I see it as, they used hemp because they couldn't grow cotton or wool well on sea fairing islands. Then, when America happened and they could grow cotton like the former weed called hemp, they figured it was just cheaper to go with the cotton.
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Hemp made excellent cordage. The government paid farmers to grow it for the war effort.
Yeah, the article I posted or another one said that there was a requirement for farmers to grow it.
I didn't know that there was a requirement. Money would have been sufficient inducement I'd have thought.