New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-05
CONNECTICUT LEADING N. E.
!. IN FOUR MAJOR INDUSTRIES

600 and constitutes II per cent Of
the total national income from man
ufacturing activity. The gross value
Of New England products n shown
by the last census was we'll over
double this amount and comprised
nearly 10 per cent of the gross value
for the entire United States.
There are many lines aside from
New England's staple industries
wherein the regions outstanding re-
sources of skill, workmanship and
ingenuity. with its large resources of
capital. are making for better times.
In the principal lines in which the
New England output bears a dis
proportionately large share of the
national total. there are some thirty
five leading lines of manufacture in
which this region contributes up
wards of quarter of the entire ma
tional production: and In a dozen of
these New England contributes more
than all the rest Of the country to-
gether. There are some 217 kinds Of
manufactured products made by
New England factories, In 81 of
these, each line brought over 10
million dollars to the New England
income, and there were III lines
contributing over million each.
The advance ain New England
manufactures. particularly in the
lines of mechanical equipment, is of
particular significance to this region
because in this field New England
workmen prove especially produce
tive. in making the ever increasing
number of mechanical devices and
attachments that are required in
connection with the mass production
of other parts of the country. Auto
mobile manufacturers far example
lok to New England factories for
numerous accessory. products such
as lamps, uph olstery. and parts for
motors as we'll as for automobiles.
The electrical Industries likewise,
with the growth OF the radio indus
try have opened expanding markets
for numerous products of New Eng
land manufacture. The growth Of
aviation finds New England con-
tributing airpiane motors. These are
lines of industries which mean more
as sources Of income to the indi-
vidual workman in New England
than some of the products consid-
cred heretofore as the regions main
stay.
Minor lines of manufacturing in
which New England factories and
mills lead in income to the region
are paper and printing, which con-
tributes about 10 per cent of it's to-
tai income: also foodstuffs and
chemical manufacturers. each OF
which comprise approximately s
per cent.
Agriculture Defeated
More than a generation ago New
England agriculture was forced by
the intense competition from pro-
ducts of other sections of the coun-
try which possessed far greater nat
ural resources. t. pass through a
very drastic period of readjustment.
The success of New England agri-
culture Is adapting itself to new
conditions Of production and mar
ketirg ts shown by the fact that at
the present time with less than half
the former plowed land and with
fewer workers on the farms, New
Englanders have constructed a new
agriculture In which the value Of its
products, even when corrected for
price changes. is more than twice
what 1t was half a century ago. The
similar application of resourceful-
ness. energy and adaptability by
New England manufacturers prom
ises now to give the New England
region the same advancement, in its
manufactures.
The idea that New England indus
try as a whole is on downward
trend has no justification in fact.
the figures in the bulletin show.
As an indication of it present for
ward march, the month of August
of the present year shows substan-
tial increases over the same month
year ago. in the volume of bust
ness reflected by check payments,
car loadings. electric power produc-
ton, sales of new motor cars, resi-
Dental building. silk mill activities,
and shoe production. New England
silk mills show operation for the
first eight months of 1928, which