The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-16
NEW JERSEYS WEALTH
S5,743,O32,278
Its Manufactured Products Valued at
$1,4O6, 633,414 Annually

"When establishing a factory, think
of New jersey" might be the slogan
applied to the new booklet on "lndus-
trial Opportunities in New jersey"
just issued by the State Department
of Conservation and Development.
Interesting facts illustrated by
maps, photographs and graphs, made
up in an unusually attractive manner,
show the State holds an unusual
position as an industrial community,
and possesses advantages for manufac-
turing difficult to surpaSs. According
to statistics quoted in the pamphlet,
New Jerseys estimated wealth totals
nearly five billion seven hundred fifty
million dollars, while its yearly out
put of manufactured products is val
ued at one billion four hundred mil
lion.
On a basis of land area the State
ranks first in railroad mileage and in
total value of agricultural products.
On a similar basis it stands third in
population, total value of manufac-
tured and mineral products, improved
highway mileage and in wealth, and
fourth in public schools and electric
road mileage. New Jersey carries
two and one-half times as much in
vested capital per square mile as
New York, the leading industrial
State in total value, and twenty-three
and one-half times as much as the en-
tire country. The State ranks first
in total value of manufactured prod
ucts in eight articles, second in twelve,
third in thirteen and fourth in fifteen.
The presentation of these facts and
comparisons is made for the purpose
of exhibiting New jerseys u~nequalled
advantages for many kinds of indus
tries. The State promises on a basis
of achievement. In stating that two
thirds of New JERSEYS population Of
3,155, 900 persons are concentrated
upon less than ten per cent. Of its
area and in six of the tWenty-one
counties, the Department emphasizes
the fact that, while the substantial
quality of the States attractions and
resources is shown by it's increase in
population of PA per cent. in ten
years, this progress has not been uni
form but has been confined largely
to restricted areas
Outside the highly developed indus
trial areas, centering Jersey City and
Newark, Camden and Trenton, whose
advantages are too evident to need
advertisement, there are many towns
which offer most Of the attractions Of
the LARGE cities as we'll as cheap land,
lower taxes, and more agreeable liv-
ing conditions. Here inducements are
offered to new enterprises based upon
the States own metals, earths, woods
and waters, or upon facilities for fab
rication and distribution. On a
unique map at the end of the booklet
ST towns of this character are indi-
Gated.
The advantages of location, trans
port, labor, and housing to be found
in the snoaller cities have not been
appreciated or exploited in -any sys-
tematic way, although the tendency
of large industries to establish their
own centers or to become dominant
in small organized communities IS
noted.
An alphabetical list Of cities and
towns of over 500 inhabitants given
in the booklet shows that there gre
957 such communities in the Stote,
The population, according to the 1920
census, and the county in which the
town is situated is stated in each
case.