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Fresented before t h e Division of Chemical Marketing and Economics at t h e 124th Meeting of t h e American Chemical Society, Chicago, Ill.
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The center of population of the United States has been in t h e area since 1860; it has gradually drifted west and south to its present point near Olney, Ill. Accordingly, the area is stable, well balanced between industry and agriculture, and versatile i n both respects. The chief chemical manufacturing areas are Chicago, the lower shore of Lake Michigan, t h e Detroit area, Cleveland (including Akron) and the south shore oE Lake Erie, Cincinnati, and the areas around Midland, Mich., and East St. Louis, Ill. There is a definite trend toward decentralization with the further establishment of industry on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and on t h e shores of the Great Lakes. Considerable decentralization has already resulted from the formation of chemical divisions or chemical manufacturing subsidiaries by other industries, such as meat packers, grain processors, oil refineries, steel mills, pulp and paper mills, distillers, and rubber processors. The papers in t h e symposium discuss those resources of the area responsible for the present chemical industry and their effect on further expansion.
This is t h e sixth in a series of symposia on resources for the chemical industry. The area covered, the East North Central States, is one of the nine geographic divisions defined by t h e Bureau of t h e Census. I t is commonly called t h e industrial Midwest (in contrast to t h e predominantly agricultural states i n t h e West North Central region). The area covers 8% of the area of t h e United States and has 20% of t h e population. In 1951, value added by all manufacture was 33.5 billion dollars, t h e highest of all geographic divisions and approximately one third of t h e national total. In value of agricultural production, t h e area ranked second to the West North Central States. The value added by t h e chemical industry was 1.9 billion dollars, second only to t h e Mid-Atlantic States (Mew York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey) with a value added of 2.3 billion dollars. I n industries closely related to the chemical industry t h e area is first i n rubber products, first i n paper and allied products, second t o t h e Mid-Atlantic region in stone, clay, and glass products, and second t o t h e West South Central area in petroleum and coal products.
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