Download or read book King Cotton in Trouble written by Ted Correll and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cotton, the most abundant of all world crops, since the dawn of history, has been the chief basic commodity of world trade and commerce. Shifts in its production have changed the political and economic fates of whole peoples. It is man’s most versatile friend in peace, and his most valuable ally in war. No one has ever cataloged the myriad uses of cotton, but more than a thousand are known, and it is estimated that 99% of the world’s population uses cotton in one form or other.