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sther Canadian cities. The industries repre: 
ented were: jewelers’ supplies, men’s shirts, 
soda pulp, dairy products, oils, stamped ware, 
sox boards and folding boxes, cotton yarn, and 
stove and furnace pipes and fittings. 
Reasons were given for the location of 6 
5f these plants. The stamped ware plant was 
located here because of a market for the prods 
uct. An available factory building together 
with favorable labor, and living conditions and 
transportation facilities influenced the selection 
~f another community for a jewelers’ supply 
factory. An available plant, labor and nearness 
to related industries brought a men’s shirt es 
tablishment to another community. The larger 
cities offer both a good local market and a sup 
oly of raw material to plants making box board 
and folding boxes. Another city offers a raw 
material supply and market to a number of 
dairy products. The advantages to a manufac 
—urer of soda pulp are described as follows: 
The principal reason for our locating here was 
due to the fact that the greater part of our prod- 
uct is being used in the paper mill which is con- 
trolled by the same interests and which was 
ocated here many years ago. 
Two English firms selected Ontario localities 
‘or manufacturing branches. One of the larger 
~ities was chosen by a firm making jams, pre- 
serves and relishes and was also selected by a 
frm making rayon. The construction engineer 
of the latter firm wrote the following letter to 
the President of the Board of Trade. * 
T find this city has exceptional advantages for 
any industry. Your power situation, labor and 
Jdving conditions, educational advantages, your un- 
excelled water supply both for domestic and in- 
Justrial purposes, your shipping and receiving 
“cilities for an abundant supply of cheap coal 
and your geographical location make this city 
second to no town in Canada for industrial de- 
velopment. 
Relocation of Industries—There have been 
nore relocations of plants in Ontario than in 
any other province. Most of the movement, 
wowever, has been within the province. There 
were 10 relocations to Ontario involving 517 
>mployees. Out of a total of 13 firms reported 
1s having moved out of individual communities, 
3* of them relocated within the province. 
Seven of the gains were plants which moved 
‘rom other Ontario cities. Three firms moved 
‘rom Ontario to Quebec and two from Quebec 
-0 Ontario. No movements were reported to or 
rom the other provinces. Two firms moved to 
he United States. Movements to smaller cities, 
0 larger cities and to cities of the same size 
vere about equally distributed. The chief 
eason given was markets. In one case finan 
sal inducement was given as a reason. An 
wailable factory building was a contributing 
-ause in four cases. Among the other reasons 
nentioned were lower power rates, supply of 
-aw material, more favorable labor and living 
~onditions and reorganization of the company. 
Firms Out of Business—Fifteen firms in 
Ontario were reported as going out of business, 
ix of which employed 100 or more employees. 
Sour of the firms were in the textile or clothing 
rade and four in the lumber and building 
supply trade. 
The following industries} were represented: 
lumber, rubber tires, shoes, steel, stoves, woolen 
soods, and building supplies, shoes, men’s cloth 
ing, men’s shirts, knit goods, steel hydraulic ma- 
-hinery, stoves, rubber tires, paper and pulp, 
ind dairy. 
The reasons given were gradual decline in 
susiness, lack of capital or bankruptcy. 
¥ Gains and losses do not balance because we do not have 
reports from all cities of Provinces. 
+ Ths industries represented by the six large firms are given 
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New Local Industries—Quebec had a gross 
rainf of 71 plants employing a total of 6,149 
workers and a gross loss of 9 plants em- 
ploying 585 workers. Gains were divided as 
follows: relocations, 6 plants; branches, 13 
{ The term gross gain is used because the total gain and 
loss figures include intra-province movement. 
plants; new local industries, 52 plants. Ten of 
these plants employed 100 or more persons, 
which is nearly three-quarters of all the new 
local firms having 100 or more employees estab- 
lished in the Dominion in the two-year period. 
Losses were divided as follows: 6 moved out 
Sf cities of this province, and 3 were reported