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Impact of High Cotton Prices on British Industry and Labor
For British mill owners, the soaring price of raw cotton represented a significant increase in their operational costs. This economic pressure led to severe outcomes for the industry: some firms were forced to shut down and exit the market entirely. The high costs also contributed to a halving of cotton consumption, which resulted in mass unemployment for hundreds of thousands of mill workers.
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