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“King Cane”--Cuba’s Crop and the World’s Production--Natural Conditions Favorable to Sugar Culture--Extent of Lands Still Available--The “Savana” and “Cienaga” Lands--Assured Projects for Draining Great Swamps--Potential Increase of Sugar Production in Cuba--Methods of Planting, Culture and Harvesting--The Labor Problem--Improved Machinery--Something About the Principal Sugar Producing Concerns in Cuba and the Men Who Have Created Them and Are Directing Them--The Largest Sugar Company in the World--Cuba’s Assured Rank as the World’s Chief Sugar Plantation.