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Chicago
1. Chicago with a population of about three and a half million is the second largest city in the United States (New York is the first). It is a centre of industry for the middle part of the country.
2. The city is first in the nation in manufacturing of machinery and electronic parts. The stock-yards and meatpacking plants are also famous.
3. Chicago is the biggest railroad centre. It has a vast commerce by many railways and by the lake, and exports wheat, meat and manufactured goods. Also 40 per cent of the country's motor freight moves in and out of Chicago, More air-lines converge on Chicago than any other city of the U.S.A.
4. Chicago is also an important centre of culture and science. It is the seat of the University of Chicago and several other institutions, and has important libraries and art collections. Chicago was the site of the first nuclear chain reaction (1942) and is still a leader in nuclear research.
5. The city was from the start a big melting pot of different nationalities. About one in four Chicago citizens is black. The Chicago Negroes are almost as numerous as those in New York a city twice as large.
6. Chicago's Negroes have a long history of participation in basic industry. 6. From six to seven million tourists come to Chicago every year and another million and a half come to business and political gatherings.