. The street railway review . atural outlet for all New England as well asMassachusetts and most of the foreign trade passes through thisport. The commerce with the West Indies, Brazil, ArgentineRepublic and other South American countries is of great impor-tance, the manufactured products of New England being ex-changed for coffee, sugar, hides and fruits of the south. Throughthe Allen, Anchor, Cunard and Peabody lines of steamers, Bostonis in direct communication with England, Northern Europe, Aus-tralia and South Africa. Boston is the largest wool market inthe United States and is one of the
. The street railway review . atural outlet for all New England as well asMassachusetts and most of the foreign trade passes through thisport. The commerce with the West Indies, Brazil, ArgentineRepublic and other South American countries is of great impor-tance, the manufactured products of New England being ex-changed for coffee, sugar, hides and fruits of the south. Throughthe Allen, Anchor, Cunard and Peabody lines of steamers, Bostonis in direct communication with England, Northern Europe, Aus-tralia and South Africa. Boston is the largest wool market inthe United States and is one of the most important distributingcenters for the boot and shoe, clothing and printing business. Itis the second port of the country with regard to European present mayor of Boston is Josiah Quincy who was firstelected in Pecember, 1895, and re-elected in 1897. Mr. Quincy isa Democrat, but does not believe in free silver, and was opposedby that wing of his party. 502 (^tMSV^u^S^^vicW* 1 I * POINTS or M lI P^^ itiW inimtsi. *^ Visitors to Boston for the first time find themselves with hun-dreds of other tourists anxious to visit the interesting historicalplaces which surround the Hub, for every year there are Ihou-sands of persons who come here to study the romantic history ofthe ruritans from the day of their landing at Plymouth up to themore modern times. Then there are treasured landmarks of theRevolution. Here were born many of our noted men, such as Samuel Ad-ams, John Hancock, Chief Justice Sewall, Cotton Mather; Bostonhas been the home of the artists Copley, Stuart, Allston, Hunt;and of poets here were born and lived within an hours ride,Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier. Here, too, was the birthplaceof Julian Hawthorne and of Edward Everett; the home of Pres-cott, the historian; of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Phillips Brooks,Gilljert Haven, George Ticknor and many others. A walk aboutthe city from any point will soon bring one to some place ofwhich history speaks. A i-ide i
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