It is the most fertile soil in the world. Those lands will be subjected to the cultivation of sugar. in my opinion. under this provision. I see no reason why the present production of 500.000.000 pounds. enough to supply the people west of the Missouri River. shall not be increased to two or three billion pounds. and that with Asiatic labor at $12 a month. They can produce sugar for less than a cent and a half a pound. and I venture to say you can not produce it in Louisiana for less than 3j cents a pound. They raise in Louisiana a ton and a half to the acre. as against 4 tons in these marvelously rich islands.