It's A Big Success

The report of the secvetary of agriculture is unusually inportant this year because of the efforts Secretary Wilson has been making to increase j the exports of agricultural producía and still further sUmulate the cultivati on of sugar beets. He has a firm conviction that the people of the United States can provide their own sugar, without beinff dependent upon Cuba 01 any foreign country for their supplies. The production of cane sugar must al■svays be limited, but the capacitv ol the United States for the production of beet sugar is practically unlimited; and with the object of ascertaining the most favorable localities for its growth Secretary Wilson distributed seven tons of imported sugar-beet seeds among 28,000 farmers in 27 states. The returns have been far beyond his mosl sang-uine expectations, and to his gratification the most favorable results have been obtained from those sectiona of the United States where new industries were demanded for the farmei and where the manufacture of beets into sugar can be accomplished with the greatest economy as to labor and transportation.