. The story of corn and the westward migration. es and South America were sold in thestreets of London, and a new era in transportationhad begun. Vessels were now beginning to carryfood from one country to another; nations camecloser and closer together, and men became morefaniiliar with the habits of their fellow beings indifferent parts of the earth. As commerce increased, famines sweeping overlarge areas grew less and less frequent, for the sur-plus food supply of one people could now be trans-ported to the famished districts of other parts of theglobe. People living away from the coast or
. The story of corn and the westward migration. es and South America were sold in thestreets of London, and a new era in transportationhad begun. Vessels were now beginning to carryfood from one country to another; nations camecloser and closer together, and men became morefaniiliar with the habits of their fellow beings indifferent parts of the earth. As commerce increased, famines sweeping overlarge areas grew less and less frequent, for the sur-plus food supply of one people could now be trans-ported to the famished districts of other parts of theglobe. People living away from the coast or thenavigable rivers saw the necessity of building betterroads. Stronger vehicles, such as wagons and car-riages of various kinds, were built, and the com-merce of the world began to reach the interiorsettlements and to draw them closer to the world-markets. From the discovery of America to the present A New Continent and the Worlds Food Supply 53 time, trade in the necessities of life has increasedmore and more. To-day a very large part of the. A Mexican oxcart. With the coming of the crude hut strong oxcart the commerce of the world began to reach interior settlements commerce of the world consists of articles in generaluse, such as wheat, corn, rice, bacon, hams, butter,cheese, cotton, wool, iron wares, and leather. Bycomparing the commerce of to-day with that ofancient times we can see how the world is becomingmore united, and the great extent to which eachsection of the globe is dependent upon other sectionsfor articles in daily use. Why Universal Famines have not occurredsince 1600. It will be remembered that Americawas discovered in 1492 and that throughout the
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