TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION: HAIL, THE KING! . 3 



SECTION I. KING COTTON: HIS REALM 

 AND HIS SUBJECTS 



CHAPTER I. History of Cotton: From Ancient India to 



Our Own Time . '".' . . .13 



CHAPTER II. Acreage and Production: Where the 



World's Supply is Grown . ... . .20 



CHAPTER III. Does Foreign Competition Threaten the 



South 's Supremacy ? . . . .27 



CHAPTER IV. The Men Who Make Cotton: Whites and 



Blacks; Planters and Tenants . . .35 



CHAPTER V. A 25,000,000 Bale Crop: Will the South 



Be Ready When the World Demands It ? . .42 



CHAPTER VI. Cotton: What It Means and Will Mean to 



the Southern States . . . .53 



CHAPTER VII. The Organization of Cotton Growers and 



What It May Accomplish . . . .58 



CHAPTER VIII. Stopping the Leaks in Cotton Profits . 68 



SECTION II. THE COTTON PLANT: HOW IT 

 GROWS AND IS GROWN 



CHAPTER IX. Structure and Botanical Relations . 77 



CHAPTER X. Varieties of Cotton and Their Classification 85 



