"It is not too much to hope that, with the building of a branch railway to this region, European piece goods might be imported so as to undersell the native cloth. And the effect would be that not only would a larger supply of the raw material be obtained—for the cotton that is now spun into yarn in Berar would be exported—but also the large local population now employed in spinning and weaving would be made available for agricultural labor, and thus the jungle land might be broken up."Harry Rivett-Carnac, British cotton commissioner for Berar province, India, annual report, 1869QuestionRivett-Carnac's point of view is directly relevant in understanding all of the following features of the report EXCEPT

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