The geographic background of New Jersey industries

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by  Whittington, Anne V

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TEE GEOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND OF NEW JERSEY INDUSTRIES
by
Arrne V. W hittington
Submitted in p a rtia l fu lfillm ent of the requirements of the
Master1s Degree in Elementary Education at the New
Jersey State Teachers College at NewarB, N.J.
January, 1950
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The w riter wishes to express her appreciation for
the assistance given her by: (1) Mr. J. E. Downes, her in­
structor in the Social Studies Seminal1, where he read and
helpfully criticize d the f ir s t draft of th is paper; (2)
Mr. John C. Hutchinson, her Graduate School Advisor, for
h is help in defining and lim iting the problem and for his
suggestions for source m aterials; (3) Miss Grace Hankins
fo r her advice and cordial in v itatio n to v is it her class in
the Geography of Hew Jersey; (4) to the State Chamber of
Commerce at Newark, fo r its generous contributions in the
way of background m aterial; (5) to Miss Thompson of the
Teachers College Library fo r her help in locating books
and for allowing the w riter to use one of the lib rary rooms
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TAbLE I? CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION 1
THE P ROBLEE 2
BASIC ASSUMPTIONS S
REVIEN OF LITERATURE 4
QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRIALL OCATION 5
NEVv JERSEY* S QUALIFICATIONS FOR INDUSTRYL OCATM 9
Strategic Location 9
Rivers, Waterways, Lakes, and Reservoirs 10
NEW JERSEY'S MINERaL RESOURCES ADD RAN MATERIALS
FOR INDUSTRY 15
Iron 13
Zinc la
Clay 15
Sand and Gravel 18
Stone 19
Mineral Wool SO
Fisheries 20
Forests 21
Soil 23
transportation F a c ilitie s of new jersey 25
A SUMMARY OF NEW JERSEY'S INDUSTRIAL HISTORY 26
THE INDUSTRY LOCATION FORMULA APPLIED TO SPECIFIC
HER JERSEY INDUSTRIES 32
Textile Industry 32
Manufacture of Machinery 35
Petroleum. Refining Industry 36
Smelting of Iron and Copper and the
Manufactured Products of These Metals 38
Manufacture of Jewelry 40
E lectrical Industry 41
Leather-making 42
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TABLE OB COBTLNTS (continued)
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Shipbuilding: •*
Food, andC anning Industries 4
COLCLUSIOBL 45
BIBLIOGRaFEY 49
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THE GEOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND 01' NEW JERSEY INDUSTRIES
INTRODUCTION
On the opening page of a new brochure on an
In d u strial Digest of New Jersey, is the following state­
ment about the state:
Only the fac t that New Jersey1s
strategic advantages - both natural and
man-made are so numerous and so diverse,
can account for i t s pre-eminent position
as the "mighty atom of industry."^
On the la st page of the same le a fle t is the boast that
nine out of ten executives of New Jersey in d ustries, when
interviewed by an independent research organization, said
that they knew of no state that was b ette r than New Jersey
as a location for Industry. The In d u strial Directory for
1949 describes New Je rs e y ^ in d u strial assets and oppor­
tu n itie s in less glowing language.
New Jersey leads a ll other
manufacturing states in the percentage
of growth and increase of products dur­
ing the past 45 years. The same holds
true fo r the proportionate ris e of In­
d u stria l a c tiv ity .
New Jersey tops the en tire
A tlantic Seaboard from Maine to Florida
in "value of manufactured products per
wage earner." It has a net effective
buying income of ;j|;4,961 per family fo r
1947. It was f ir s t in the nation in
per family expenditure for food.
1. New Jersey Council, Department of Economic Development,
New In d u strial Digest of New Jersey, 1949, p .l
2. Hudson Dispatch, comp, ed., New Jersey In d u strial
D irectory, p .14.
o. I b id ., p.&O.
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