CHAPTER IV
Causes of the Location of Industries

The facts concerning the reasons for the location of
manufacturing establishments, given by the proprietors and
officers themselves, have been outlined in the preceding
chapter. The data as presented were gathered at first-hand
and aim to register conditions as seen by the manufacturers
themselves. The present chapter summarizes the causes
of the location of industries, as given by the manufacturers,
and the observations and conclusions of the writer.

Underlying the entire industrial situation in New York
City there are certain strong economic currents. Some of
them are sucking into the maelstrom the outside manu¬
facturer and the country factory. There are other, perhaps
stronger, currents tugging and pulling at the foundations
of the urban establishments and their success is attested by
the frequent removal of factories from Manhattan. The
most important of these economic currents which are mak¬
ing for and against the concentration of population are the
following:

I. The advantages of the market.
II. The labor market.

III.   Transportation facilities.

IV.   Inertia.

V. The effect of property.
VI. Industrial betterment.

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