Author's Preface* 



In January, 1897, appeared the author's first book on this subject, entitled "Sugar, 

 a New and Profitable Industry in the United States, for Agriculture, Capital and Labor, 

 to Supply the Home Market with $100,000,000 of Its Product." That book was received 

 with favor, not only among farmers and capitalists and by the press, but especially in 

 the Congress of the United States and by American statesmen at home and abroad. 



National legislation favorable to the development of our domestic sugar-producing 

 industry was enacted by the Congress during the summer of 1897. This was followed 

 by a phenomenal interest in America's domestic sugar industry, which, however, gave 

 way to uncertainty with the advent of the Spanish war and the problems raised thereby. 

 Provided those problems are now solved with due regard for American interests, it 

 only needs proper direction and right management to secure for the United States large 

 and permanent good from a vast development of its domestic sugar-producing industry. 



Many of those best capable of judging have been kind enough to partly attribute 

 the promising outlook for this new industry, at the outbreak of the Spanish war, to the 

 book referred to, to the American Sugar Growers' Society organized by the author, and 

 to the agricultural journals under his editorial direction. This would seem to impose 

 upon the author a moral obligation to do whatever lies in his power to help the industry 

 through its new politico-economic crisis. 



It also seems incumbent upon the author to present the important scientific, prac- 

 tical and financial results of the seasons of 1897 and 1898, in addition to the fruits of 

 all prior experience. Thus unfortunate and costly mistakes in this new industry may 

 be avoided, and uniform success attained by both farmer and capitalist. 



In order that Congress and the general public, as well as farmers, may obtain a 

 true idea of the magnitude and promise of this new industry in various directions, an 

 appendix is added to accommodate the announcements of machinery builders, furnishers 

 of seeds, supplies and implements, communities that want sugar mills, settlers, etc. 

 No one can look through these announcements without being deeply impressed, while 

 they also constitute a most useful directory of everything pertaining to the sugar 

 industry. 



Embodied in this new edition are Parts Two and Three from the author's first 

 work, the better to reflect the evolution of the industry and to emphasize the teachings 

 of experience. This is perhaps an unique plan in a book, but if so it is merely in keeping 

 with the unique spectacle of a nation of 75,000,000 people attempting to speedily develop 

 its domestic sugar industry. 



THE AUTHOR. 



