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Show Commenting on the h,, up in job-producing 3 prises in rural areas a sistand U.S.D.A. Secret for Rural Development W Erwin said, "There is J dence that industrial effi ployers will continue to!' pand placement of facnV . in rural America, vnw guided wisely, suchdevew ment adds to the econonji and 'quality-of-iife' 2 being of the area. ! . i "And often new IndustJ broaden the area's tax ha, which helps to curb ris! , local taxes." 1 Industrial growth in areas carries with it CJ and benefits that local pie must weigh and ace, or reject if they are togJ the destiny of their com! munity. The relationship betn industrial growth and com, munity development j,' Chamber of Commerce con! eludes, is a chicken and eg relationship. For the most part, you cannot have o without the other. WHAT A 100 NEW JOBS CAN DO IN A RURAL AREA What's in store for a coun -try town if it gets 100 new factory Jobs? Industry Is placing more facilities in rural and smalltown small-town areas these days and people want to know what it means to them. A recent study gives a part of the answer. Ten rural counties that had developed industrially were compared with similar counties that had no development. Here's what 100 new factory fac-tory jobs did for the community: com-munity: 68 additional nonmanu-facturing nonmanu-facturing jobs were created; - personal incomes increased in-creased over $1 million per year; annual retail sales jumped $565,000; one new retail establish -ment was added; bank deposits increased to the tune of $490,000; 97 new families settled in the area. In addition rural job development de-velopment helped curb and in some areas reverse the massive post World War II movement of rural people to cities in search of employment. employ-ment. Results of the study, which was conducted by the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce of the United States, have been reinforced re-inforced in part by recent research done by the Department Depart-ment of Agriculture. Communities interested in how to get assistance in using us-ing industrial development wisely should see their county coun-ty extension agent or other local U.S.D.A. representative. |