Official documents, comprising the department and other reports made to the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania . (5S). Nc i^. CEMENT INDUSTRY. TS Portlcind and Other Cements/ Mineral resources have fixed Penusylvanias position with refer-ence to the other Commonwealths forming our greater , iron, steel, limestone and clays are among the principal ele-ments of industry growing from the wealth which God has con-cealed in the hills and valleys of our great State. Within the past decade another industry has been making giantstrides in this country, but more e
Official documents, comprising the department and other reports made to the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania . (5S). Nc i^. CEMENT INDUSTRY. TS Portlcind and Other Cements/ Mineral resources have fixed Penusylvanias position with refer-ence to the other Commonwealths forming our greater , iron, steel, limestone and clays are among the principal ele-ments of industry growing from the wealth which God has con-cealed in the hills and valleys of our great State. Within the past decade another industry has been making giantstrides in this country, but more especially in our own ^State. Thisis the production of Portland cement, which for many years hadbeen considered an exotic plant and one incapable of establishmentin the United States. This industry, which owes its successful de-velopment to the perseverance, patience and energy of a Pennsyl-vanian, linds its principal habitation and source in the State ofPennsylvania, and more than one-half of the total amount producedin the United States last year of this important building materialwas produced v\ithin the confines of this Commonwealth. In
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