The record-union., 1899-05-05

throughout the Central, Middle and
Western StatessTand cane sugar houses
in Florida, Louisiana and Texas, in
stead of admitting raw sugar free OF
duty from the tropics for the benefit Of
the sugar refiners' trust.
Part two shows what has been done
in the cane-sugar industry up to the
present time, and this is a record of
which any country may Well be proud.
Part three presents the development
of the domestic beet-sugar industry
UP to the close of 1896 In part four
the increase in sugar beet culture and in
the manufacture of sugar therefrom.
during the past two years, presents an
array of facts that reads almost like a
fairy tale. Apparently it more than
confirms the authors claim that this
new industry has long passed the ex-
perimental stage, and is now pernla-
nently established as commercial sue
cess, profitable alike to farmer, la
borer and capitalist. A wonderful ar
ray of facts is given, including the
eleven years record of the sugar mill at
jacksonville, Cal, and many pictures
of a dozen or fifteen other large ana
successful beet-sugar factories in New
York, Michigan. Wisconsin, Illinois,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Utah, Oregon,
California and New Mexico.
The American Sugar Industry" is
indeed a revelation. 1t covers just the
points about this new and promising
business that everyone wants to know
about. To the farmer it is a reliable
guide upon all that pertains to the ag-
riculture of sugar crops. 1t illustrates
and describes the newest model sugar
mills, costing all the way from $3o0,000
to S3,0OG 900 each. 1t gives the results
of the latest experience in promoting
and operating sugar factories and
shows just how to establish the industry
in any given locality.
There is very little theory in this
book, but it is a straightforward state
ment of actual facts. The author is
justly enthusiastic over the fascination
afforded by this industry which COM
bines raising a. new crop with the man.
ufacturing of al universal necessity, and
the paying to the farmers, laborers and
investors interested in the factory of
the immense sums otherwise sent away
from the region tributary to the mill
to pay for imported sugar 1t COM
bines agriculture and manufactures,
high farming and good profits, en-
ployment of labor and retention of home
capital 1t is not surprising that the
brilliant success of existing factories
has led to a veritable boom and large
number of beet-sugar mills are now
being built or projected to work up the
1899 crop. One of these mills will alone
pay upward of S2,00O,OO0 each year
for the beets it consumes Many other
equally astonishing and interesting
facts are set forth with convincing
emphasis and proof.
SAVING WATER.
Petaluma Argus: The people of Kan
sas are situated much like those of
the San Joaquin Valley Occasionally
they have a big crop, some years very
little and in some districts nothing at
all in the dry years-eXcept where they
can irrigate the land. But Kansas is
solving the problem in a satisfactory
way Among the various schemes to
provide against the drouth, great ar
tificial lake has just been made, where
the surplus water from the Arkansas
River will be stored for use when
needed THIS reservoir Is fourteen
miles long and three wide 1t is built
on the bed on an ancient lake, and
besides enabling the farmers to raise
their crops it will afford a new pleas
ure to the land locked sons and daugh-
ters of that part of Kansas. The new
lake will furnish boating and fishing.
and hunters are already counting up
on the ducks they will bag in the near