﻿THE 
  GEOGRAPHY 
  OF 
  OUR 
  FOREIGN 
  TRADE 
  

  

  10' 
  

  

  ing 
  for 
  raw 
  cotton, 
  

   offered 
  to 
  pay 
  in 
  socks 
  

   and 
  underwear 
  made 
  

   from 
  that 
  cotton. 
  

  

  Geograph 
  ically, 
  

   England's 
  position 
  as 
  

   a 
  distributing 
  center 
  

   is 
  unique. 
  Goods 
  

   gathered 
  there 
  from 
  

   the 
  Seven 
  Seas 
  are 
  

   easily 
  reshipped 
  to 
  

   other 
  nations 
  on 
  the 
  

   Atlantic, 
  the 
  Baltic, 
  

   or 
  the 
  North 
  Sea. 
  

   Though 
  she 
  has 
  no 
  

   rich 
  "back 
  country," 
  

   few 
  inland 
  water- 
  

   ways, 
  and 
  not 
  fac- 
  

   tories 
  enough 
  to 
  keep 
  

   all 
  her 
  ships 
  busy, 
  

   yet 
  she 
  is 
  great 
  and 
  

   strong 
  as 
  a 
  trader 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  she 
  draws 
  on 
  

   so 
  many 
  oversea 
  colo- 
  

   nies. 
  

  

  Norway, 
  on 
  the 
  

   other 
  hand, 
  being 
  

   without 
  colonies, 
  but 
  

   rich 
  in 
  ships 
  and 
  good 
  

   harbors, 
  charters 
  her 
  

   boats 
  to 
  others 
  or 
  

   sends 
  them 
  out 
  as 
  

   tramps 
  to 
  haul 
  what 
  

   they 
  can 
  find. 
  

  

  Holland, 
  though 
  

   producing 
  little 
  and 
  

   though 
  only 
  a 
  speck 
  

   on 
  the 
  map, 
  occupies 
  

   an 
  enviable 
  place 
  in 
  

   the 
  foreign 
  trade 
  of 
  

  

  Europe, 
  lying, 
  as 
  she 
  does, 
  in 
  the 
  heart 
  To 
  push 
  its 
  trade 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Seas, 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  world's 
  commercial 
  center. 
  As 
  Japan 
  has 
  set 
  up 
  a 
  commercial 
  museum 
  

   traders, 
  the 
  Dutch 
  are 
  without 
  peers, 
  in 
  Singapore, 
  and 
  is 
  opening 
  a 
  similar 
  

   They 
  have 
  actually 
  bought 
  from 
  us, 
  and 
  exhibit 
  at 
  Harbin 
  for 
  educational 
  work 
  

   then 
  undersold 
  us 
  in 
  what 
  we 
  are 
  pleased 
  in 
  Manchuria, 
  Mongolia, 
  and 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  SAWING 
  WOOD 
  IN 
  CHINA 
  

  

  The 
  coolie's 
  pay 
  is 
  so 
  small 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  never 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  day 
  

   ahead 
  of 
  an 
  empty 
  stomach. 
  

  

  to 
  call 
  our 
  own 
  markets. 
  

  

  HOW 
  TRADE 
  FOLLOWS 
  THF 
  FLAG 
  

  

  Intense 
  propaganda, 
  not 
  always 
  com- 
  

   plimentary 
  to 
  the 
  rival, 
  marks 
  the 
  fight 
  

   of 
  nations 
  for 
  ocean 
  trade. 
  To 
  see 
  that 
  

   America 
  is 
  not 
  sinned 
  against 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   our 
  consuls' 
  obligations. 
  

  

  Periodicals, 
  lectures, 
  fairs, 
  motion 
  pic- 
  

   tures, 
  and 
  personal 
  visits 
  are 
  all 
  used 
  to 
  

   make 
  sales, 
  to 
  say 
  nothing 
  of 
  deals 
  and 
  

   secret 
  compacts 
  among 
  governments. 
  

  

  From 
  that 
  day 
  in 
  '98 
  when 
  the 
  influ- 
  

   ence 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  was 
  first 
  felt 
  

   in 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  the 
  brown 
  men 
  there 
  

   began 
  to 
  flourish. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  chance 
  

   civilization 
  had 
  given 
  them. 
  Today 
  even 
  

   the 
  most 
  chronic 
  critics 
  of 
  our 
  colonial 
  

   policy 
  admit 
  that 
  the 
  uplift 
  of 
  Manila. 
  

   largely 
  due 
  to 
  its 
  close 
  commercial 
  rela- 
  

   tions 
  with 
  America, 
  is 
  a 
  splendid 
  demon- 
  

   stration 
  of 
  how 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  white 
  man's 
  

   burden. 
  

  

  Hawaii 
  has 
  increased 
  its 
  producing 
  

  

  