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Show A New.Crop. ,H The primary aim of tho McKinloy iH administration, ii'lie liaf himself an- - nounied t, is to Wtqre to the artisan' , and operative hisjot job, says ColljcrH. Weekly. It is possible, however, that H this may no', sulHcc The American. H farmers, alio, need udief) and thyy un doubtedly constituted part oi the elec- H torate so large antjso .Widely distributed H that, ehould they ever vule together i H they could cnsily tleoUk a national con- H test. For many yctra they have' been - H suffering fiom an inability to make end .H meCt; even wht:uyJ)$rvins , have Beeukt.v H good they have seen the mortgages oil H their farms foi eclosed, owing to the low H prices of food staples. I' is extremely H questionable VlietlR-r under the exist- H ing monetary regime higher prices will H be secured fur w heat and niai.e during H any extended pciiod than have been, H obtained upon an average dining tho H last twelvemonth- In such a prediea- jH meut where shall the American farmer H seek a temedy? Manifestly, in somo H new crop, which shall answer'' a great H national demand hithei to satislied by H national importation It should be a H ciop on which ho could count with rca- H suitable certainty every year, and it H should be a crop so lucrative, command- H ing a price bo considerable and so steady H that he could rely on it to make a suro H and itriportunt addition to hiscash in- H come. Where are we to loo'lrfor such a M crop? In the judgment of the United J StattH Departnieutof Agriculture, which H has iust completed a series of exluuia- H tiyo reaearchotr6n,ttriiC uuhject, wo M should look for it. hi tie . sugar beet, M which has uheudy ousted ttiu sugar ' M cane from tho European market, and M for the production of which tho United fl States arc peculiarly adapted.- 1 M There is no doubt that the lUuited StalCa Liovernnieuioughttd.unile.itako H a larGescalet"inilfiH'mfih'ieedf,v evly f. .1 farmer in tho beet belt who will1 pledge H himself to plane it. One million of acres H planted wilh beeta would yield under , intensive culture, a quantity of sugar H sufficient, with the Loiumum product, H for domestic consumption. Kowlipro M in the United States is theio iu sight a l moro piomising prospect for agricultu- H ral development than in the production H of the sugar bent, and the' President , in H whoso administration Huch a valuable H ulditiou to our farm staples shall bo 'M made will deservo well of his country. H |