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Traffic of the state must be carried. To Genoa and Milan it crosses the
Alps via the St. Gotthard tunnel, or the Simplon Pass;[75] to Paris it
goes by the Rhone Valley; between Vienna and Switzerland, by the Arlberg
tunnel; and to Germany or to Amsterdam through the valley of the Main.
As a result of this most excellent system of transportation, Switzerland
is thronged with visiting tourists at all times of the year; moreover,
it has always been the policy of the Swiss Government not only to
provide for them, but also to make the country attractive to them. The
result has shown the wisdom of the policy. Indeed, the foreign tourist
has become one of the chief sources of income of the Swiss people, and
the latter profit by the transaction to the amount of about forty
million dollars a year. About all the raw material used in manufacture
must be imported. The cotton is purchased mainly from the United States,
and enters by way of Marseille. The raw silk is purchased from Italy,
China, and Japan. Coal, sugar, food-stuffs, and steel are purchased from
Germany, and this state supplies about half the imports. From the United
States are purchased wheat, cotton, and coal-oil. The manufactures are
intended for export. The fine cotton textiles sold to the United States
are worth far more than the raw cotton purchase