Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

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

Document type:: Monograph

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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VENEZUELA 133 Venezuela, due to its vast grassy, well- watered plains, is destined to become one of the world’s greatest cattle-producing countries, and is capable of supporting many million heads. It is estimated that there are more than 2,000,000 goats and 3,000,000 head of beef cattle in this land to-day. Four slaughter houses adapted to ship frozen meat to Europe were opened and seemed to be on the verge of success when governmental interference closed them. Hides to the extent of $1,010,636 and goat skins to the value of $363,447, came to the United States from this country in 1913. Feathers, horns, wild animal skins, deer skins and fish-sounds are also large items of export. The extent of the mineral wealth of Vene zuela is unknown, but the chances are that it is exceedingly rich in such deposits. It is cer tain that there is gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, sulphur, asphalt, coal, lead, petroleum, phos phates, manganese and caolin. One gold mine between the years 1871-1890 yielded $23,000,- 000. I have seen many Indians bring bottles

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