Statistik der Evangelischen Liebestätigkeit (Halboffene und Offene Fürsorge) und Jugendarbeit

Ursachen und Ziele des Zusammenschlusses im Gewerbe

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Identifikator:: 1785255827

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-188456

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Statistik der Evangelischen Liebestätigkeit (Halboffene und Offene Fürsorge) und Jugendarbeit

Place of publication:: Berlin-Dahlem

Publisher:: Wichern-Verl.

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: XIII, 689 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Abschnitt I. Fürsorge- und Jugendarbeit in den Provinzen und Ländern. Geordnet nach den Evangelischen Kreis-Wohlfahrtsdiensten

Collection:: Economics Books

Transportation and the Location of Cities 21. [= AREA OF Frc. 147. Both Houston and Galveston show what can be done to improve a port. Houston sould not be called a seaport if it were not for the ship canal which has been dredged out; and Gal- reston has made her harbor bv building breakwaters and jetties. How New Orleans is favorably situated. New Orleans is the meet- ing point of ocean lines, routes along the Mississippi valley both by water and by land, and railroads both from the East and the West. Its location on the broad Mississippi, a hundred miles from its mouth, gives it a good river harbor, while its commercial hinterland includes a large part of the cotton-growing region of the South. Although the Mississippi and a number of its tributaries are navigable, the cotton is collected almost exclusively by rail. With the increasing use of the Panama Canal, the hinterland of New Orleans is being extended to include portions of the northern Mississippi valley, and the city’s importance is increasing correspondingly. New Orleans exports far more than it imports, for the limited wants of the cotton farmers are supplied largely by local and northern markets. The importance of Galveston as a port. Galveston is by far the most important outlet for American cotton. This is largely because Texas, its immediate hinterland, raises a fourth or even a third of the cotton of the United States. Galveston’s hinterland also furnishes exports of wheat, flour, and meat. The city shows what man can do in providing shipping facilities if the hinterland is sufficiently produc- tive. Galveston was founded on a low, sandy island that separated

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