486 COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY
Sheep, 1435, 146; Australia, 408 ; all
countries, 408; United States, by
states, 146
Sheffield, 305; coal supply, 87; steel,
68, 74, 76
Shipbuilding, on the Clyde, 75; in
Germany, 76
Shoes, boots and, 211, 212
Shoshone (irrigation) project, 197
Siam, 393
Siberia, 383, 400, 401
Sicily, ancient trade, 443; sulphur, 359
Sidon, 441
Sierra Leone, 413
Sierras of California, 118
Signal Corps, United States army,
telegraphs used by, 252, 254
Silesia, 373
Silk, 212; Argentina, 428; Italy, 361;
Lyon as center, 327; production
of raw, all countries, 359; silk-
worms, 323; United States, 157
Silver, 176
Simplon Tunnel, 357; map, 3356;
route, 358; view, 357
Singapore, 394; coaling station, 87
Sioux City, packing center, 43
Site of cities, 221, 222
Sitka, grains grown at, 267; wheat,
4
Slate, 16g; in Wales, 310
Slavonia, 375
Smith, J. Russell, quoted, 245
Smyrna, 385, 386
Snake River plateaus, 117
Soap, 47
Social conditions .as affecting com-
merce, 110
Social and moral effects of com-
merce, 446-448
Soil survey, 261
Somali coast, 413
Sorghum, 131, 137
South America, 422-433; Andean
countries, 430-432; Brazil, 423-
427; northern countries, 432-433;
population, 430; trade of countries
with United States, 279, 429
Southampton, 312
South Bend, agricultural implements
in, 215
South Carolina, cotton manufacture,
rank in, 204; phosphates, 167;
water power, 194
South Wales, coal field, 88
Southern Railway system, 233
Spain, 362-366; agriculture, 364 ; area
and population, 365; coal fields, 88;
industry and trade, 365, 366; iron,
77; map, 362; minerals, 363, 365;
physical features, 363; progress,
366; sheep, 1435; trade with United
States, 282
Special delivery of mails, 250
Specialism of countries, 284°
Sponge fisheries, 159
Springfield, Ohio, agricultural imple-
ments in, 214
Springs, 183
Stafford, 305
Staffordshire, 310
Standard time, 257, 258
Standards of weight and measure, 2 56
Stanley Falls, 418
Stassfurt, salt deposits of, 337
State Department, Consular Bureau
of, 269
Staunton, 114
Steel, making of, 68. (See iron)
Stettin, 336, 342
Steyr, iron center, 374
Stockholm, 352
Stockyards, Chicago, 44
Straits Settlements, tin, 309
Strasbourg, 328, 336, 340
Strawberries, 128, 131
Sturgeon, 152
Submarine telegraph, 252, 253
Sudan, 413, 417
Suez Canal, 237, 238, 301, 416; Aus-
tralian route, 407; effect on Med-
iterranean trade, 444, 445; wheat
route, 19
Sugar, beet and cane compared, 341;
Cuba, 434; Hawaii, 277; imports,
in United States, 273, 278. (See
beet sugar, cane, sorghum, sugar
beet, sugar plants)
Sugar beet, in Germany, 338, 339;
map of industry of, central Europe,
339
Sugar plants, 131-133 (beets, 131-
133; cane, 131; sorghum, 131)
Sulphur in Italy, 359
Sunderland, 87
Surveys, geological, geographical,
soil, biological, 261; railway, by
government, 109
Susquehanna, valley, 114; waterway,
220
