Excerpt from The History of the Cotton Famine: From the Fall of Sumter to the Passing of the Public Works Act I am confident that the restoration of this ma nufacture is not far distant. Nor can I see any rea son to suppose that the great increase of working power which has been added during the years of Famine, is larger than the world's demand will furnish with employment. That this extension is calculated to depreciate manufacturing profits, there can be little doubt and I apprehend that no one, well acquainted with the district, has failed to perceive that unless in vention makes rapid advance, the manufacture will be crippled for want of labour. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.