Syria: An Economic Survey 



Spinning and weaving of wool and cotton as well as tanning come 

 under this head. 



(7.) The absence of coal makes it imperative to utilize to the 

 utmost the motive force of the rivers. The falls of the Yarmuk 

 and the Jabbok, the rapid flow of the Jordan and the Aivjeh, etc., 

 can be used to provide electricity for the working of pumps, rail- 

 ways, etc. It seems that the Hejaz Railway Co. has worked out a 

 scheme for utilizing the falls of the Yarmuk to run the Dera'a- 

 Damascus, the Dera'a-Afuleh-Jerusalem, etc., lines, to provide 

 lighting plants for a number of cities, etc. 



(8.) If hotels and railways are improved tourists can be 

 brought into the county in great numbers and become a consider- 

 able source of income for Syria and especially for Palestine. 



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