In terms of the cotton-boom from the 1860s onward, the editor of which newspaper asked in 1861, "What can prevent India from supplanting the Slave States (of U.S.A.) as the feeder of Lancashire?".

Bombay Gazette

The correct answer is Option (2) → Bombay Gazette

The editor of the Bombay Gazette had asked in 1861, “What can prevent India from supplanting the Slave States (of U.S.A.) as the feeder of Lancashire?”