348 Modern Business Geography
Population — Continued
tage in ports of United States 208; of
Canadian cities 225; of African cities 228 :
in manufacturing centers 235, 243, 265;
percentage of workers engaged in industries
243, 247, 248, 249,* 319; distribution of,
in United States 248,* 309; of European
countries 265, 269, 270, 275, 287, 299; of
Australia 272; world density of 284*; and
importance of markets 285-288; of India
287; of China 301, 320 ; of Canada 305; of
Mexico 306; of Philippine Islands 306:
of Asia and Australia 311, 315, 318, 319,
322; of United States, by states 327; of
chief countries and colonies 328; of com-
mercial cities of United States 330, 334; of
cities outside United States 330, 335
Porcelain 267, 273
Port Arthur (Manitoba) 220
Port Elizabeth (South Africa) 228
Port Natal (South Africa) 228, 231
Port Said (Egypt) 228,230
Port Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) 230
Port works 207, 209, 212, 214, 219, 220
Portland (Maine) 222, 334
Portland (Oregon) 138, 214, 215, 216, 259, 330
Porto Rico, sugar 69, 73, 292; citrus fruits
77; as market 301; area and population
326, 329
Portsmouth (Virginia) 212
Portugal, fruits 78; fisheries 103, 107; com-
merce 281, 309; area and population 329
Potash 268, 289, 290
Potassium chloride. See Potash
Potatoes 62, 63,* 67, 74, 100, 312
Potomac River 212
Poultry 99,* 101
Power, and industries 235, 236, 237,* 238.*
243. See also Coal, Fuels, Water power
Prague (Czechoslovakia) 271, 332
Precious stones 168, 289, 290, 293
Pribilof Islands 106
Prince Rupert (British Columbia) 226
Printing 247, 251, 258, 259
Production, primary 1, 8; of cotton 2-8*;
field of 27-157*; in Africa 228; of Asia
and Australia 312, 313
Products, world’s chief primary 312, 313
Providence (Rhode Island) 222, 250. 330
Prussia 41
Puebla (Mexico) 155
Puget Sound 215, 259
Punta Arenas (Chile) 152, 335
Purchasing power, of United States and
Europe 287; of Paris 288; of Asiatic
peoples 313. 314. 315*
Quarrying 112, 117-122, * 239
Duebec (Quebec) 139, 225, 226, 260
Quebracho wood 140, 148, 336
Quincy (Massachusetts) 239, 334
Juinine 270
Duito (Ecuador) 153, 336
Railroads, in Central America 79; and
cattle raising 87; and mining 124; of
South America 148, 167, 177,* 184,* 302;
government ownership of 174; in progres-
sive countries 175; of North America
176,* 184,* 186* ; under local management
178; conditions affecting development of
178, 179, 186*; cost of 180-183 ; of world
183, 184*; of United States 183, 186,*
187, 192,* 193, 204*; of Canada 186,*
192,* 204,* 226, 227 ; of Europe 197, 266,*
267; cities of United States as centers of
209, 210, 211, 214, 217, 219; routes across
Appalachians 210, 211, 212; of Africa 229,
230, 231, 233; of Asia and Australia 317
ainfall, of world viii; in United States 6,*
30; methods used to offset unfavorable
31; and wheat 42, 43; and corn 47, 49;
and rice 50, 60; and sugar beets 70; and
sugar cane 71; and apples 75; and bana-
nas 78, 79; and coconuts 79; and sheep
raising 92; and forests 134; on west coast
of South America 146; and water power
238; in Asia and Australia 314, 318
Raisins 81
Rangoon (Burma) 162, 331
Raw materials, kinds shipped by tramp
steamers 191; Africa as producer of 228;
and location of industries 238, 243, 250;
production of, in Australia 271, 312, 313,
321; Holland as dealer in tropical 275;
production of, in Europe 279; United
States imports and exports of 294, 295;
Europe as market for 299; from South
America 302; from Asia and Australia
312, 313, 321
Reclamation Service, U. S. 35,* 36
Red River 227
Red Sea 230
Refrigeration, for fruit 76; for milk 86; for
meat 90, 97; for fish 105; cost of 238
Regina (Saskatchewan) 225
Reindeer 87
Relief, and wheat farming 42, 43, 47; and
corn 49; and rice 50, 51; and apples 75;
and mineral deposits 112, 119; and lum-
bering 132; of South America 145, 146,
148, 149, 153; and air transportation 169;
and railways 179, 180, 186*; and water
power 238*; and industries in Switzerland
270; of Asia and Australia 315
Resin 136
Rhode Island .railway mileage 187; area and
population 326: manufacturing 327
