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Novem~er 23. 1928 WILMETTE LIFE · · · · YOUR 800 POUNDS OF STEEL COME LARGELY FROM METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ORE than 800 pounds of steel per person per year is used in the United States. Steel is the very basis of our present· · day civilization- the backbone of modern industry. It · forms anywhere from a part to the whole of nearly every manufactured product. It makes possible the modern machines used in both industry and agriculture." Steel holds first position among all industries in ·Metropolitan Chicago. Metropolitan Chicago produces more steel than all of England, and more than one-half as much as all of Germany in which is located the Ruhr Valley with its immense steel plants! llt 5 Largest Industries in Metropolitan Chicago VALUE OF PRODUCI'S IN ONE YEAR: J. I 1'01\ and Stul4nd ThdT PToduds · · SJJ72.66-f.89S 2. Food cmd KiNITcd Prod· uc:b · · . " $986.289.219 3. Chemww 4M AUWI Product. · . S498.S06,00.f ... P4jln aul Printinc Produda S397.9.f3.8Jl S. TaHlu atad Their PTcNiucta · $325.7~111-f Eighty-four per cent of the iron ore of this country comes from the Lake Superior 1 2 3 4 region. By lake boat it is · delivered to Metropolitan Chi· cago more economically than to any other point of advantageous distribution in the country. Being located close to the nation's geographic centers of industry and population, the steel mills of Metropolitan Chicago find a vast immediate market for their output, a market that is growing contin· 111 s Ftpru ~'"' .., ·f Aln·· faduTao J925U.S.C.,.- · ually. It is predicted that Metropolitan Chicago will some day lead the world in steel production. · The chief signifi· cance of steel to Metropolitan Chica· go is not its' position at the head of our industries, but its effect upon our in· dustrial progress as a whole. For steel at· tracts other industry. Nearness to an ad· vantageous source of steel supply is a factor of importance to manufacturers, especially when the many other basic advantages offered by Metropolitan Chicago are also considered. And so 1t is that steel is one of several factors which are definitely contributing to the present greatness and future advancement of this youngest large metropolitan center. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY · o p NORTHERN ILLINOIS . 1 . Supplying Electricity and Gas to 6 000 squart milts. including the Metropolitan Area into which Chica&o is gTowing.