﻿THE 
  GEOGRAPHY 
  OF 
  OUR 
  FOREIGN 
  TRADE 
  

  

  105 
  

  

  KIRGHIZ 
  NOMAD 
  CHILDREN 
  

  

  Many 
  European 
  economists 
  say 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  world 
  quiets 
  down 
  again 
  a 
  great 
  tide 
  of 
  

   emigration 
  will 
  probably 
  flow 
  from 
  central 
  and 
  western 
  Europe 
  to 
  the 
  vast 
  pastoral 
  regions 
  

   of 
  southern 
  Russia 
  and 
  Transcaucasia. 
  Here, 
  in 
  this 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  it 
  is 
  predicted 
  a 
  

   great 
  cattle 
  and 
  sheep 
  industry 
  will 
  one 
  day 
  develop, 
  and 
  that 
  this 
  region, 
  coupled 
  with 
  

   Siberia 
  and 
  Mongolia, 
  may 
  become 
  man's 
  chief 
  source 
  of 
  supply 
  of 
  meat-producing 
  animals. 
  

  

  well 
  as 
  feeding 
  the 
  network 
  of 
  canals 
  

   that 
  ties 
  into 
  this 
  great 
  waterway. 
  

  

  If 
  we 
  could 
  get 
  steamboat 
  trade 
  started 
  

   again 
  on 
  the 
  Missouri, 
  for 
  example, 
  as 
  in 
  

   those 
  glad, 
  wild 
  days 
  when 
  troop-carrying, 
  

   Sioux-fighting 
  stern-wheelers 
  beat 
  up 
  the 
  

   Big 
  Muddy 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  old 
  Fort 
  Benton, 
  

   think 
  of 
  the 
  benefit 
  accruing 
  to 
  the 
  Kansas 
  

   City 
  grain 
  exporter 
  — 
  a 
  cheap, 
  all-water 
  

   haul, 
  merely 
  one 
  reloading 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  

   barge 
  at 
  New 
  Orleans 
  to 
  the 
  ocean- 
  

   going 
  freighter. 
  

  

  Such 
  a 
  combined 
  river-sea 
  freight 
  serv- 
  

   ice, 
  with 
  through 
  rates 
  from 
  Rhine 
  cities 
  

   to 
  oversea 
  ports, 
  was 
  maintained 
  by 
  the 
  

   Germans 
  before 
  the 
  war. 
  No 
  wonder 
  

   the 
  Mannheim 
  manufacturer 
  could 
  sell 
  

   cheaply 
  in 
  Bombay 
  or 
  Buenos 
  Aires. 
  This 
  

   same 
  inland 
  waterway 
  transport 
  made 
  it 
  

   cheaper 
  for 
  Berlin 
  to 
  import 
  hard 
  coal 
  

   from 
  overseas 
  than 
  to 
  burn 
  native 
  coal 
  

   shipped 
  by 
  rail 
  from 
  southeast 
  Germany, 
  

   a 
  few 
  hours 
  distant. 
  

  

  No 
  country 
  affords 
  a 
  more 
  striking 
  ex- 
  

   ample 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  inland 
  waterways 
  

  

  in 
  building 
  up 
  foreign 
  trade 
  than 
  does 
  

   Germany. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  sources 
  of 
  

   her 
  economic 
  strength 
  was 
  her 
  incom- 
  

   parable 
  system 
  of 
  navigable 
  rivers 
  and 
  

   canals, 
  her 
  improved 
  ports 
  and 
  harbors, 
  

   and 
  her 
  amazingly 
  efficient 
  cranes, 
  der- 
  

   ricks, 
  and 
  other 
  mechanical 
  aids 
  for 
  load- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  unloading 
  ships. 
  

  

  THE 
  ROLE 
  PLAYED 
  BY 
  THE 
  BOUNDARY 
  LINE 
  

  

  Man-made 
  laws, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  winds 
  and 
  

   tides, 
  have 
  their 
  effect 
  on 
  shipping. 
  Sugar, 
  

   tobacco, 
  and 
  hemp, 
  pearls, 
  perfumery, 
  and 
  

   coconuts 
  move 
  freely 
  from 
  Manila 
  to 
  

   America 
  because 
  we 
  enjoy 
  mutual 
  free 
  

   trade. 
  Toronto 
  trades 
  easily 
  with 
  Trini- 
  

   dad, 
  but 
  the 
  firm 
  in 
  Providence 
  that 
  makes 
  

   rifles 
  cannot 
  ship 
  to 
  Mexico 
  when 
  an 
  em- 
  

   bargo 
  happens 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  ; 
  nor 
  can 
  a 
  dye- 
  

   maker 
  in 
  Mannheim 
  sell 
  his 
  colors 
  to 
  a 
  

   Shanghai 
  weaver 
  without 
  a 
  government 
  

   permit. 
  Today 
  you 
  cannot 
  take 
  a 
  souvenir 
  

   tea-cup 
  out 
  of 
  Germany 
  without 
  an 
  

   erlaubnis 
  any 
  more 
  than 
  you 
  can 
  ship 
  

  

  