﻿THE 
  GEOGRAPHY 
  OF 
  OUR 
  FOREIGN 
  TRADE 
  

  

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  IN 
  THE 
  POPULAR 
  MIND, 
  HUNGARY 
  IS 
  THE 
  HOME 
  OE 
  RHAPSODIES 
  AND 
  GOULASH 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  wonderful 
  storehouse 
  of 
  foods, 
  in 
  normal 
  times. 
  Its 
  thrifty 
  folk 
  grow 
  and 
  export 
  

  

  fruits, 
  vegetables, 
  grains, 
  and 
  meats. 
  

  

  kee 
  type 
  of 
  culture 
  is 
  carried 
  to 
  all 
  quar- 
  

   ters 
  of 
  the 
  globe. 
  

  

  Riding 
  a 
  mule 
  along 
  the 
  Chinese 
  wall, 
  

   I 
  once 
  came 
  suddenly 
  on 
  a 
  battered 
  tin 
  

   sign 
  which 
  some 
  wag 
  had 
  nailed 
  to 
  that 
  

   old 
  Tatar 
  barrier. 
  It 
  spoke 
  of 
  a 
  town 
  

   far 
  back 
  in 
  America, 
  a 
  pleasant 
  place 
  by 
  

   Lake 
  Michigan 
  famous 
  long 
  ago 
  for 
  a 
  

   fluid 
  our 
  fathers 
  fancied. 
  Even 
  the 
  

   ubiquitous 
  Yankee 
  trade-mark 
  breathes 
  a 
  

   geographic 
  psychology 
  all 
  its 
  own. 
  From 
  

   the 
  mud 
  walls 
  of 
  Bombay 
  to 
  the 
  bill- 
  

   boards 
  of 
  Brussels, 
  our 
  familiar 
  adver- 
  

   tising 
  words 
  and 
  pictures, 
  advance 
  agents 
  

   of 
  foreign 
  trade, 
  cry 
  a 
  rude 
  Yankee 
  wel- 
  

   come 
  to 
  the 
  wandering 
  American. 
  

  

  Get 
  off 
  your 
  steamer 
  at 
  any 
  busy 
  over- 
  

   seas 
  port 
  and 
  these 
  American 
  signs 
  boldly 
  

   greet 
  you, 
  inviting 
  vou 
  to 
  eat 
  something 
  

   "Made 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  A.," 
  or 
  drink 
  it, 
  or 
  

   rub 
  it 
  in 
  your 
  hair. 
  Esthetic 
  souls 
  may 
  

   shudder, 
  but 
  to 
  me 
  there 
  is 
  something 
  

   friendly, 
  neighborly, 
  in 
  these 
  familiar 
  

   signs 
  and 
  phrases 
  ; 
  they 
  hint 
  at 
  old 
  times 
  

   and 
  places, 
  they 
  suggest 
  home. 
  

  

  Our 
  consuls 
  say 
  the 
  theft 
  of 
  these 
  

   Yankee 
  trade-marks 
  is 
  a 
  piracy 
  carried 
  

   to 
  amazing 
  lengths. 
  The 
  official 
  bulletin 
  

   of 
  a 
  certain 
  government 
  recently 
  showed 
  

   that 
  in 
  one 
  month 
  a 
  local 
  pirate 
  had 
  reg- 
  

   istered 
  50 
  American 
  trade-marks, 
  for 
  the 
  

  

  evident 
  purpose 
  of 
  exacting 
  blackmail 
  

   from 
  the 
  rightful 
  owners 
  when 
  ready 
  to 
  

   enter 
  that 
  field. 
  

  

  RIVERS 
  AS 
  TRADE 
  EEEDERS 
  

  

  In 
  world 
  trade, 
  coast 
  cities 
  grow 
  great- 
  

   est 
  when 
  built 
  on 
  harbors 
  that 
  connect 
  by 
  

   rail 
  or 
  river 
  with 
  inland 
  regions 
  of 
  dense 
  

   population 
  and 
  large 
  production. 
  

  

  The 
  sea 
  made 
  New 
  York 
  great 
  and 
  

   brought 
  wealth 
  to 
  Baltimore 
  and 
  New 
  

   Orleans. 
  Hamburg, 
  as 
  a 
  trade-feeder, 
  

   serves 
  inland 
  Europe 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  

   Vienna 
  and 
  Prague. 
  Rotterdam, 
  "the 
  

   city 
  of 
  herrings," 
  waxes 
  fat 
  on 
  the 
  Rhine. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  wonderful 
  development 
  of 
  

   this 
  same 
  Rhine 
  we 
  Americans, 
  stagger- 
  

   ing 
  under 
  high 
  freights 
  and 
  congested 
  

   railways, 
  can 
  learn 
  a 
  great 
  lesson 
  on 
  

   "How 
  to 
  use 
  rivers." 
  

  

  Navigable 
  for 
  500 
  miles, 
  the 
  Rhine 
  

   boasts 
  more 
  than 
  20,000 
  steamers, 
  tugs, 
  

   and 
  barges 
  — 
  over 
  5,000,000 
  tons 
  of 
  ship- 
  

   ping 
  all 
  crowded 
  upon 
  one 
  swift, 
  shallow 
  

   stream. 
  Competing 
  railways 
  cross 
  it 
  and 
  

   run 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  both 
  its 
  winding, 
  busy 
  

   banks. 
  Yet 
  these 
  flat-bottom 
  Rhine 
  side- 
  

   wheelers 
  are 
  busy 
  the 
  year 
  round, 
  towing 
  

   their 
  long 
  trains 
  of 
  laden 
  barges 
  from 
  

   Rotterdam 
  to 
  Cologne, 
  to 
  Coblenz, 
  Mainz. 
  

   Mannheim, 
  and 
  even 
  into 
  Switzerland, 
  as 
  

  

  