Rice, staple food in Orient 40, 41; acreage
in United States 49%; production 50-52%;
culture 51,* 52; at New Orleans 258; in
Asia 312, 314, 321; from Asia 321
Riga (Latvia) 208, 331
Rigi 180
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 147,* 148, 151, 304.
331, 336
Rivers, transportation on 194, 195.* 319;
ports on 330, 332
Rivers and Harbors Bill 206
Roads, advantages of good 9,* 10; as factor
in transportation 168, 169; roadmaking
170; and geographic conditions 173
Rochester (New York) 220, 252, 330
Rocky Mountains, sheep raising in 91, 92;
forest regions of 134, 136-137
Rosario (Argentina) 147, 153, 332, 336
Rosin 257
Rotterdam (Netherlands) 269, 332
Roubaix (France) 267
Rouen (France) 267
Routes, shipping, of world 158*; principal,
for liners 191, 202; for wheat 220; from
Montreal 225; through Panama Canal
200, 201, 205; railway, from New York
210; United States to Europe 211, 212
Rubber, South America 147, 151, 336; where
world’s supply produced 275; United
States supply imported 289; production in
Asia and Australia 313; from Asia 321
Rugs 272, 277
Rumania, corn 41, 49; wheat 55; petroleum
130*; raw silk 279; flax 279; foreign commerce
 281, 309; area and population 329
Russia, cotton production 7*; rye 41, 58;
wheat 43, 53, 55; potatoes 63, 67; sugar
beets 70,292; cattle 90,95; sale of Alaska
t05; protection of fur seals 106; copper
119; gold 120; petroleum 130*; forests
110, 143; roads 170; railway mileage 183 ;
wool and hides 275, 294; cereals 278;
wood 279; flax 279; commerce 281, 309;
industries 288; area and population 329
Russian Turkestan. See Turkestan
Rye, stalk of 40*; in Europe 41, 58*; production
 in Asia and Australia 312

St. Anthony's Falls 237
St. Gallen (Switzerland) 270
St. John (New Brunswick) 225, 226
St. John’s (Newfoundland) 225
St. Joseph (Missouri) 258, 335
St. Lawrence River 193, 220, 225, 226
St. Louis (Missouri) 78, 161, 195, 223, 256, 330
St. Mary’s Falls 192, 198
St. Mary’s Canals 198, 206
St. Paul (Minnesota) 195, 215, 223, 256, 330
Saar vallev 274

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Sahara, desert of 230, 233
Salt River valley 35, 70*
San Antonio (Texas) 259
San Diego (California) 214
San Francisco (California) 62, 72, 138, 201,
207, 214,* 215, 216, 221, 259, 330
San Pedro (California) 214
sand 112, 113, 117
Santiago (Chile) 153, 333, 336
Santos (Brazil) 147, 148, 151, 190, 336
~ao Paulo (Brazil) 153, 332, 336
Sault Ste. Marie 198
Savannah (Georgia) 9, 136, 222, 335
Schenectady (New York) 252, 335
Scotland, oats 41, 57*; wheat 53; sheep 93;
fishing 107, 108; area and population 327
Scranton (Pennsylvania) 125, 211, 211, 256.
257, 335
seaports, of South America 115-153*; of
United States 201, 208-216,* 222, 330;
»f Canada 225, 226; of Africa 228-231;
of Europe 266,* 267, 268, 269, 283; chief,
of world 330-332 .
Seattle (Washington) 138, 161, 190, 214, 215,
216,* 221, 226, 259, 330
‘eine River 267
shanghai 160,* 332
Shantung 302
sheep, and wool 91-93,* 97, 99, 100; and
milk 87; in United States 90,* 91%; in
tropics 91; in world 92-93*; meat pro-Juction
 98; exports of, from North Africa
230; in France 267; in Belgium 270; in
Asia 312; in Australia 312, 316*
Sheffield (England) 266, 268, 333
shepherd, life of 90,* 93
Shipbuilding, at Philadelphia 251, 252; in
Great Britain 266; in Germany 268; in
Holland 269
ships, for cattle 87; oil-burning 129; ownership
 of 125; on La Plata 147; world
~outes for 158* ; as means of transportation
160, 166,* 171, 172, 189, 206%; ocean
traffic of 189-191; on Great Lakes 192-191,*
 219: on rivers and canals 194-202*
Shoe industry 161, 212, 250, 256, 271
Siam 120, 175, 309, 328
Siberia, forests 140; railways 175, 181;
primary products 312, 313; wheat 316;
area and population 328
1k, transportation of 168, 216; industry
210, 212, 260, 263, 267, 268, 270, 291 ; raw,
where produced 271, 273,* 275, 276, 290,
313, 318, 319; imports into United States
290, 291, 293; exports of, from Asia 321
dlver, world production 112, 120*; in
United States 113, 325: in Asia and Aus
tralia 313; from South America 336
Sisal 154. * 289