. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. THE EBB AND FLOW OF COTTON PRICES. The drawing shows in fashion the fluctuations in prices-highest andlowest—of spot cotton for each year since »»»»i«. Mill I Mill/ I > •? . RNbsbbi•MUM! :j -a 3^ COTTON 261 given, and the price we will say is now twelve how will this advance in price affect that re-ceived for the usual crop ? It will cause it to ad-vance also and meet the new scale in price. It may happen that there are men enough andequipment sufficient to produce not only the n
. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. THE EBB AND FLOW OF COTTON PRICES. The drawing shows in fashion the fluctuations in prices-highest andlowest—of spot cotton for each year since »»»»i«. Mill I Mill/ I > •? . RNbsbbi•MUM! :j -a 3^ COTTON 261 given, and the price we will say is now twelve how will this advance in price affect that re-ceived for the usual crop ? It will cause it to ad-vance also and meet the new scale in price. It may happen that there are men enough andequipment sufficient to produce not only the nor-mal quantity but enough to handle additional acresas well. When the call comes for more cotton itmay not be met, since all lands that pay at the ten-cent rate are growing it already. What intensity of the demand will control. If itis insisted upon, the grower will supply it throughheavier applications of fertilizers and throughincreased acreage. But at what price shall hesell He may sell it at the same price as hehas heretofore been selling. But if that grown ongood soil in previous years was produced and soldfor ten cents per pound, which in every sense was areasonable rate, then if he now sells this incre
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