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Yucatan sisal and the green gold of Yucatan
The piece surveys Yucatan’s sisal industry, its role as the region’s main export and economic engine, and the rise of monopoly power via the Regulating Committee and American financiers. It notes rising binder twine prices in the United States and asks why US farmers pay more for sisal fiber and twine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Washington
U. S
Mexico
Yucatan
Isthmian America
Caribbean
California
United States
Senate
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Ransdell
Louisiana
Grenna
Great Wheat
North Dakota
Wadsworth
Imperial New York
Merida
Paris
Europe
Venustiano Carranza
Alvarado
New York
New Orleans
Victor A. Rendon
Pan-American Commission Corporation
Sisal
Americam
Frank 8Ees
N ‘Dakota
An- American Commission Corporation