kjljs they hate taken hcrctoforoauninst thin BBS Indmtry, which position no doubt linn lA-VV bpin reported to Congress and tlio prcti- H ent Administration, setting forth the B fact that the voters of Utah county B where- the bulk ol tlio sugar bcetH urn H raised for the Lehi factory hnvo, or n H majority of them have otcd against the B gWins Ql bounty to tlio beet linhmtrj B inr Mm fiir.nurfl. Thin be 1 111: trill) Illl'J H feel hucIi h repoit haa worked against WRS Jho iutercsta of Utah In goncrul nnd LjA Utah county In particular; and further f without doubt lias been tlio means ol H stopping the men ol means coming ard H Investing their means in this industry H or somo other here Thin has raised u B question in tlio minds of rjomo of the B thoughtful and an Inquiry ia miulo can H it be possible that no in the past hac H been wnrkiiiR against our ou.i Interest B nnd the Interest of Utah generally nud B such have said if this bo the truo posi- B tiou U Is time to call n halt and let us B jnuko inquiiy how other otcr donhcre B migiir factoriis are located in this coun- B try. To gain that iuforiiint'oii the B )AV0 aldled to us and jslttd ns to BB inako the Inquiry for them and haUug B vcrjr.great iliteiest in the prosperity ol BR. tho farmers and bcctralsorswochccifuh Bb ly complied with their wish and we gic BBBf below tho information as sent to us. H , WattonMllo, California, where tin H Western fleet Sugar Co. is located la n B ' the county of Sautft Cruz. The Note B shows that tho party which favors boun- B ties elected BunfllrciN out of -15 whleli B wcie voted for at last election. AtChl- M no, ban lierna.-diuo, county, Cal., tin B pMtywhhh faois bounty carried the K whole county by a majority of (100 B orIo'w. Kel)'i where tho rmgar fxe- B tory is located tho p.uly that f.nors K bounty carried 'the county over nil BB B AKirand Island, Keb., where the BB sugar factory is locatul W. M. Cieddis, B" chief clerk of tho legislature, bout the B following letter which wo publish nith- BBft, out comment ; K Dear Sir : Vour letter of tho -Itli InM, B trausuiilted to Mr. V 0. Hone has bun BBT referred to mo (or n reply, foi what iei- BB ion, I know not, other than I hato Inert BBy a close observer of tho sugar beet Indus- BH try during tliu developing stages in BB Nebraska. BJBJL Retarding tho "political aspect" of B our city and county, will elnto that we are new ovsrwhtlmlngly republican Until tho pit one or two yearn oar op- BBBB BBBBm i, in i ", "" nlistmiil dcniocratlo friends havo combined com-bined force to defeat republican measures, meas-ures, both national and local, and particularly par-ticularly us it eircctcd tho encourage-jnenl encourage-jnenl ol tho sugar beet culture by boiii -ty. Our Isst legislature having gi en permanency to tlio toming great Industry Indus-try by tillering fl additional per ton to tsucournge the farmer and thctnanulat lurcr during the experimental oriducn tlonal stages, nlbo to ciiconrago capital to locate new (actorlus in our fertile val-lejs val-lejs Tho last Congressional Legislative p lltknl battles In this section wero waged squarely on this issue. Tno result was most grnlilyiiiiii two members uf the legislature, ono senator nnd n congressman congress-man being elected by unprecedented majorities, thus fully demonstrating tho faith our people havo in tlio future and possibilities of the sugar licet lndtu-try. lndtu-try. In many cither sections ot the Stato tho "liounty" queslltn was nho nude mi Ibsiio as wat evidenced by tho Nebraska Republican Legislature passing pass-ing a bounty bill oyer n populist p.ovur-noi'svcto, p.ovur-noi'svcto, nnd wnlch measuro basal-ready basal-ready dono n great deal townrds nttrac-tinstlio nttrac-tinstlio iittcntion of enpilnl sctklrg prolltablo investment. Four thousand acres of sugar beets have been planted tributary to the Ulitnd iBland factory this bcason Thl has given einploymsnt to hundreds ol laborers during tho summer months, act! w III alfto engage their setviccs during dur-ing tho operation of the factory this winter. Thus Is Iho causo easily explained ex-plained why such n political revolution transpired, and thousands of laborers in this section voted the Republican ticket, niter having for years through the mls-rcprnsonlatlou mls-rcprnsonlatlou of Democracy and Populism Popul-ism as persistently voted to send tlWO.lKXJ.OOO each year to Clerinsmy for sugar that can equally as well be raised nud manufactured In the fettllo valleys ol Nebraska and Utah. Trusting that Utah, .vhlch la nlwul to blossom Into KUIchood, will not go astray In follow Ingoir faleo Irco trade Gods nnd doctrine ruinous to thogiowth ttnd perpetuity ol homo industries, I nm yours vi ry truly, Grand Isltind, Neb W. M. Gr.imts, |