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Show Geneva Steel Seeks to Lure Industry West SAN FIMNCISCO In a move to help attract new industries tq the western states and to promote general economic progress, Columbia-Geneva Division of United States Steel "las recently published a new booklet entitled. Steel For Western Industry. It is being wide-ly distributed In response to requests from Chambers of Commerce and other business associations for information about the unabated post-war Industrial growth in the West and manufacturing opportunities that abound here. Primarily, the publication Is directed to Industries that manufacture steel products. It says, In part: "To the steel-using Industries of America, the West spells opportunity in terms that are solidly based on two primary essentials of a manufacturing enterprise materials and markets." It points out that In little more than a decade, the West has come to offer both of these requirements "on an abundant scale," and that because of tMs, manufacturers of steel products have been increasing rapidly In number and importance here. "Hand In hand with the great Industrial and population growth that has been taking place in the West, its steel production has risen to. the level of a major Industry," it states. "A former dependence upon steel from other areas is being supplanted more and more by the West's own out-put, and a high degree of self-sufficiency has already been attained." U. S. Steel's investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in modern facilities and Columbia-Geneva's position as the largest supplier of steel in the 11 western states are pointed out, and a comprehensive digest of the Division's products and services is presented with pictorial treatment. A review of western market growth in the booklet says that, "Among the many indicators on western opportunity, probably the most significant for metalworking industries is the fact that about 2,500,000 tons of products employing steel in their manufacture still are being shipped into the western states each year from the East and Midwest more than 1,500,000 tons of motor veh'cles and parts: 200,000 tons of machinery and parts; 100,000 tons of agricultural equipment; 250,000 tons of various other products. "It is a reasonable assumption that, with an adequate supply of steel now available, plus freight differentials and other savings, more of these products could be manufactured in the West, at a satisfactory profit." "Various instances could be cited but a typical one is that of motor vehicle parts for assembly plants and replacements. The West annually Imports 1,000,000 tons of parts and fabricates in Its own area only 30,000 to 40.000 tons." |
