COTTON MERCHANTS
EFFORT TO SAVE INDIAN INDUSTRY. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Bombay, October 6. Cotton merchants have decided to save the Indian cotton industry from complete ruination by lifting the boycott against British firms, preventing further political interference by Congress politicians. The gesture is important,’ indicating that Bombay business men are at last tired of dictation by anti-British politicians. PICKETS HAMPER BUSINESS. (Rec. 7.20 p.m.) Calcutta, October 6. The European and Indian Bombay cotton trade decided that it would no longer submit to the Congress boycott and re-opened on Wednesday. Scores of Congress pickets surrounded the traders and hampered business, finally compelling the market to close. Several were arrested.
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Southland Times, Issue 21832, 8 October 1932, Page 5
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