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 four. The field of consumption

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~ 25 Modern Business Geography (II) MERCHANDISE IMPORTED ANNUALLY INTO THE UNITED STATES (A) WuAT Our IMPORTS ARE Crass oF Goobs Raw materials for use in manufac- turing coe. . Foodstuffs, crude . . . . . . . Foodstuffs, manufactured . . . . Manufactures for further use in manufacturing . . . . . . . Manufactures ready for consump- tion. . . 1879-1883 Value (in millions of dollars) | Per cent of total 117 97 125 18 15 19 89 14 202 | 32 1927 wh 2 & 2 RR cf gg ow DYN Value (in millions of dollars) Per ceft of total 1601 505 451 + 20 ~ 3 hn — 8 18 || + 4 —-— QO 750 878 | 21 Iv ‘BY WueReE Our Imports Come From CONTINENT Europe . . . . North America. . . South America . . Asia . . . Africa . . . . . Australia and Oceania s AVERAGE OF 1879-1883 ‘in millions nf dollars) 346 136 "5 30 2 9) 1927 ‘in millions of dollars) 1276 236 018 257 93 55 GROWTH in millions of dollars) 930 850 442 2197 81 az GROWTH IN Per CENT 268 625 580 1999 675 450 in our pastures do not supply all the different kinds of wool that are consumed in our industries. For instance, the best wool for making fine cloth comes chiefly from Australia, Argentina, and Uruguay. Our supply of coarse wool for making carpets comes from backward countries where the flocks are given little care, such as China, Russia, and Turkey. The importation of wool, as of other goods, varies greatly according to the tariff. If our woolen industries are protected by a high tariff, they use much more wool than is produced at home; but if they are

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