. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... LOADING LUMBER AT STAMPS 38 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. COTTON riELD, NEAR MCKAMIK COTTON The cotton crop of the United States last year was secondin value only to that of corn and constituted about 80 percent, of the worlds commercial supply. Various attemptshave been made to wrest from this country its supremacy,but such attempts have met with either failure or onlypartial success. The South continues to control what isprobably the most complete monopoly ever existing in theagricultural world. Since 18
. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... LOADING LUMBER AT STAMPS 38 LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY. COTTON riELD, NEAR MCKAMIK COTTON The cotton crop of the United States last year was secondin value only to that of corn and constituted about 80 percent, of the worlds commercial supply. Various attemptshave been made to wrest from this country its supremacy,but such attempts have met with either failure or onlypartial success. The South continues to control what isprobably the most complete monopoly ever existing in theagricultural world. Since 1880 the acreage devoted to cotton in this countryhas more than doubled, while that of corn has increasedonly 50 per cent, and that of wheat 30 per cent. Con-sumption has advanced more rapidly than production, how-ever, and the resources of the growers are taxed to meetthe ever-increasing demands. The States of Arkansas and Louisiana are well adapted LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 39
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