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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  power 
  perhaps 
  fortyfold 
  since 
  "the 
  days 
  

   of 
  the 
  Empire." 
  

  

  Porto 
  Rico, 
  basking 
  in 
  new-gained 
  opu- 
  

   lence, 
  easily 
  imports 
  oversea 
  luxuries 
  and 
  

   pays 
  with 
  native 
  fruits 
  at 
  fancy 
  prices, 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  we 
  gave 
  her 
  ships 
  and 
  honest 
  rule. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  so 
  in 
  Guam 
  ; 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  

   Virgins. 
  

  

  And, 
  since 
  each 
  year 
  we 
  buy 
  more 
  and 
  

   more 
  from 
  the 
  tropics, 
  it 
  follows 
  that 
  

   eventually 
  our 
  possessions 
  in 
  the 
  zone 
  of 
  

   coconuts 
  and 
  crocodiles 
  will, 
  with 
  the 
  aid 
  

   of 
  Yankee 
  energy, 
  capital, 
  and 
  coopera- 
  

   tion, 
  supply 
  us 
  with 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  hemp, 
  

   jute, 
  sugar, 
  fruits, 
  coffee, 
  and 
  tobacco, 
  

   and 
  maybe 
  even 
  silk, 
  tea, 
  and 
  rubber, 
  for 
  

   which 
  we 
  now 
  pay 
  fabulous 
  sums 
  each 
  

   year 
  to 
  foreigners. 
  

  

  This 
  prestige 
  of 
  the 
  flag, 
  backed 
  by 
  

   favorable 
  treaties 
  and 
  a 
  vigorous 
  admin- 
  

   istration, 
  working 
  through 
  trained 
  con- 
  

   suls 
  capable 
  of 
  protecting 
  our 
  interests 
  

   overseas, 
  imparts 
  courage 
  and 
  enthusiasm 
  

   to 
  traders 
  and 
  bankers 
  and 
  builds 
  up 
  

   trade. 
  

  

  Today, 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  since 
  Yankee 
  

   whalers 
  split 
  the 
  foam 
  and 
  cobalt 
  from 
  

   Ensenada 
  to 
  the 
  Aleutians, 
  Pacific 
  paths 
  

   are 
  once 
  more 
  crowded 
  with 
  American 
  

   ships, 
  and 
  our 
  own 
  trade 
  with 
  the 
  East 
  

   increased 
  300 
  per 
  cent 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  five 
  

   years. 
  

  

  To 
  study 
  this 
  culture, 
  the 
  life, 
  lan- 
  

   guage, 
  and 
  habits 
  of 
  oversea 
  races, 
  and 
  

   to 
  keep 
  America 
  posted 
  on 
  their 
  needs 
  

   and 
  products 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  consul's 
  chief 
  

   functions. 
  

  

  Man's 
  chief 
  needs 
  can 
  be 
  named 
  on 
  the 
  

   fingers 
  of 
  one 
  hand 
  — 
  food, 
  clothes, 
  heat, 
  

   light 
  — 
  and 
  of 
  all 
  these 
  we 
  are 
  the 
  world's 
  

   greatest 
  producer. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  very 
  vastness 
  of 
  our 
  own 
  in- 
  

   dustries 
  and 
  the 
  immensity 
  of 
  our 
  agri- 
  

   culture 
  which 
  cause 
  many 
  Americans 
  to 
  

  

  overlook 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  each 
  year, 
  as 
  we 
  

   grow, 
  we 
  must 
  import 
  more 
  and 
  more, 
  to 
  

   balance 
  industry. 
  

  

  Latin 
  America 
  is 
  our 
  greatest 
  store- 
  

   house. 
  From 
  her 
  we 
  draw 
  hides, 
  asphalt, 
  

   tobacco, 
  rubber, 
  sisal, 
  and 
  fruits, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  oil, 
  silver, 
  copper, 
  zinc, 
  wolfram, 
  vana- 
  

   dium, 
  and 
  iron 
  ore. 
  

