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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  © 
  Underwood 
  & 
  Underwood 
  

  

  DOCK 
  WORKERS, 
  WITH 
  THEIR 
  PECULIAR 
  WHEELBARROWS, 
  AT 
  SHANGHAI 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  truck 
  follows 
  the 
  wheelbarrow 
  in 
  China 
  (as 
  roads 
  are 
  built) 
  and 
  trade 
  with 
  

   the 
  hinterland 
  grows, 
  we 
  shall 
  come 
  to 
  depend 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  on 
  China 
  for 
  various 
  raw 
  

   materials. 
  It 
  is 
  freely 
  predicted 
  that 
  China 
  is 
  now 
  on 
  the 
  verge 
  of 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   economic 
  growth 
  that 
  any 
  nation 
  has 
  ever 
  known. 
  Even 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  30 
  years 
  her 
  foreign 
  

   trade 
  has 
  increased 
  500 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  a 
  gill 
  of 
  gin 
  from 
  Jamaica 
  to 
  Baltimore 
  

   and 
  hold 
  your 
  pew. 
  

  

  And 
  what 
  a 
  role 
  the 
  red 
  lines 
  called 
  

   boundaries 
  play 
  in 
  commercial 
  geog- 
  

   raphy 
  ! 
  What 
  a 
  startling 
  cross-section 
  of 
  

   human 
  life, 
  civilization, 
  manners, 
  morals, 
  

   and 
  customs 
  these 
  dividing 
  lines 
  between 
  

   nations 
  often 
  show 
  ! 
  

  

  Flora, 
  fauna, 
  and 
  climate 
  of 
  neighbor- 
  

   ing 
  countries 
  may 
  be 
  identical, 
  but 
  the 
  

   people, 
  in 
  rare, 
  religion 
  and 
  speech, 
  mor- 
  

   al- 
  and 
  manners, 
  how 
  different! 
  Yet 
  

   their 
  very 
  needs, 
  arising 
  from 
  their 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  standards 
  and 
  tastes, 
  their 
  re- 
  

   sources 
  and 
  products, 
  lend 
  impulse 
  to 
  

   barter 
  and 
  sale, 
  lead 
  one 
  tribe 
  to 
  trade 
  

   with 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  so 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  complex 
  

   commercial 
  geography 
  of 
  civilization. 
  

  

  In 
  midwinter 
  our 
  Denver 
  cafes 
  serve 
  

   ripe 
  tomatoes 
  from 
  the 
  Mexican 
  west 
  

   coast 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  serioritas 
  of 
  Mazatlan, 
  

   ordering 
  their 
  trousseaus 
  by 
  mail 
  from 
  

   California 
  modistes, 
  look 
  on 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  

   as 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  world's 
  wealth, 
  cul- 
  

   ture, 
  and 
  fashion 
  — 
  amusing, 
  perhaps, 
  to 
  

   New 
  York 
  or 
  Paris, 
  but 
  only 
  an 
  accident 
  

   of 
  trade 
  geography. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  wampum, 
  the 
  unit 
  of 
  

   exchange 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  big 
  factor 
  in 
  the 
  

   world's 
  trade. 
  Even 
  money 
  has 
  a 
  geog- 
  

   raphy. 
  The 
  answer 
  to 
  the 
  question, 
  How 
  

   rich 
  are 
  you 
  ? 
  depends 
  on 
  where 
  you 
  are 
  

   when 
  you 
  count 
  your 
  cash. 
  Lately 
  the 
  

   gymnastics 
  of 
  the 
  mark 
  have 
  turned 
  

   German 
  trade 
  efforts 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  middle- 
  

   age 
  habits 
  of 
  barter; 
  the 
  Germans, 
  ask- 
  

  

  