Paris repeatedly pressured Dakar to boost cotton and raw-material production for the metropole

Evidence

Several circulars, in addition to the one discussed later, revealed the pressure on Dakar from Paris for cotton in particular and raw materials in general. For example, the Ministry demanded in 1924 that a yearly map be drawn and sent indicating cotton production per circle. … In October of that year, the minister again made it clear that he wanted more results in every domain; the words “concrete results” were even underlined. … In December, the Ministry recommended that a policy of “agricultural specialization by region” be introduced in West Africa as part of the ongoing effort to supply the metropole with raw materials and provisions. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 1391

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to how the metropole treated colonies as extractive supply sources, echoing the surplus-extraction logic of monopoly capitalism noted in The Frankfurt School reading.
• QUESTION: How did the coerced cotton regime intersect with the broader forced labor system across French West Africa?