Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

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Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part three. The field of manufacture

Collection:: Economics Books

PART THREE Tee FieLp oF MANUFACTURE CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS OF MANUFACTURE As students of industrial geography, our main problem in regard to manufacturing is to find out why factories are located in certain parts of the world. There are at least eight conditions that favor the location of manu- facturing industries. (1) Energetic and inventive people (2) Nearness to fuel or to abundant water power (8) Nearness to raw materials 4) Convenient transportation facilities Nearness to markets Large supply of efficient labor Abundant capital for investment (8) The advantage of an early start Industries in relation to human ability. In a broad way race and climate exert the most powerful influence on the general location of manufacturing industries. In almost every factory in our north- ern states men and women are working vigorously and rapidly, with their minds and muscles constantly alert. This kind of efficient work is rarely found except in places inhabited by a few energetic races and where the climate is invigorating. On a hot day in summer we seldom feel like doing our best work. From our feelings on such days we can readily see why tropical races have a reputation for lazi- ness, and why it is difficult to secure efficient labor where the tem- perature is constantly high. In regions of excessive cold, efficient labor is again scarce; even in the northern parts of the United States factory operatives accomplish less in winter than in the spring and fall. In the southern states, on the other hand, the work falls off considerably during the hot summers. The mind and body are most stimulated to efficient work and peo- ple enjoy the best health in the cooler portions of the temperate zone, particularly in those parts which have frequent changes of weather and frequent rainfall. Such regions are the home of the most active and inventive races, and include the chief industrial countries, — the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzer- land, and northern Italy. - XN

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