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Industrial Growth: Lateral growth in trees frequently begins later than growth in height, but the period of lateral growth is longer. Rates of lateral growth likewise are low at the outset, increasing after a few weeks and then diminishing. In view of the long annual period of lateral growth in trees, deleterious environmental conditions may exercise a pronounced effect on growth. In the wood of trees of temperate regions, narrow and wide growth rings may be observed, marking years characterized by unfavorable and favorable conditions for growth.
But the Industrial growth city was no less an image. The growth of the use of money from a medium of exchange in the early days of the development of international trade to its complete domination of the mind and spirit of western man by the middle of the 19th century was paralleled by a degeneration of cities and by a deliberate spoliation of the urban idea, which was quite on a par with the spoliation of natural resources and with the degradation of the peasant and the craftsman into the slum dweller. Steam, smoke, and slums were the gift of the Industrial growth Revolution to the cities.
The interacting effect of Industrial growth and commercial progress and the advance of transportation is most conspicuous in the United States, which has developed rapidly since the coming of mechanical transportation and production activities.
Political Factors.—A stable government to assure Industrial growth and commercial growth is also an important factor in the progress of transportation. Such a government encourages those who venture in the development of transportation facilities to have confidence that they will reap the benefits of their enterprise. |
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