TREND IN MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRIES 



Trend in Population, Industrial Establishments, and Wage Earners, 1837 - 1933 



1895 = 100 



Gardner. The total population 

 and number of industrial employees 

 have shown a strong upward trend 

 since 1875. The index of industrial 

 employment shows a slight decline 

 between 1927 and 1933. The number 

 of industrial establishments has been 

 on the increase since 1905, except in 

 the period between 1927 and 1933. 



Gloucester. The peak of indus- 

 trial employment was reached in 1920, 

 but total population shows a slight 

 downward trend from 1895 until 1927. 

 This decline was evidently caused by 

 a falling off in the fishing industry. 

 The number of industrial establish- 

 ments has been declining since 1885. 



Haverhill. After reaching their 

 height in 1920, both the number of 

 industrial employees and the total 

 population declined. The latter in- 

 creased slightly between 1927 and 

 1933. The number of industrial es- 

 tablishments increased between 1905 

 and 1920, then declined to the end of 

 the period. 



Holyoke. With an upward trend 

 since 1855, the number of industrial 

 employees reached its peak in 1920 

 and the total population in 1927. The 

 number of industrial establishments 

 was slightly lower in 1933 than in 

 1905. 



Lawrence. After a rise for several 

 decades the number of industrial em- 

 ployees began to decline in 1910 and 

 the total population in 1920. The 

 number of industrial establishments 

 has not changed greatly for the last 

 30 years. 



Leominster. The peak of indus- 

 trial employment was reached in 1920 

 and that of population in 1927. The 

 number of industrial establishments 

 has been declining since 1910. 



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