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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206 Modern Business Geography SO0 SUEZ PANAMA Fic. 144. ‘The three lines represent the tonnage that passes through the Soo Canals, the Suez Canal, and the Panama Canal in an average year. If the lines represented the value of the cargoes that passed through, would the line for the Soo Canals be so much longer than the others? 3 On what part of a journey by water from New York to Duluth would there be fewest passengers? Why? At what cities would you change boats? Why? What freight would your boat be likely to pick up at each large city along the route? Take a similar journey from Chicago to Quebec. Name at least seven bodies of water and six large cities that you would pass. One commodity comprises 85 per cent of the westbound traffic through the Soo Canals. What commodity is it? Why is it shipped in such quan- tities Why do Duluth and Superior use Pennsylvania coal when Illinois and [ndiana have plenty of coal not nearly so far away? Explain how the railroads running to Duluth and Superior benefit from the cheap Pennsyl- vania coal on the docks there, even when they do not carry it as freight. | 3). r y F. The effect of the Mississippi on transportation. |. By far the larger part of the traffic from St. Louis south to New Orleans goes by rail instead of by the Mississippi River. Yet the river is impor- tant to transportation because for bulky articles like coal and cement it serves as a sword of Damocles ” hanging over the heads of the railroads. Explain this statement. What canals have you studied that are a means of regulating railroad rates? Water transport in the United States is unpopular because of the cost of transshipment. Show how the railroad is superior in this respect. G. The relation of governments to transportation by water. 1. Explain how the government helps transportation by each of the follow- ing means: (a) the Rivers and Harbors Bill passed each year by Congress, usually carrying appropriations of about $50,000,000 or more; (b) the Panama Canal; (c¢) the charts of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey; (d) the Weather Bureau; (e) the Lighthouse Bureau of the De- partment of Commerce; (f) the Coast Guard Service. Find out what a ship subsidy is. In your notebook write a paragraph on “ Advantages of Ship Subsidies.” and another on *“ Disadvantages of Ship Subsidies.” According to the laws of the United States, all traffic between different ports of the United States must be carried in vessels flying the United States flag, which means those registered as belonging to this country. Does this encourage Japanese steamers to carry freight to Hawaii when on their way in either direction across the Pacific? 2.

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