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IN the years before the War, the exportable surplus of cotton from the United States was well over 4000 millions of pounds, or 8 millions of bales of 500 Ib. each. At the present time it is only about 4½ millions of bales (in very approximate figures), and there does not seem much possibility of any increase. This is due to various causes, chief among which may be mentioned (i) the ravages of the cotton-boll weevil, which hasnow, after thirty years have passed since its first invasion, spread over the whole cotton-growing region of the Southern States; and (2) the fact that the United States are every year consuming more and more cottonfor the supply of their own mills. The demand for cotton goods in America seems insatiable, and is one of the principal factors in bringing about the present unfortunate situation in the British cotton industry.
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The Development of Cotton-growing in the British Empire. Nature 112, 749–751 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112749a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/112749a0