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Skins. See Hides
Slaughtering and meat packing 90, 97,* 99,
251, 253, 255, 256, 258, 259, 277
Smelting, iron 114, 115, 116, 117, 125, 266;
copper 118, 121
Soap 255, 267
Sodium nitrate. See Nitrate of soda
Soil, improvement of 41; for corn 47, 49;
for rye 58; for barley 60; for potatoes 62;
for sweet potatoes 63; for sugar beets 69;
for sugar cane 72; for apples 75
Soo Canals. See St. Mary’s Canals
Sorghum cane 68, 69, 72, 73
South Africa, wheat 53 ; cattle 90; sheep 93;
copper 119; gold 120, 231; tin 120; rail-
ways 183, 233; products 191; ports 231;
foreign commerce 231, 309 ; diamonds 231,
290; as market 301; area and population
328
South America, swine 93; gold 120; tin 120;
a study of 144-153*; railways 177*; effect
on trade, of Panama Canal 201; indus-
trial development 272; foreign trade 294,
295, 302, 303, 304; area and population
329; cities 335; value of principal ex-
ports 336
South Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) 254
South Carolina, sea-island cotton 6; in
southern forest region 136; water power
237; cotton industries 237, 257, 258; area
and population 326 ; manufacturing 327
South Dakota, wheat 33, 42, 43, 53; barley
50; minerals 119, 325; railways 178; area
and population 326; manufacturing 327
Soy beans 65, 67
Spain, time of wheat harvest 53; citrus
fruits 78; sheep 93; iron ore shipped to
England 117, 246; copper 119; tin 120,
275; lead 121, 275; position as mining
country 122; coal and water power 125;
railway mileage 183; industries 264; raw
silk 273, 279; flax 279; commerce 281.
309; area and population 329
Spices 250, 260
Spokane (Washington) 259, 335
Stassfurt (Germany) 268, 290
Steamships. See Ships
Steel. See Iron
Stettin (Germany) 268, 332
Stone 112, 113, 117, 140, 313
Subsidies, to shipping 310
Suakin. See Port Sudan
Suez Canal 198, 199, 206, 229, 230, 246
Sugar, production of 68-73,* 292, 312; con-
sumption of, in United States 69, 73, 292
refineries 250, 258, 260, 262, 263, 268:
imports of, into United States 292, 293°
from Asia 321; from South America 336
Sugar beets 69—71.* 73. 268. 275. 292
Sugar cane 68,* 69,* 71-73,* 150, 292
Superior (Wisconsin) 206, 335
Susquehanna River, and valley 211
Swamp lands 36, 37, 181
Sweden, rye 41; wheat 53; oats 57; iron
and steel 114, 117, 246, 271; copper 119;
mining 122; coal and water power 125;
forests 140; railways 178, 183; manu-
facturing 264, 271; commerce 281, 309;
area and population 329
Sweet potatoes 63, 312
Swine, world production 92,* 93; in United
States 98, 100; in Asia and Australia
312
Switzerland, cotton manufacturing 19; size
29 *; apples 76; sheep 92; exports of
cheese to United States 95; minerals 122;
roads 173; railways 183; industries 235—
264, 270, 290; farming 280 *; commerce
281, 309; area and population 329
Sydney (Australia) 90, 190, 215, 332
Syracuse (New York) 252, 335
Syria 318, 328
Tacoma (Washington) 138, 259, 335
Caft, William H. 129
Canganyika, Lake 231
Fangier (Morocco) 228, 230
Canning 244, 245, 250
Tanta (Egypt) 228
Car 268
Mariff, United States, on textiles 20, 25, 246;
on sugar 292; on woolen industries 294;
effect of, on United States trade with
possessions 307
Fashkent (Russia-in-Asia) 165, 333
[asmania 176, 328
lea 159, 162, 290, 291, 293, 313, 321
lemperature, United States and Canada 4,*
5,* 30; world 30,* 31*; for wheat 42,
43*; for corn 47, 49; for rice 49, 50; for
rye 58; for sugar plants 69, 70, 71; for
apples 75; for citrus fruits 76, 77, 78; for
peaches 80; relation to efficiency 235
Tennessee, cotton 5; time of wheat harvest
53; minerals 117, 325; area and population
326; value of manufacturing 327
Texas, rice 49*; time of wheat harvest 53;
watermelons 64; coal 125; forests and
lumber 36, 141; railways 187; cotton 213;
potash 290 ; sugar cane 292 ; minerals 325 ;
area and population 326; manufacturing
327
Textiles, in United States 250, 251,* 252,
257, 258, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273,*
291; of India 273, 318; Great Britain's
competition in 276 ; imports of, by United
States 291; by South America 302. See
also Cotton. Flax. Silk, Wool
