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have been very great. Had the Indian crop been of 

 normal size, the price of American cotton would un- 

 doubtedly have risen to record figures. As it is, the 

 cotton manufacturing industry of the whole world has 

 benefited. 



(2) Lancashire's secondary advantage is, that by 

 extending cotton cultivation in India by improved 

 methods, especially by seed selection, the ryot becomes 

 financially better off, the consequence being that he is 

 able to spend more money on his clothing, of which about 

 90 per cent, is supplied by Lancashire. 



