. Europe and other continents . lery,rubber goods. Raw cotton, breadstuffs, provisions. Beet sugar, chemicals and drugs, cot-ton goods, silk goods. Raw cotton, copper, mineral oil. Silk goods, hides, jewellery, cottongoods. Coal, breadstuffs, cotton and manu-factures of. Lumber, coal, hides. Breadstuffs, provisions, copper, min-eral , tin. Provisions, breadstuffs, , fruits, cocoa. Mineral oil, cotton , hides, tin. Breadstuffs, mineral oil, , rubber, sugar. Coal, cotton goods, iron and steel grass, coffee, lead,


. Europe and other continents . lery,rubber goods. Raw cotton, breadstuffs, provisions. Beet sugar, chemicals and drugs, cot-ton goods, silk goods. Raw cotton, copper, mineral oil. Silk goods, hides, jewellery, cottongoods. Coal, breadstuffs, cotton and manu-factures of. Lumber, coal, hides. Breadstuffs, provisions, copper, min-eral , tin. Provisions, breadstuffs, , fruits, cocoa. Mineral oil, cotton , hides, tin. Breadstuffs, mineral oil, , rubber, sugar. Coal, cotton goods, iron and steel grass, coffee, lead, cotton, mineral oil, iron and steel , tea. 10. Japan •{ I Name some of the countries which probably have the sameexports as the United States, and which are, therefore, likelyto be active rivals to us in supplying foreign markets. Owing to our trade relations with the United Kingdom,what hardships would probably be brought upon the Britishif they entered upon a war with n<? ? How might the Germans. 540 COMPARISON OF COUNTRIES suffer if they were at war with us ? How might the Frenchsuffer ? On the other hand, what hardships would come to usin each case ? Are we more or less independent than thesecountries in case of such war ? Why ? Reasons for the Rank of the United States.—The pre-ceding- figures and diagrams show that several Europeancountries are the chief competitors with the UnitedStates in the worlds trade. Give examples. But so faras the future is concerned, several important factsare in our favor. In the first place, we are still in ouryouth as a people, while some of the leading nationsof Europe have perhaps already reached the zenith oftheir power. In the second place, the territory of mostof those countries is densely populated, as shown in Fig-ure 403. Note the number of inhabitants per square milein Belgium, Germany, and France. When we contrast withthese figures our average of only twenty persons per squaremile, the possibility of


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