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Cotton Nation on the Rise and the South’s Plight
The piece argues that cotton rules global markets and U S power, while southern cotton growers remain poor tenant farmers. It laments industrial dependence on cotton, warns against export restrictions, notes foreign competition, and predicts a new cotton era powered by wealth and policy, with America as world leader.
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