northerns cotton造句

• Jeffers confesses he is in the plot in order to protect his shares in Northern cotton mills, which would be adversely affected by war.
• The screenplay concerns a wealthy northern cotton mill owner who retires to a southern seaside resort and tries to move amongst the upper-classes.
• The city became a focus for illicit trade in raw cotton, which was in great demand by northern cotton mills because of the Union blockade and the War Department, reported from Memphis that a " mania for illicit cotton had  corrupted and demoralized " Union Army officers.