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Cotton acreage cut plan urged by Autrep B. Searr
A letter from New York cotton broker Autrep B. Searr to W. D. Norfolk Va outlines a practical plan to combat falling cotton prices. He urges Southern farmers to form ten per cent reduction clubs, switch acreage to corn, and coordinate with merchants to support reduced cotton production for next season.
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B. Shepper
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W. D
Norfolk
Bors Tree & Co
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Mes
Gi. Rountree
Cotton Exchange
New York
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Dean
Liverpol
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India
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Autrep B. Saerr