Excerpt from Course in Foreign Trade International Currents of Trade. 73 Surface Causes and Effects Not Sufficient Nations as Producing Units Diversity of Resources Natural Resources Artificial Resources Skilled Labor Transportation Facilities Financing Facilities The Export of Capital The Tariff as an Economic Factor Relative Value of Resources Always a Demand for Outside Products Trade is Reciprocal. V.Industries and Foreign Trade 91 Influence of the Factory Why American Agriculture was Preeminent More Mouths to Feed, Less Food to Export Competition from the Less Developed Countries Increasing Importance of Manufactures Changed Relations in Our Imports Why We Export and Import the Same Classes of Goods Manufactured Goods More Profitable Three Phases in Foreign Trade Development The United States in the Foreign Trade Era. VI. Fighting for the Worlds Trade 107 -il.Jommercial Rivalry before the War U.S. Exports before the War Assuming the Export Leadership lof the World Japans Rise in Foreign Trade Resources of the United States The New American Merchant Marine Extension of American Banking Government Aid in Financing Cooperation under the Webb-Pomerene Act Unifying the Governments Trade Aids. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.