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Transport is one of the aids to trade. By moving goods from places where they are plentiful to places where they are (36) scarce, transport adds to their value. The more easily goods can be brought over the distance that (37) separates producer and consumer, the better for trade.
    The great (38) advances made in transport during the last two hundred years were (39) accompanied by a big increase in trade. Quicker transport makes possible mass-production and big business, (40) drawing supplies from, and selling goods to, all parts of the (41) globe. Big factories could not (42) exist without transport to carry the large numbers of workers they need to and from their homes. Big city stores could not have developed unless customers could travel easily from the (43) suburbs and goods delivered to their homes. (44) Big cities could not survive unless food could be brought from a distance.
    Transport also prevents waste. Much of the fish landed at the ports would be wasted if it could no! be taken quickly to inland towns. (45) Transport has given us a much greater variety of foods and goods since we no longer have to live on what is produced locally. Foods which at one time could be obtained only during a part of the year can now be obtained all through the year. Transport has raised the standard of living.
    (46) Commerce requires not only the moving of goods and people but also the carrying of messages and information. Means of communication send information about prices, supplies, and changing conditions in different parts of the world. In this way, advanced communication systems also help to develop trade.