The Man In the Moon.

The Man In the Moon.
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And the land of the South was by no means forgotten.
He passed with quick step thro’ the great fields of cotton.
To the rice and tobacco attention he gave,
Then sat down to ponder, with countenance grave.

“I see what’s the matter,” he solemnly mused. abused.
“The people of earth have been greatly
They toll for these things, working early and late.
As I have been told by my friend Up-to- Date.
But when speculators have need for the store,
They fix up the prices and pay nothing more!
– And the foolish earth people thus let their crops go,
And seem not to care. Perhaps they don’t know
They can make their own prices on Equity’s plan.
And get for their products what justice de- mands.

“But I must be going. I’ll not stay on earth.
Where people don’t know what their labor is worth.
‘Fore I’ll dump what I grow, like a foolish baboon.
I’ll continue my business of riding the moon.”