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T h e four-state area discussed in this symposium contains 15% of the land area but only 1.43% of the population of the United States, a population density of about one tenth the national average. Unlike most areas, its economy is based principally upon agriculture: very little manufacturing is carried on. Such industries as exist a k primarily for exploitation of available raw materials, the products being shipped out of the region for fabrication and consumption. Industrial expansion in recent years, with the exception of Atomic Energy Commission installations, appears to parallel the growth in population. Although population density is low. educational level is high and there is better than average interest in the technical type of education useful to chemical industries. The local supply of unskilled labor generally is sufficient for plant construction needs, but the low level of industrial activity has precluded any concentration of trained manpower. Partly coun-
teracting this is the unusually high mobility of skilled craftsmen in the area, lower labor costs, and higher-than-average productivity of labor. Raw materials are abundant and, with the exception of Idaho, fossil fuels for power or for use also as raw materials are widespread. Electric power is ample for any f d l e industrial development. Not so favorable is the water supply. In the Rocky Mountain States and parts of the Far West, precipitation ranges from an annual average of about 25 to less than 5 inches over most of the region. and the water available for beneficial use consequently is less than in other parts of the nation. In some areas the water requirements of existing projects during years of low run-oH exceed the supply, and shortages are experienced. Other areas have surplus water. However, by judicious plant location and cclreful plant design, this problem can usually be solved satisfactorily with small increases in plant costs. WALTER I. R. MURPHY
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