. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. TREND IN MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRIES Trend in Population, Industrial Establishments, and Wage 1895 = 100 arners, 1837 - 1933 Attleboro. After 1885 North Attleboro was separated from Attle- boro, and this was reflected in a drop of all indexes by 1895. Since that time all three items have increased, with the number of industrial estab- lishments and employees beginning to decline after the peak of 1920. Brockton. In Brockton as in Lynn, Haverhill, and other cities where the shoe industries are promi- nent, a
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. TREND IN MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRIES Trend in Population, Industrial Establishments, and Wage 1895 = 100 arners, 1837 - 1933 Attleboro. After 1885 North Attleboro was separated from Attle- boro, and this was reflected in a drop of all indexes by 1895. Since that time all three items have increased, with the number of industrial estab- lishments and employees beginning to decline after the peak of 1920. Brockton. In Brockton as in Lynn, Haverhill, and other cities where the shoe industries are promi- nent, a general decline in the number of employees and industries has oc- curred since 1920, due to unfavorable competitive conditions. The peak in population and industrial employ- ment was reached in 1920, after which the number of employees declined at a more rapid rate than population. The number of establishments has shown a slight upward trend since 1905. Boston. Both number of indus- trial employees and population have been increasing since the beginning of the period. The former, however, reached its peak in 1920, after which there was a decline. The number of establishments declined from 1895 to 1905, due mostly to the change in the basis of enumeration previously noted. Since 1910 there has been a slight downward trend in the number of establishments. Beverly. With an upward trend in both population and number of in- dustrial employees, the latter showed a very rapid growth from 1905 to 1920. Since then the number of em- ployees has declined, while the popu- lation has continued to grow. The number of industrial establishments reached its peak in 1895 and has been on an irregular decline ever since. Cambridge. With an upward trend throughout the period, the number of industrial employees shows a more rapid increase than does population between 1910 and 1920. Since then the number of employees has been de- clining, but population has continued with a slight upward trend. The n
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