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Sugar refining trust, which will resort to 

 obvious and devious methods to crush 

 this threatening competition and insure 

 and increase its home monopoly on this 

 established product. 



The possibilities of the product of 

 beet sugar in the United States are 

 only yet in their beginning. Germany 

 .produces not only beet sugar to supply its' 

 own inhabitants, but to send to the United 

 States some million pounds annually. With 

 the extension of the irrigation idea under 

 favorably climatic conditions, there is no 

 reason why the beet sugar industry in the 

 United States should not attain propor- 

 tions which will enable it to at least in 

 time supply the home demand. The only 

 threatening danger is adverse legislation, 

 and thoe who are interested in the beet 

 sugar industry and development in ir- 

 rigated areas and areas capable of irriga- 

 tion, should use their utmost influ- 

 ence to prevent the wrecking of this great 

 and growing business for the furtherance of 

 the interest of the sugar refining trust or 

 in response to a sentiment for the Cubans. 



In regard to this question of sentiment; 

 if it is the duty of the United States to 

 aid the Cubans in establishing their in- 

 dustries, it certainly is also the duty of 

 this country to do this without striking a 

 blow at so promising an industry as the 

 beet sugar business. 



Department of No department of our na- 

 Aericulture. tional government confers 

 greater benefit on the whole people than 

 the department af agriculture. Moreover 

 it is a department of practical purposes 

 whose blessings are immediate, generous 

 and visible. The difficulty and variety of 

 its problems are equal to those of other 

 departments, and the presentation of their 

 wise solution demands as much skill, dis- 

 crimination and courageous decision as an 

 ultimatum of the war department, or a re- 

 straining order by the pos master general. 



The publication division of the depart- 

 ment of agriculture owes its popularity 

 and strong influence largely to the untiring 

 genius of George Wm. Hill, editor and chief, 



whose intelligent service to the American- 

 farmer is measured by the improved meth- 

 ods, increased products and growing im- 

 portance af agriculture, as the basis and 

 source of American progress and suprem- 

 acy. 



Long and familiar experience with every 

 brancL and detail of his chosen science has 

 eminently qualified Mr. Hill for the exact- 

 ing responsibilities of his high office, and 

 in no single instance has his broad, sound 

 judgment been more clearly demonstrated 

 than in his desire to promote popular edu- 

 cation in the art of irrigation, and the 

 logical subsequent creation of a great na- 

 tional system which shall be scientific, ad- 

 equate, permanent. 



We therefore again refer with much sat- 

 isfaction to the interesting series of papers 

 on "Irrigation in Field and Garden," pre- 

 pared by Prof. Wickson, now appearing in 

 THE IRRIGATION AGE, by courtesy of Mr. 

 Hill's department. 



In these papers every mystery of irri- 

 gation is solved by direct and simple ex- 

 planation and the way prepared for more 

 advanced study of the subject. 



Their appreciation by our readers in ev- 

 ery section, and abroad, is attested by an 

 increasing volume of correspondence and a 

 thriving circulation. 



Unexpected 

 Support . 



The Grape Belt, published 

 at Dunkirk, N. Y., is a 

 warm supporter of irrigation industry 

 and takes sides as against its local sup- 

 porters in the New York fruit section a& 

 will be seen from the following clippings, 

 the first being a copy of resolutions passed 

 by the New York State Fruit Grower'* 

 Association at a meeting held in Syracuse 

 late in 1901. 



Mr. S. S. Crissey, Horticultural editor 

 of 2he Grape Belt asks what we think of 

 the stuff contained in this set of resolu- 

 tions. His own reply printed below cov- 

 ers our position exactly. The friends of 

 irrigation are fortunate in having for 

 champions Ihe Grape Belt and its force- 

 ful horticultural editor, Mr. Crissey. 



The following is a copy of resolution* 



