﻿THE 
  GEOGRAPHY 
  OF 
  OUR 
  FOREIGN 
  TRADE 
  

  

  101 
  

  

  A 
  STREET 
  SCENE 
  IN 
  SMYRNA, 
  WESTERN 
  TERMINUS 
  OE 
  THE 
  ANCIENT 
  CARAVAN 
  TRAIES 
  

   FROM 
  ASIA 
  TO 
  THE 
  MEDITERRANEAN 
  

  

  Bagdad, 
  asleep 
  for 
  a 
  thousand 
  years, 
  

   now 
  has 
  telephones, 
  "movies," 
  "flivvers" 
  

   and 
  electric 
  fans, 
  new 
  railways 
  in 
  three 
  

   directions, 
  and 
  airplane 
  nights 
  to 
  Mosul 
  

   and 
  Teheran. 
  Yet 
  when 
  I 
  lived 
  there. 
  

   ten 
  short 
  years 
  ago, 
  we 
  were 
  often 
  shut 
  

   off 
  from 
  civilization 
  for 
  weeks 
  by 
  Arab 
  

   wars. 
  Bedouins, 
  carrying 
  their 
  spears, 
  

   rode 
  through 
  the 
  streets 
  on 
  camels, 
  and 
  

   at 
  night 
  a 
  nervous 
  Pasha 
  closed 
  the 
  great 
  

   gates 
  of 
  the 
  walled 
  city 
  to 
  shut 
  out 
  

   marauders 
  from 
  the 
  desert. 
  

  

  WHAT 
  AMERICA 
  GIVES 
  AND 
  WHAT 
  SHE 
  

   RECEIVES 
  

  

  Look 
  at 
  our 
  steamship 
  lines 
  as 
  marked 
  

   on 
  a 
  map 
  and 
  see 
  how 
  foods, 
  clothing, 
  

   machinery, 
  manufactures, 
  and 
  raw 
  ma- 
  

   terials 
  flow 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  world 
  and 
  

   around 
  it. 
  like 
  the 
  currents 
  of 
  air 
  and 
  

   water. 
  

  

  Our 
  own 
  trade 
  routes 
  run 
  everywhere, 
  

   but 
  the 
  heaviest 
  lines 
  go 
  to 
  Europe 
  and 
  

   the 
  other 
  Americas 
  ; 
  then 
  to 
  Asia, 
  Ocean- 
  

   ica, 
  and 
  Africa. 
  

  

  More 
  than 
  half 
  our 
  imports 
  are 
  in 
  

   crude 
  or 
  partly 
  manufactured 
  form 
  ; 
  food 
  

   makes 
  up 
  less 
  than 
  one- 
  fourth. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  break-up 
  of 
  the 
  cattle 
  ranges 
  

   in 
  our 
  own 
  West, 
  we 
  depend 
  more 
  and 
  

   more 
  on 
  Mexico 
  and 
  South 
  America 
  for 
  

   beef. 
  But 
  even 
  these 
  great 
  cow 
  countries 
  

   cannot 
  feed 
  the 
  whole 
  hungry 
  world 
  in- 
  

   definitely, 
  and 
  many 
  cowmen 
  say 
  the 
  day 
  

   is 
  coming 
  when 
  the 
  vast 
  grassy 
  plains 
  of 
  

   Mongolia 
  and 
  eastern 
  Russia, 
  now 
  so 
  

   scantly 
  utilized, 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  grazing 
  

   grounds 
  for 
  additional 
  millions 
  of 
  sheep, 
  

   cattle, 
  and 
  goats, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  Mongols, 
  

   the 
  Kirghiz, 
  and 
  the 
  Turkomans 
  may 
  be- 
  

   come 
  the 
  future 
  cattle 
  kings 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  

   with 
  packing 
  plants 
  from 
  Urga 
  to 
  Samar- 
  

   kand. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  hot 
  lands 
  come 
  raw 
  materials 
  

   like 
  Philippine 
  hemp, 
  Indian 
  jute. 
  Mex- 
  

   ican 
  sisal, 
  Brazilian 
  and 
  African 
  rubber. 
  

   From 
  South 
  America 
  and 
  Asia 
  we 
  get 
  

   hides, 
  skins, 
  and 
  bristles, 
  while 
  wool 
  

   comes 
  from 
  Argentina 
  and 
  Europe. 
  

  

  Our 
  trade 
  current 
  from 
  the 
  tropics 
  has 
  

   grown 
  vastly 
  in 
  recent 
  years 
  ; 
  so 
  has 
  our 
  

   exchange 
  of 
  goods 
  with 
  Asia 
  and 
  the 
  

   East 
  Indies, 
  where 
  we 
  trade 
  machinery, 
  

   drugs, 
  flour, 
  and 
  manufactures 
  for 
  silk, 
  

   fibers, 
  hides, 
  coffee, 
  tea, 
  and 
  rice. 
  

  

  Borne 
  bv 
  these 
  same 
  currents, 
  the 
  Van- 
  

  

  