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tmm pmpects of deolining natural gen remmea. In this area 'there is concentrated a very large eegment of the petroleum industry'e rakingcapacity, and it is from petroleum &&that Although these BtateS Contain 8Pproximately 3% of the area Of starting products are obtained for many chemical syntheses. In the United State, they contain 20% of the population; it ia addition to containing impartant mineral remuma apeoisc to here that approximately 80% of the chemical industry of the eaveral of the industzies, great power rwurma are concentrated United S t a t e is located, including some of the oldest parts of in the area, particularly u p p e ~ t a t aNew York. the chemical industry. Suwessful chemical development depend8 as much as MYIn recent years attention haa beeol attraated to the rapid thing on an adequate supply of technically trained people and on growth of the chemical industly in other parts of the country, -ch f d t i e a This area is rich in u n i v d t i w and in rewtebly the 8Outhwsst. A t timas it may em that the chemical search and oonsulht hbomtoriea. indin the triState mea of New York, New Jersey, and The great importsnae of nearby marketa must pever be o m PennaylPsniahaabecomestatic,but~alysesmsdebytheauth~ laoked. In addition to containing approximately 20% of the population, this area ia adjacent to other heavily populated oep. of the papers makingup the sympceium show clesrly that & here is c o u t i n u j n ~ h d t h yand subst9ntial. The area already tiom, and, therefore, with a minimum of transprtation the area prcduce far in exof other meza in proprtion to its populsr has BDto extenaim marketa. In addition, it is Btrstegioauy tion, and there a m m d reeona for this development. located to export chemic& to Europe and other pmta of the Hers are located raw materhb, msnpmer, transportation, world. The importance of thia market concentration cannot financial resources, teohnical rpsearch facilities, and, above all, be meremphasiaed, as transportation costs have i n & markets. Cod, for example, haa alwaya been aesociated with markedly in the last d d e and may well continue to incaease. or& ohemid production, and although paeaibly it has last The authorn have approached the subject from both a prcdue some of ita relative hportance in w e n t years, it eeam tion and a connumption p i n t of view in their examination of the once sgain that it will play an important part in the future der w m of the trktata area. vdopment of organic ohemids. Wmce is made to the d s A. B. HERElBERGER velopmenta baaed on the hydrogenation of coal and to the longI resource for the chemical industry. The area diaoussed includea the s t a t e of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
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