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Show - . mm - HOW SULLY'S FALL AFFECTED TEXANS There is great lamentation in Texas over the failure of Sully, the cotton king, says J. W. Herwig, a well-known Indianapolis commercial man, who has been traveling through that State. 7 The price of cotton had been sent up to' 15 and 16 cents a pound from the - normal figure of S and 6 cents, thanks to Sully's manipulations of the market ' and Texas growers were waxing rich from their sales when the crash came. Many growers and speculators werfe taking advantage of the high prices to hold back their supply, and thepe were the ones who chiefly felt the pinch of the falling values. Cotton is now back to normal, and many speculators through that country have gained some high-priced experience In the speculation specula-tion game. |