(_d_) In what measure the need of individual countries to obtain materials of production from other lands and to find new markets for their own products is responsible for the growth of international dependence. 4. The Conference desires that investigations be made into: (_a_) The volume of the world’s production of all the many articles of food, of the various raw materials, and of the principal manufactures. (_b_) The productions of individual countries, and the extent to which they are retained for home consumption or are exported. (_c_) The consumption of individual countries, and the extent to which the various articles are supplied from home productions or are imported. 5. The Conference wishes to ascertain to what extent the economy of production by large units, instead of by small units, has contributed to the international dependence of nations. 6. The development of this world-embracing economy has taken place in great measure in consequence of the investment of capital by rich countries in less developed lands. Through this there have arisen close relations and a great increase of wealth, not only for the lending and the borrowing countries, but for all nations. The Conference is of the opinion that researches should be made into the extent of the interdependence of the nations in the matter of capital. 7. The Conference desires to institute inquiries into the interdependence of the financial centres of the world. 8. The Conference desires to make the unifying effects of international trade, the building of railways, the progress of shipping, the improvement and extension of all means of communication and the progress of inventions, the subjects of careful investigation. 9. The Conference is in favour of making a comprehensive study of the various international unions and associations, in which the social and economic interests of all classes of society are now either organized or in process of organization, through official or private action. ----- Footnote 1: