AMERICAN COTTON
CURTAILMENT OF PURCHASES BY BRITAIN. CONSERVING FOREIGN EXCHANGE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. MONTREAL. March 24. The British authorities have informed the Department of Agriculture that the United Kingdom expects to curtail its purchases of American cotton in order to conserve foreign exchange. The department forecast difficulty in disposing of this year’s crop abroad and predicted that the Government would again be asked to advance large loans to the growers on their unmarketable surpluses.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 March 1940, Page 5
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74AMERICAN COTTON Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 March 1940, Page 5
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