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

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298 Modern Business Geography ' ALASKA ~ 3C " i UNITED STATES WATER POWER RY STATES 5G 00 U 100 20L Al ——— Tnited States Geological Surve. Developed water power Potential water power #» = 100,000 horsepower O = 200,000 horsepower + = less than 100,000 horsepower x = less than 200,000 horsepower Fig. 160. Water power is found where the relief is rugged and the rainfall is at least moderate. Why is so little water power available in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois? in the states from North Dakota to Texas? Why have the Pacific states so much? Why have Nevada and New Mexico together much less than California? Where is the available water power most nearly utilized ? lines bring the power two or even four hundred miles from the Sierras to the cities of the lowland where some of the other favorable condi- tions for manufacturing are found. They illustrate the way in which people try to get as many favorable conditions as possible in one place. Raw materials and the location of industries. Many manufactur- ing industries are located near the source of their chief raw material. For instance, the industries of fruit canning and fruit drying are highly developed in California, where fruit grows in great abundance. For similar reasons Maryland cans many tomatoes, and the state of Wash- ington many fish, while Wisconsin is a great state for butter, cheese, and condensed milk. The raw materials for the products mentioned above are alike in being perishable, a condition which draws the industries to them. Where such materials are transported long distances in the fresh state, the cost of refrigeration makes the prices relatively much higher than for canned goods. Other kinds of raw material that attract factories include the prod- acts of mines, quarries, and forests. Many metals, unlike the bulk of the American iron ore, are smelted near the mines. This accounts for the manufacturing carried on in mining centers like Butte, Mon-

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