Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

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Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part two. The field of transportation

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The Use of Ships 205 class, the committee will give the reasons for the selections and will tell the type of cargo that will be carried, so that the other members may ve induced to invest in the company. D. Chief cargoes carried over routes through the Panama Canal. [. The leading commodities shipped through the canal, in the order of their tonnage, are grain, nitrates, coal, kerosene, lumber, and cotton. Why would you expect these commodities to lead in tonnage, rather than such goods as structural steel, canned goods, clothing, and straw matting? Select one commodity shipped on each of the four routes listed below. Find out (a) the country that probably produced the commodity; (b) the probable port of shipment; (c) the country to which it is probably be- ing shipped; (d) the probable importing port. In reporting to the class, use a map of the world or a large globe to show the full journey of the commodity. Explain your decisions. so that the class may judge of their reasonableness. ’ 7 RouTreE EASTBOUND [. United States coast- wise WESTBOUND Canned fruit, canned sal- mon, lumber, pine- apples. sugar Coal, structural steel, machinery, a great variety of manufac- tured goods II. Pacific coast of North America to Europe Wheat, barley, canned fruit, canned salmon, lumber Nitrates, iron ore, petro- leum, sugar, wool, lumber Coal, structural steel, great variety of manu- factured goods [II. West coast of South America to the United States and Europe [V. Atlantic coast of the United States to the Far East Vlachinery, structural steel, clothing, great variety of manufac- tured goods Kerosene, raw cotton, machinery, great vari- ety of manufactured coods Straw matting, curios, rattan, bamboo, cin- namon, peanut oil silk. tea. wool l The tonnage shipped through the canal from one coast of the United States to the other is nearly as great as the combined tonnage of the re- maining routes. Why is this? E. | The Great Lakes. Draw a map of the Great Lakes. First trace the outline a few times. Then locate a few points and sketch the outline from memory. Print on your map the names of the lake cities mentioned in the text. Indicate the Soo and Welland canals. Mark the position of the iron mines near Lake Superior. The men who move the iron ore have this motto: ‘ Up by steam and down by gravity.” Explain how this applies (a) in the iron ranges: (b) at the Superior docks: (¢) at Cleveland : (d) at Pittsburch

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