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H.B. Ollerensen
Stock Exchange
Shanghai
He told me that the land
was all owned individually
by the farmers or peasants,
all being small owners and
that they assisted their
neighbors in harvesting.
There is no squeeze here
by landlords; apparently
American cotton of
better quality has been
planted at Shanghai
but it does not grow
well here thus been
abandoned. Other
varieties might however
do better.