TABLE IV—INDEX OF FACTORY EMPLOYMENT IN SELECTED STATES, BY MONTHS, 1889-1923 2 
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Massachusetts (1889-1923); New Jersey (1895-1919); New York (1904-1923) 
1914 monthly average= 100 
YEAR | AVERAGE Jan. | FEB. | MAR. APR. MAY June | Jury Avuc.” |(F SEPT. | OcT. | Nov. | DEec. 
1889 56.2 56.0 56.4 56.4 56.2 56.2 56.2 35.7 56.0 56.2 R56, 7 56.4 56.0 
1890 57.3 56.1 57.0 57.5 57.4 57.4 57.4 56.5 57.0 57.7 58.4 58.0 i 57.7 
1891 58.1 58.0 | 58.1 58.3 ; 58.6 58.7 58.1 57.3 57.3 oS. 1 | 58.3 | 58.1 | 58.0 
1892 60.4 58.8 59.6 60.3 61.3 61.1 60.3 59.6 59.7 60.7 61:4 61.3 60.7 
1893 57.4 61.0 | 61.4 62.3 62.7 62.6 60.7 57.5 51.9 48.6 53.1 53.1 53.3 
1894 53.6 52.5 , 53.4 | 53.5 54.5 54.9 53.8 51.9 50.8 51.2 55.1 56.0 55.4 
1895 58.9 57.4 57.3 58.7 59.2 50.3 58.9 57.9 58.7 59.5 60.0 60.2 59.8 
1896 57.5 59.2 ! 59.7 59.7 59.6 59.2 37.53 | 54.8 53.3 | 54.9 56.7 57.0 57.8 
1897 59.0 57.8 58.6 59.3 60.1 60.0 58.7 56.6 36.2 | 59.9 60.8 60.3 60.0 
1898 60.5 59.6 59.9 61.1 61.2 60.3 60.2 58.9 | 59.4 | 60.4 61.7 61.6 61.7 
1899 66.7 63.1 64.2 65.6 66.6 67.0 67.0 65.8 66.7 68.3 68.6 68.9 68.8 oa 
1900 69.2 69.9 70.4 71.0 70.4 70.2 69.0 66.5 67.3 68.4 69.2 69.1 69.3 bre 
1901 71.4 69.9 70.4 71.4 70.4 71.2 70.6 69.6 | 70.6 72:1 73.3 73.8 73.5 jo 
1902 77.2 735.7 76.1 76.9 76.9 76.9 76.1 75.5 | 76.2 77.9 79.6 79.6 79.0 - 
1903 79.0 79.3 79.8 80.7 79.3 78.9 79.4 7.7 77.6 78.8 79.8 78.9 78.3 £3 
1904 79.1 77.0 78.2 79.6 79.9 78.9 77.8 76.5 77.5 80.4 82.1 31.2 79.6 £~ 
1905 84.0 80.6 81.8 82.4 84.1 84.2 83.8 83.8 84.6 84.3 85.5 86.0 86.4 Ro: 
1906 88.7 86.9 86.6 87.4 87.6 88.0 89.1 | 89.3 | 890.6 89.7 90.1 | 91.0 89.6 ro 
1907 89.7 91.8 91.8 92.9 92.3 91.9 92.6 92.8 92.8 | 01.3 84.7 83.3 77.9 P 
1908 79.4 75.5 74.2 74.2 72.6 73.1 74.8 80.7 84.4 82.6 85.8 | 86.8 87.5 
1909 94.0 89.5 91.1 92.7 92.6 92.3 92.2 91.7 93.4 96.7 98.5 98.5 98.2 
1910 98.9 99.9 100.2 99.2 98.8 98.6 98.1 98.1 | 08.8 99.0 99.0 | 99.3 97.8 
1911 99.1 | 98.1 99.4 99.8 99.6 07 7 98.3 98.7 | 99.4 100.1 100.8 4 99.7 97.3 
1912 101.2 99.0 100.9 101.3 101.2 100.2 99.2 98.9 102.4 103.6 | 104.0 102.8 101.2 
1913 101.8 103.4 104.2 102.6 101.8 100.6 100.6 100.3 101.5 102.8 102.8 101.9 99.7 
1914 100.0 101.0 102.3 103.5 102.8 101.5 100.3 98.2 97.8 99.5 100.0 97.4 95.7 
1915 102.3 95.9 97.6 98.4 99.1 100.2 101.1 100.8 101.3 104.8 106.9 110.0 111.6 
1916 117.38 I 112.5 114.8 115.8 118.0 | 116.8 116.8 116.2 116.7 (119-2 (120.1 122.8 124.1 
1917 122.5 123.4 123.8 125.2 123.1 121.9 121.1 1190 ' 118.8 120.8 | 122.7 124.1 124.9 
1918 125.0 123.6 125.1 126.6 126.1 | 126.3 126.5 127.7 125.7 125.4 121.4 123.3 121.8 
1919 ' 120.2 116.8 115.0 115.4 116.0 116.4 117.8 120.5 122.9 124.0 124.1 125.8 128.3 
1920 120.1 128.2 126.9 129.0 127.7 125.6 123.7 122.1 119.2 117.4 115.1 107.5 98.8 
1921 97.9 92.6 96.2 98.3 98.3 97.3 97.0 96.5 97.8 100.3 101.2 100.4 98.8 
1922 « 103.2 97.3 99.9 100.6 98.8 99.4 100.3 100.3 103.2 106.1 109.2 111.3 112.6 
1923818-112.3 113.0 113.5 115.8 114.6 114.0 112.4 111.6 1i0.8 110.6 112.0 110.7 108.5 
sComputed from estimates given in Tables 15, 16, and 17. For methods of arriving at these estimates, see Chapter III. 
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