To DR. GEORGE B. LORING, 



Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



DEAR SIR : In inviting your attention to the fol- 

 lowing pages, in which the undersigned has attempted 

 to examine into the various sources of the supply of 

 sugar, and especially of those which are, or have been, 

 deemed available for this country, no apology is thought 

 necessary. The overwhelming importance of the sub- 

 ject is such that it cannot be ignored by the American 

 people, even if they would. Politically independent 

 for more than a century, the United States has thus 

 far been unable to achieve its industrial and financial 

 independence. The result has been a visitation of 

 almost periodic monetary crises, accompanied each 

 time by a paralysis of industries largely arising from 

 the great indebtedness of our people to Europe. The 

 outlook at the present moment is such as to indicate 

 that the fruits of the protective policy which we have 

 enjoyed for two decades, may be such as to bring at an 

 early day our entire emancipation from this thraldom. 



The undersigned, therefore, respectfully begs 

 leave to suggest that sugar, being the largest single 



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