﻿THE 
  GEOGRAPHY 
  OF 
  OUR 
  FOREIGN 
  TRADE 
  

  

  where: 
  they 
  keep 
  the 
  pig 
  in 
  the 
  pareor 
  

  

  The 
  United 
  States 
  handles 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  world's 
  pork 
  exports, 
  and 
  all 
  over 
  

   the 
  world 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  pigs 
  to 
  people 
  is 
  decreasing. 
  Among 
  European 
  peasants, 
  as 
  among 
  

   the 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Malays, 
  no 
  other 
  animal 
  is 
  more 
  highly 
  prized 
  or 
  so 
  carefully 
  nurtured. 
  

  

  makes 
  of 
  its 
  resources 
  and 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  

   which 
  it 
  buys 
  and 
  sells 
  overseas. 
  

  

  The 
  picturesque 
  nomad 
  of 
  Arabia 
  or 
  

   Turkestan, 
  though 
  he 
  contributes 
  occa- 
  

   sional 
  wool 
  and 
  hides 
  to 
  the 
  world's 
  

   trade, 
  is 
  not 
  really 
  worth 
  his 
  space 
  on 
  the 
  

   map, 
  judged 
  by 
  modern 
  economic 
  stand- 
  

   ards. 
  So, 
  gradually, 
  in 
  Egypt, 
  Mesopo- 
  

   tamia, 
  and 
  western 
  Siberia, 
  irrigation, 
  rail- 
  

   ways, 
  and 
  the 
  stubborn 
  tide 
  of 
  immigrant 
  

   farmers 
  are 
  forcing 
  the 
  nomad 
  to 
  aban- 
  

   don 
  his 
  roving 
  life 
  and 
  go 
  to 
  work 
  or 
  go 
  

   the 
  way 
  of 
  Lo, 
  our 
  poor 
  Indian. 
  

  

  MIRACLES 
  OP 
  CHANGE 
  WROUGHT 
  IN 
  THE 
  

   NEAR 
  EAST 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Levant 
  the 
  geographical 
  conse- 
  

   quences 
  of 
  war 
  have 
  affected 
  the 
  trade 
  

   of 
  the 
  world 
  to 
  a 
  striking 
  degree. 
  Bound- 
  

   ary 
  lines 
  have 
  twisted, 
  caliphs 
  have 
  gone 
  

   down 
  and 
  kings 
  come 
  up. 
  Over 
  all 
  is 
  the 
  

   shadow 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  Bagdad 
  Railway 
  

   and 
  the 
  odor 
  of 
  oil. 
  

  

  Persia, 
  fighting 
  bankruptcy 
  for 
  400 
  

   years, 
  is 
  suddenly 
  galvanized 
  into 
  new 
  

   life 
  by 
  the 
  Anglo-Persian 
  Oil 
  Company's 
  

   great 
  works 
  on 
  the 
  Karun. 
  

  

  A 
  whole 
  world 
  watches 
  the 
  mandate 
  

   experiments 
  in 
  Mesopotamia 
  and 
  Syria, 
  

   speculates 
  on 
  the 
  problems 
  of 
  Palestine 
  

   and 
  its 
  Jewish 
  home, 
  and 
  follows 
  with 
  

   interest 
  the 
  struggles 
  of 
  Armenia 
  and 
  

   Georgia 
  toward 
  democracy. 
  

  

  Old 
  caravan 
  trails, 
  blazed 
  long 
  ago 
  by 
  

   Hittites, 
  Medes, 
  and 
  Persians, 
  are 
  being 
  

   abandoned 
  as 
  new 
  governments, 
  new 
  

   borders, 
  and 
  new 
  railways 
  bring 
  new 
  

   channels 
  of 
  traffic 
  and 
  sweeping 
  changes 
  

   in 
  the 
  trade 
  geography 
  of 
  this 
  old 
  Bible 
  

   land. 
  

  

  Obscure, 
  squalid, 
  and 
  once 
  little-known 
  

   ports 
  are 
  busy 
  with 
  new 
  life. 
  England 
  

   is 
  spending 
  millions 
  at 
  the 
  Palestine 
  port 
  

   of 
  Haifa. 
  Basra, 
  old 
  haunt 
  of 
  Sinbad 
  

   the 
  Sailor, 
  becomes 
  again, 
  after 
  ages 
  of 
  

   neglect, 
  the 
  great 
  port 
  of 
  the 
  Persian 
  Gulf. 
  

  

  