The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-29
New England Trends
 Stressed In Survey
Few New England Industries Made Better Showngs in Last Few Years Than in Subsequent Depression Years


 (EditoriaI Note: This Is the first of a series of five weekly articles summarizing the result of an i'm. pOrtant survey of industrial trends in New England. The survey has just been completed by the bu- rcau of Business Research of Boston University College of Busi- ness Administration, working in cooperation with the New Eng land Council. This first installmcnt summarizes the facts regarding iIl- dustrlcs which have lost both tn sales volume and i'm the New Eng. land percentage of the total pro. ductiOn i'm these industries i'm the country us a whole.
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 Boston.-While number of New 'England's leading industries lost in sales volume and in their percentage of the country's pro- duction in their classifications 'il the years which eliminated in the 1929 "boom," a few of them made q relatively better showing in the subsequent depression years.s
 The Headers" which slumped in New England during the period of postwar prosperity, and lost ground more rapidly here than in the country as whole, were 105 in number, and included some of New England's largest and most important classifications, such as boots and shoes, and textiles.
 The industries which showed a relatively better condition during fire fxvyr nf hn sion, as measured by the latest available figures-the census of manufactures for 1931--were 9 in number. They were all relatively small industries, such as wooden cigar boxes, paper bags, brooms, and fire extinguishers.
 There are many other similarly surprising and important facts about trends in New England in- dustries are disclosed by the re- gently completed survey made by the Bureau of Business Research of Boston University in cooperation with the New England Council. The survey was undertaken In an effort to determine in what classi- flcation of New England industry losses were occurring. and where remedial measures should be ap- piled.
 The 1O5 classiflcations of New England industry which lost both in sales volume and in rank (per- Ccntage of the country's total vol- tune in their classificatios,) did a volume of business amounting 10 1,576,254,057 in 1929, or Al per cent less than in 1919, the report reveals. These 105 lines of New England industry represented one- third of New England's manufac- turing volume in 1929. They showed decline in dollar volume from $3,781,144,621 in 1919 to $2,- 204,S90,564 in 1929, a decrease of Al per cent.
 Tn 1919 these lines represented 52 per cent of the volume of New Englands industry but this figure fell to 34 per cent in 1929. Tue number of persons employed by these classifications was 281,7O4 less in 1929 than in 1919, loss of 35 per cent, and the wages paid In 1929 were $265,722,171 less than in 1919. representing a loss of %9 per cent. During the ten-yelr period these 105 industries do- clined in rank in relation to the same industries for the Uniiof States as whole, the survey re. port points out.
 Corrective Action Needed
 The total decline in volume of these 105 classifications of industry in New England amounts to more than double the total net decline for all lines of New England indus