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(V) Tre PrivMaRYy PropucTioN oF AsiA AND AusTRALIA (Continued)
WoRrLp’s CHIEF PRIMARY
PRODUCTS (IN APPROXIMATE
ORDER OF TOTAL VALUE)
Copper . . . . .
Citrus fruits . . .
Cement . .
Gold . . .
Bananas
Berries .
Tea .
Cottonseed .
Stone...
Peanuts . . .
Clay and brick
Raw silk.
Rubber .
Flaxseed (linseed)
Coffee . . . .
Water for power .
Flax fiber . .
Coconuts
Lead .
Silver
Tin .
Zinc .
Jute
JERCENT- PERCENTAGE
AGE Pro-| PRODUCED IN
DUCED IN|AUSTRALIA AND
ASIA NEW ZEALAND
4 m
25)
2)
5
20)
2)
10
1.
(0.4)
11.4
0.1
(0.4)
00
25
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25)
5)
30
0.0
0.4)
0.0
0.6)
0.0
20
30
20
J
3
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.0
M0
MM
PARTS OF ASIA IN WHICH
CHIEFLY PRODUCED
Japan, India
India and Japan
Widely distributed
India to S. China
W. and N. Asia
N. E. India, Ceylon, S. E.
China, Japan, Java
Dutch E. Indies, India
Widely distributed
S. E. Asia
W. Asia, China, India
Japan, China (center and
southeast)
Ceylon, East Indies,
Malay Peninsula
India (Ganges valley)
East Indies, India
Japan
Western Siberia
S. E. Asia
India, Japan
Tapan
Malay Peninsula
Benga.
appreciable extent, and hence marked 0.0 in Table V. What kinds of
products are they — food fibers, metals, fuels, other raw materials ?
List articles in which the production of Australia exceeds that of Asia.
What kinds of products are they?
Dependence of people of Asia upon local products. Americans
consume many goods brought from a distance, and they often fail to
realize that far more than half the people of the world consume little
except the products of their own immediate locality. In China and
India the average consumption of imported products per capita among
hundreds of millions of people amounts to less than fifty cents’ worth
per year. Those same people rarely consume more than two or three
dollars’ worth of domestic goods other than those produced within a
few score miles of their homes. The high cost of primitive transporta-