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Show COTTON POLICY By GEORGE M. MASSET Of Manchester Ship Canal Company. WHILE the American cotton farmer or planter has benefited bene-fited by the generous loans made on cotton and the turning over of every ev-ery fourth row, it Is obvious that there is 25 per cent less labor In the cotton fields, which means 25 per cent of cotton cot-ton labor put on the unemployment allowances, al-lowances, 25 per cent less ginning operations op-erations and the same losses in cotton to be carried by railroads and motor trucks, In cottonseed oil and oil cake, and, of extreme Importance, a serious reduction In the amount of export cotton cot-ton to be carried by American ships from the Gulf and south Atlantic ports to England, ships that depended to a large extent upon cotton as the most Important element of their cargo. |