The Contrast between Asia and Australia 313 
(V) Tre PrivMaRYy PropucTioN oF AsiA AND AusTRALIA (Continued) 
WoRrLp’s CHIEF PRIMARY 
PRODUCTS (IN APPROXIMATE 
ORDER OF TOTAL VALUE) 
Copper . . . . . 
Citrus fruits . . . 
Cement . . 
Gold . . . 
Bananas 
Berries . 
Tea . 
Cottonseed . 
Stone... 
Peanuts . . . 
Clay and brick 
Raw silk. 
Rubber . 
Flaxseed (linseed) 
Coffee . . . . 
Water for power . 
Flax fiber . . 
Coconuts 
Lead . 
Silver 
Tin . 
Zinc . 
Jute 
JERCENT- PERCENTAGE 
AGE Pro-| PRODUCED IN 
DUCED IN|AUSTRALIA AND 
ASIA NEW ZEALAND 
4 m 
25) 
2) 
5 
20) 
2) 
10 
1. 
(0.4) 
11.4 
0.1 
(0.4) 
00 
25 
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25) 
5) 
30 
0.0 
0.4) 
0.0 
0.6) 
0.0 
20 
30 
20 
J 
3 
0.0 
0.0 
0.6 
0.0 
M0 
MM 
PARTS OF ASIA IN WHICH 
CHIEFLY PRODUCED 
Japan, India 
India and Japan 
Widely distributed 
India to S. China 
W. and N. Asia 
N. E. India, Ceylon, S. E. 
China, Japan, Java 
Dutch E. Indies, India 
Widely distributed 
S. E. Asia 
W. Asia, China, India 
Japan, China (center and 
southeast) 
Ceylon, East Indies, 
Malay Peninsula 
India (Ganges valley) 
East Indies, India 
Japan 
Western Siberia 
S. E. Asia 
India, Japan 
Tapan 
Malay Peninsula 
Benga. 
appreciable extent, and hence marked 0.0 in Table V. What kinds of 
products are they — food fibers, metals, fuels, other raw materials ? 
List articles in which the production of Australia exceeds that of Asia. 
What kinds of products are they? 
Dependence of people of Asia upon local products. Americans 
consume many goods brought from a distance, and they often fail to 
realize that far more than half the people of the world consume little 
except the products of their own immediate locality. In China and 
India the average consumption of imported products per capita among 
hundreds of millions of people amounts to less than fifty cents’ worth 
per year. Those same people rarely consume more than two or three 
dollars’ worth of domestic goods other than those produced within a 
few score miles of their homes. The high cost of primitive transporta-