  

  Without 
  Cuba 
  we 
  should 
  be 
  quite 
  su- 
  

   garless 
  and 
  unhappy, 
  and 
  what 
  an 
  epi- 
  

   demic 
  of 
  headaches 
  from 
  Maine 
  to 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  if 
  Brazil 
  were 
  to 
  refuse 
  that 
  98 
  

   per 
  cent 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  coffee 
  which 
  now 
  

   comes 
  from 
  her 
  shores. 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  factories 
  in 
  your 
  

   own 
  home 
  town 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  shut 
  down 
  

   were 
  we 
  to 
  be 
  suddenly 
  cut 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  

   stream 
  of 
  raw 
  materials 
  that 
  flows 
  to 
  us 
  

   from 
  the 
  China 
  Sea. 
  

  

  A 
  mere 
  fragment 
  this, 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  

   story 
  of 
  trade. 
  But 
  what 
  a 
  vivid, 
  smash- 
  

   ing 
  world 
  drama 
  it 
  is, 
  this 
  age-long 
  battle 
  

   of 
  puny 
  man, 
  this 
  magnificent 
  struggle 
  on 
  

   land 
  and 
  sea, 
  to 
  live 
  ! 
  

  

  The 
  pirates 
  and 
  buccaneers, 
  the 
  China 
  

   clippers 
  and 
  the 
  bold 
  Bedford 
  whalers 
  

   are 
  gone 
  forever, 
  but 
  the 
  romance 
  of 
  

   trade 
  and 
  geography 
  is 
  not 
  dead. 
  Nor 
  

   does 
  it 
  live 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  fiction 
  of 
  Conrad. 
  

   It 
  lurks 
  even 
  in 
  restaurant 
  menu 
  cards. 
  

  

  Stop 
  and 
  reflect 
  the 
  next 
  time 
  you 
  order 
  

   a 
  dinner, 
  from 
  caviar 
  to 
  nuts. 
  Think 
  of 
  

   the 
  strife, 
  the 
  peril 
  and 
  adventure, 
  of 
  all 
  

   those 
  who 
  fight 
  in 
  forest 
  and 
  jungle, 
  on 
  

   pampas 
  and 
  steppes, 
  or 
  go 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  

   sea 
  in 
  ships 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  feed 
  and 
  clothe 
  

   the 
  world. 
  

  

  How 
  amazingly 
  complex 
  is 
  foreign 
  

   trade, 
  and 
  yet 
  how 
  comfortable 
  it 
  makes 
  

   us. 
  What 
  a 
  debt 
  we 
  owe 
  to 
  that 
  restless, 
  

   imaginative 
  man 
  who 
  first 
  braved 
  the 
  un- 
  

   known 
  and 
  brought 
  back 
  the 
  new 
  fruits 
  

   and 
  the 
  strange 
  slave 
  girls 
  — 
  the 
  pioneer 
  

   of 
  barter 
  on 
  the 
  sea. 
  

  

  A 
  " 
  COUNTRIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  CARIBBEAN" 
  MAP 
  IN 
  FEBRUARY 
  

  

  CONTINUING 
  its 
  comprehensive 
  map 
  

   program 
  of 
  1921, 
  when 
  large 
  scale 
  

   maps 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Europe, 
  of 
  Asia, 
  of 
  

   South 
  America, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Islands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  were 
  issued 
  as 
  supplements 
  to 
  its 
  

   Magazine, 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  So- 
  

   ciety 
  lias 
  compiled 
  a 
  handsome 
  map 
  in 
  

   colors 
  of 
  the 
  Countries 
  of 
  the 
  Caribbean 
  

   which 
  will 
  appear 
  with 
  the 
  February 
  

   number. 
  This 
  map, 
  size 
  44x25 
  inches, 
  

  

  will 
  show 
  in 
  detail 
  Mexico, 
  the 
  new 
  

   Republic 
  of 
  Central 
  America 
  (including 
  

   Guatemala, 
  Honduras, 
  and 
  Salvador), 
  

   Costa 
  Rica, 
  Panama, 
  and 
  the 
  Islands 
  of 
  

   the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  together 
  with 
  large 
  scale 
  

   insert 
  maps 
  of 
  Guantanamo 
  Bay, 
  Porto 
  

   Rico 
  and 
  the 
  Virgin 
  Islands, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Panama 
  Canal 
  Zone. 
  Maps 
  of 
  Africa 
  and 
  

   of. 
  the 
  World 
  will 
  be 
  issued 
  as 
  supplements 
  

   in 
  subsequent 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  Magazine. 
  

  

  