Modern Business Geography
Insects, and transportation 159, 164
[odine 272, 277
[owa, wheat 53; beef cattle 96; coal 125,
325: in central forest region 135; auto-
mobiles 168; railway mileage 187; area
and population 326 ; manufacturing 327
Iquique (Chile) 150, 335
[reland, cotton 19; potatoes 63; fisheries
107; mining 122; flax 279; lace 290
[ridium 112
Irish Free State 308, 329. See also Ireland
[rkutsk (Siberia) 316
[ron, one of chief metals 112; mining, in
United States 113, 115, 116,* 117; world
production 114*; smelting 114, 115; con-
sumption 115, 117; movements of ore
117, 193, 194,* 205; use in manufacture,
in United States 221, 236, 247,* 249, 251,
252, 253-255,* 257, 258, 259, 271; in
Europe 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 274;
in Chile 272; imports into United States
293; supplies in Asia and Australia 311,
312; production, in United States 325
Irrigation, for cotton growing 5, 6*; in
United States 31, 32,* 35,* 36; in Italy
38*: in California, for rice 49; for sugar
beets 70*; for fruit 75, 77; for alfalfa 88:
on west coast of South America 146
[taly, cotton manufacturing 19; irrigated
fields in 38*; rice 50; millet 52; wheat 53,
55; fruits 78, 80, 81; exports of cheese to
United States 95; copper 119; marble
122%; mining 125; coal and water power
125; roads 170; railways 174, 183;
manufactures 235, 264; silk 271, 273, 275,
279, 290; flax 279; commerce 281, 308;
area and population 329
{vory 159, 231, 273
Johannesburg (South Africa) 228, 231, 233,
333
Johnstown (New York) 252, 334
Tugo-Slavia. See Yugoslavia
lTunk, Burmese 166*
Jute, manufacture of 266, 269, 272, 318, 321;
production of 276, 313, 321
Kano (Nigeria) 233
Kansas, wheat 42, 43, 53; meat packing 88,
258; automobiles 168; railways 187;
minerals 325; area and population 326;
manufacturing 327
Kansas City (Kansas) 88, 223, 258, 330
Kelp 290
Kentucky, coal 125; minerals 325; area and
population 326; manufacturing 327
Kerosene 128, 205
Khartum (Egypt) 228, 230, 231
Kiel (Germany) 268, 330
Kiel Canal 198
Kimberley mines 231
Kobe (Japan) 271, 331
Korea. See Chosen
Krupp steel works 268
Labor, in New England 18; oriental 60,
272, 273; for sugar beet industry 69, 70;
Hindu, in British Guiana 150; in transpor-
tation 160,* 161; and climatic conditions
235: and location of industries 240, 243;
skilled, in England 241; legislation 246;
in northeastern United States 249; in
complex manufacturing 250; in Europe
268, 269, 270, 275; Japanese 271; in
Australia 271; for silk 273, 290; and in-
ventive skill 277, 299; for tea 291
Labrador, fisheries 105
Laces 290
Lacquered ware 271, 273
La Guaira (Venezuela) 150, 335
Lancaster County (England) 271
La Paz (Bolivia) 153, 335
{a Plata (Argentina) 147, 335
La Plata River 147, 151
latvia 281
Lawrence (Massachusetts) 242, 334
Lead, one of chief metals 112; production
in United States 113, 325; world produc-
tion 121,* 275; in Asia and Australia 313
Leadville (Colorado) 239, 334
Leather 245. See also Hides, Tanning
Teeds (England) 178, 333
Liege (Belgium) 126, 270
Lille (France) 267, 269, 333
Lima (Peru) 153, 335
"inen 268, 269, 276. See also Flax
Linseed oil 318
[Liverpool (England) 20. 201, 220, 266, 331
Jacquard loom 25
Jaipur (India) 320*
Jamaica 78, 329
Japan, cotton 19%; intensive cultivation 29;
rice and millet 41, 50, 52; wheat 53, 55;
vegetables 61, 65, 67; fisheries 107, 108%;
whale meat 109; copper 119; gold 120;
zinc 121; mining 122; transportation
167, 174, 175, 183, 195, 317, 319%; cl-
mate and industry 236; manufacturing
242, 271, 273, 277, 290, 319; silk 273,*
275, 290; tea 291; foreign commerce 302,
308, 319; chief primary products 312, 313;
area and population 328
lava, sugar cane 71*; railways 167; primary
products 313
lersey City (New Jersey) 175.* 210. 220,
250, 330
fewelry 267, 270
Jinrikisha 160.* 162