Jute is a vegetable fiber. even as cotton is a vegetable fiber. Every pound of jute is produced In India. On previous occasions I have pointed out to the Senate that the Indian coolies who produce jute receive from 8 to 12 cents a day for their toil. and yet every pound of jute which comes into this country competes with the cotton farmers and cotton is suspectible of use for any purpose to which jute may be put. Many have spoken critically of living conditions in the South. where the cotton farmer is compelled to compete with the coolie labor of India. Jute comes into this country prac-
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