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MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 340 



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



1895 = 100 



31 15 55 



Wakefield. The peak in the num- 

 ber of employees was reached in 1910, 

 while the population shows a con- 

 sistent rise throughout the period. 



95 OS lo £0 Zl 53 



31 45 5 5 65 75 85 95 05 10 20 27 33 



Watertown. The number of em- 

 ployees increased at a rapid rate from 

 1895 until 1920, after which it de- 

 clined. 



Webster. The number of em- 

 ployees and population increased at 

 about an even rate until 1920. Since 

 then the number of employees has 

 declined. 



17 43 55 65 75 85 05 05 AO ZO Z1 33 



Wellesley. From the incomplete 

 figures it appears that the population 

 has been rising rapidly; but the num- 

 ber of employees reached its peak in 

 1885, declined until 1905, and has re- 

 mained almost stationary since that 

 time. 



85 95 05 10 20 Z1 33 



