Industrial Resources Survey Of Metropolitan Peoria Peoria Illinois Vol 2 Classic Reprint

Download or read book Industrial Resources Survey of Metropolitan Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Peoria Association of Commerce and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Industrial Resources Survey of Metropolitan Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Vol. 2 The importance of any city as 'a wholesale trading center is measured by the amount of trading done outside the city. If the trading center has a high volume of sales per person in the area, it follows that much of the merchandise is being shipped to the surrounding area. Thus, a comparison of the volume of sales per person between several centers in the midwest is a good measure of the relative importance of Peoria as a wholesale center. Table Number 1 compares the four cities which, for the most part, have been used as criteria throughout this survey. Here, Peoria ranks second only to Des Moines, Iowa, in sales per capita. The fact that Peoria is lower than the State in this respect cannot be considered meaningful, due to the tremendous boost given the State figure by Chicago, one of the largest wholesale centers in the nation. It is interesting to note that although Rockford has ranked very high in most comparisons made in other sections, it is far below Peoria in wholesale importance. Since ninety per cent of the metropolitan area's wholesale trade is done in Peoria County, consideration of the County alone is probably more enlightening than the usual use of the two counties of which the metropolitan area consists. Considered in this light, Peoria's per capita sales total is increased by nearly one-third. It is logical to do this since the Peoria Standard Metropolitan Area, in covering two counties, is rather exceptional in the classification of these areas. Also, Tazewell County is, in general, not as highly developed as is Peoria County. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.