Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . of steel from the Atlantic seaboard, what may not beaccomjjlishcd when the steel is produced here at home. EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES. The possibilities for profitable investment in this businessare further indicated by favorable replies from individualcommunities to a questionnaire from this office. Fifteen lo-calities report openings for shipyards and nearly all of themoffer free sites or other assistance. (See table, page 215.) Inseveral of these, no yards have as yet been established, while inthe others additional plants are recommended

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Manufacturing opportunities in the state of Washington . of steel from the Atlantic seaboard, what may not beaccomjjlishcd when the steel is produced here at home. EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES. The possibilities for profitable investment in this businessare further indicated by favorable replies from individualcommunities to a questionnaire from this office. Fifteen lo-calities report openings for shipyards and nearly all of themoffer free sites or other assistance. (See table, page 215.) Inseveral of these, no yards have as yet been established, while inthe others additional plants are recommended because the citi-zens there feel that they would be remunerative enterprises. These sites are commended to the prospective shipbuilder for, investigation and it is hoped that they will receive at least acareful consideration by those in a position to engage in this in-dustry. Today an added incentive is present; an enterprise soimportant as shij) building has become a patriotic duty for thosewlio can engage in it and not merely a good business venture.. .Steiim.ship Seattle, the fif.st .steel ve.sgel deliered under direet rontvact withthe U. S, Shit>pins Fleet Corporation. Built in 7S orkinK- da>s. CHAPTER XIIMANUFACTURES FROM FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. By fill- the greatest industrial demand in the State of Wash-ington seems to be for estabhsliments that will preserve or morecompletely utilize the large quantities of fruit, berries and vege-tables which grow in abundance in nearly all parts of thestate. Altogether seventv-seven different communities have re-quested the location of canneries, seventeen others have ex-pressed a desire for fruit by-product plants, seven for potatostarch factories, five for beet sugar factories and three forpickle plants. The widespread nature of tlie demand is shownby the fact that thirty different counties of the total of thirty-nine are represented and that communities as far apart as theboundaries of the state will permit are included in t