Part 37

1. What has been the policy of the Government in its disposition of the public domain? Illustrate. Page 9.

2. What has been the unique and characteristic feature of the land policy of the United States? Page 9.

3. What has been the result of the land policy of the United States? Page 10.

4. What was the first effort toward the solution of farming in the arid soils of the West? Page 10.

5. Explain what is meant by dry-farming. Page 11.

6. How do the farms of the United States compare in 404 size with those of European countries? To what is this difference due? Page 11.

7. What does the movement of the population from the farm to the city indicate? Page 13.

8. What change in method is agriculture undergoing in the United States? Give the reason for this change. Page 14.

9. Discuss the cereal production of the United States. Page 15.

10. Upon what question does the future of the cotton production depend? Page 17.

11. What movement is now put forth to aid in the preservation of our forests? Page 18.

The Mineral Resources of the United States.

1. Into what groups may the natural resources of a country be divided? Illustrate. Page 19.

2. What two answers are given to the problem of the conservation of a limited supply of resources? Page 20.

3. What steps have been taken towards stopping the devastation of our resources? Page 21.

4. What estimates are given as to the amount of coal in the United States and as to how long this supply will last? Page 22.

5. What is the most favorable situation for iron deposits? State reasons. Page 24.

6. Where is the most wonderful iron-mining region in the United States? What makes it such a remarkable region? Page 24.

7. Of what importance are the precious metals? What is the practical problem confronting American gold-mining companies at present? Page 25.

8. To what use was copper put in Homeric times? What has 405 caused it to rise to the front rank in recent years? Page 26.

9. How does the present-day application of water power to machinery differ from its application prior to 1890? Page 28.

Capitalistic Production.

1. What five causes does the census report give for the rapid industrial development in the United States? Page 30.

2. Give Carroll D. Wright’s definition of a factory. Page 31.

3. Illustrate the two meanings which “division of labor” may indicate. Page 32.

4. Show how the subdivision of labor brings about the extension of labor-saving machinery. Page 33.

5. Name the economies of a large-scale production. Page 36.

6. What improvements have made large-scale production possible? Page 36.