FDR: “It is probably true that ninety percent of the cotton manufacturers…”

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It is probably true that ninety percent of the cotton manufacturers would agree to eliminate starvation wages, would agree to stop long hours of employment, would agree to stop child labor, would agree to prevent an overproduction that would result in unsalable surpluses.

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Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt highlights the consensus among cotton manufacturers to improve labor conditions.

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