This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...will sooner or later come about, and with the running of regular lines, instead of the tramp steamers which now do most of the South's export trade, the tendency to develop the import business will grow. Coincident with the expansion of the trade from the West to Europe via Southern ports has come a movement on the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...will sooner or later come about, and with the running of regular lines, instead of the tramp steamers which now do most of the South's export trade, the tendency to develop the import business will grow. Coincident with the expansion of the trade from the West to Europe via Southern ports has come a movement on the part of existing railroads and of large capitalists in this country and abroad to provide adequate facilities for handling this traffic. It is now everywhere accepted as an established fact that the improvement of railroads between the West and the South must be carried forward on a very broad scale, and that the most ample harbor and shipping arrangements must be provided at every South Atlantic and Gulf port to meet the rapid growth of this traffic. The population of this country is increasing at a rate which will now show an aggregate of 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 a decade, and from that on to much larger figures. These facts, which far-seeing business men appreciate, furnish a just basis for the great operations that we now see in the development of extensive shipping and harbor facilities. The enterprise that would be visionary in a country whose population and trade are practically fixed and stationary may in our country appeal to the most careful judgment of the most conservative financier, who looks not to the past, but from the present to the future. Such men see that new channels of trade "along the line of least resistance" are commercial necessities, and that magnificent opportunities are still presented for creating enterprises that must influence the movement of the world's trade. lNCREASE OF WEALTH. Such progress here reviewed, which has been most rapid during the past 10 years in agriculture, mining, lumbering, manufacturi...
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*Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Nov. 11 (sale item)* 37 pp, paper wrappers chipped, text lightly age toned, good only; The American South has abundant natural resources and has been making continued progress in agriculture, industry, and commerce (the Civil War was a setback but there is really no New South, only a continuation of antebellum trends). -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
