Why is it important to the southern planters to have a machine that could remove seeds from short-staple cotton

It frees up more time so they can do other tasks
its also a cash crop. the more they have and the faster they have it the more money they can receive

So they can produce and sell cotton faster, 

The question of what caused the full effects of the radical stage, also called the second french revolution by some historians, which shook the political and social reforms in france have caught the attention of many scholars, particularly because of principles implemented during this stage which is contradictory to the fundamental principle of the french revolution itself, by using dictatorship to create equality.

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