other countries, also, progress is being made. There-fore, it would appear that in time the less enterprisingpeople of the World learn American methods and thenapply them where fairly favorable conditions and cheaplabor can be found. The ante-bellum planter, with slave labor, did a won-derful work… … I VALUES IN COTTON. 15 The post-bellum farmer has done equally well if notbetter in forging ahead in the production of larger quanti-ties, as the worlds demand increased, and at prices suf-ficiently lower to fairly well preserve the monopoly. Many factors have entered into the economies fromyear to…
Cotton manufacture
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