The primary purpose of the book is to give information. It is a survey of world markets and the nature of the trade which constitutes them. It interprets the consequences of the Great War, the control of raw materials, and the nationalized efficiency of the several countries. The author, Charles M. Pepper, the economic and political tendencies which affect the international commerce of all countries. trade is competitive trade." This is the key to the book in its full description and analysis of the conditions under which this competition will be carried on. book, in brief, is essentially an outlook with an historic background.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.