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Show i i Prosperity in Dixie's Land. i With cotton up to the 1.1 cents a pound mark, it would seem to be a good time for the south to in-j- crease its acreage of that X'roduet to figures beyond i any vet known. While much of the advance i, due ! i the gamblers, some of ir is legitimate. Uemaiid ' i beginning to get ahead of supply. The American mills will consume mre and more coit.on, while : ihe foreign demand will keep on growing. Such t attempts as England, Germany and other eouii-j eouii-j tries have been making in the pat score of years io raise cotton in Asia and Africa have not thus ! far bet. n very successful. The Fniled States, for many years to come, will have to supply thrce-fourlhs thrce-fourlhs of the world's needs in that direction. Cotton Cot-ton raiding, even if the price goes far below the present quotation, ought to be a pretty profitable occupation for the south. . ... ... |