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the physical and intellectual power that have been influential 

 in the progress of this country. The important points of 

 study concerning the Central states are settlement, agricul- 

 ture, mineral products, the lake cities, the river cities, Chi- 

 cago. The great variance in physiography and climatic con- 

 ditions in the different sections of the Western states requires 

 that they be treated separately. The Great Basin of Utah 

 and Nevada is different in every way from the productive 

 Pacific slope. The points to be emphasized are physiography 

 and climate, agriculture, irrigation, mining, scenery, and San 

 Francisco, a typical Pacific coast city. A short time is spent 

 on the territories and dependencies of the United States, 

 Alaska, Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaiian Islands, Philippines. 



The study of British American possessions gives oppor- 

 tunity for reviewing adjoining sections of the United States 



because of the similarity in conditions, in- 

 Countries dustries and products along the boundaries. 



The points to be established are differences 

 in people and government, lumbering, fishing, rapid develop- 

 ment of the Northwest, transference of people, immigra- 

 tion of farmers from the United States into the Northwest, 

 and settlements of Canadians in our own country. Mexico 

 is the basis of the study of the countries to the south, and for 

 a comparison with our own social, physical, and industrial 

 conditions. The intermixing of races has brought about a 

 social and an industrial deterioration. The laboring classes 

 among the present inhabitants are ordinarily ignorant and 

 indolent, adhering to the crude methods of life practiced by 

 their ancestors. The great mineral wealth and the rich agri- 

 cultural opportunities have caused an influx of Americans 

 into Mexico and Central America, attracted by the chances 



