Syria: An Economic Survey 



Ked wine 594,000 gallons 



White wine 105,600 " 



Sweet wine 145,200 " 



Arrack 6,864 



Cognac 22,440 



Liqueurs 1,320 " 



Total 875,424 " 



Wine is also produced by the German colonists, by the 

 Jewish Agricultural school Mikveh Israel, by the Trappist 

 Monks in Latrun, and in the Lebanon. 



13. Wheat, Barley, Legumes, and Sesame. 



The success of the crops determines each year whether 

 these products are to be exported or imported. Sesame is 

 practically always exported. In 1910-1911, when the crops 

 were of average size, 194,836 pounds of wheat, 3,853,784 

 pounds of barley, etc., were exported. 



14. Wild plants. (See page 20.) 



15. Cattle, Butter, Wool, Hides, Eggs, etc. (See page 21.) 



III. Inland Trade. 



The inland trade of Syria consists in 



(1.) Supplying the consumer with domestic or imported 



wares ; 



(2.) Disposing of domestic products to the exporter. 



The inland trade of Syria plays a much smaller role than in 

 other countries, because the fellaheen produce their own require- 

 ments to a great extent. Their other needs are so inconsiderable 

 that a single storekeeper can supply several villages. In the cities 

 the inland trade is more considerable, although the urban popula- 

 tion secures part of its requirements from the fellaheen of the 

 neighborhood (especially vegetables, poultry, etc.), who come to 

 the cities on market days. The bazaars are grouped according to 

 trades. 



The most important branch of the inland trade consists in 

 supplying the cities and those parts of the country which are poor 

 in grain with grain, legumes, oil-producing plants, and cattle. 

 Large quantities of legumes are brought from Horns and Hama to 

 Aleppo, Tripoli, Beirut, and the Lebanon, from the Hauran to 

 Damascus and Haifa, from Trans j or dania to Haifa and Jerusalem ; 

 barley is brought from Horns and Hama to Aleppo, Tripoli, and 

 Beirut, and from Gaza and Beersheba to Jerusalem and Jaffa. 



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