TREND IN MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRIES 



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



1895 = 100 



Melrose. The population has 

 shown an upward trend throughout 

 the period, but the number of indus- 

 trial employees reached its peak in 

 1895, duplicated it in 1920, and then 

 declined sharply. The number of es- 

 tablishments increased until 1895, and 

 has remained nearly stationary since 

 1905. 



New Bedford. Both population 

 and number of industrial employees 

 reached the peak of their upward 

 trend in 1920, and since then there has 

 been a slight decline in the former and 

 a rather sharp decline in the latter. 

 The number of establishments in- 

 creased up to 1895, and again between 

 1905 and 1920. 



Newburyport. The population 

 has shown only a slight increase since 

 1895. The number of industrial em- 

 ployees reached its peak in 1885, de- 

 clined for the next 20 years, then 

 showed an upward trend until 1920, 

 followed by a sharp drop in 1927 and 

 1933. The number of industrial es- 

 tablishments has been declining since 

 1885. 



Newton. The population has 

 maintained a strong upward trend 

 throughout the period; but the num- 

 ber of industrial employees, after 

 reaching its peak in 1895, declined to 

 1905, and has remained with slight 

 variations at about the same level. 

 There was a slight upward movement 

 in the number of industrial establish- 

 ments. 



North Adams. After a sharp in- 

 crease from 1885 to 1895, the popula- 

 tion and number of employees showed 

 a slight upward movement until 1920; 

 since that time the former has re- 

 mained at about the same level, while 

 the latter has considerably declined. 

 The number of establishments had a 

 slight upward trend between 1905 and 

 1920, beginning to decline after that 

 date. 



Northampton. Both population 

 and number of industrial employees 

 had an irregular upward trend, but 

 the latter began to decline after the 

 peak of 1920. The number of indus- 

 trial establishments has been declin- 

 ing since 1885. 



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