The United States has most of what every country would like to
have coal and (11) and other minerals, cereals
(wheat. barley, maize), beef, cattle, fruit plantations of all kinds, as well
as (12) Yet, as in most countries, there is unemployment and the
fear of unemployment, and few people like (13) unemployed
more than the Americans. They are paid well, even in quite simple jobs, and
their taxes are low, so they do not often come out on (14)
for unimportant reasons. Union officials in the factories are employed
not only to make sure the workers get (15) treatment, but
also to see that they work as well as they can.