Show THE omaha bee has abo following about the sugar industry in order to appreciate the great im of the dupar industry it is to state that durine the aca r ending june 30 1890 he imports im porta ioa or into the United estates amounted to pounds valued 11 such facts furnish an unanswerable argument in favor of li leral encouragement by the government f the production of sugar at beat until the experiment shall be given a thorough trial and the fact demonstrated whether or not it is possible for this country to largely or wholly supply the of its people if this can be attained and there is jan intelligent that it can be the sugar industry will in time reach proportions exceeded by few others when results to producers and are will furnish an added source of prosperity to the agricultural interest of immense value our people would then he independent of the rest of the world for one of their greatest necessities a vast sum of money now annually sent abroad would be kept at bome and sugar would bo materially cheapened to the consumer with a production equal to our wants there would be no danger of combinations bi to control the markets mani jestly the promise of no other industry makes a stronger claim to government encouragement |