WIRING DEVICES AND SUPPLIES [A preliminary report for this industry was issued October 23, 1940] Description of the industry. The establishments classified in this industry are engaged primarily in the manufacture of wiring devices, wiring supplies, insulation and insulating materials, conduits and fittings, and lightning arresters. Establishments whose major products are decorative lighting outfits are included in the "Lighting fixtures" industry and porcelain "insulators" are included in the "Porcelain electrical supplies" industry. Statistics for prior census years.-No statistics, other than those for products, are available prior to 1937 for the "Wiring devices and supplies" industry. A special tabulation was made of the report for this industry for 1937 in order to obtain figures comparable with 1939. 1 Alabama, 1 establishment; Colorado, 1; Georgia, 1; Iowa, 1; Kentucky, 1; Maryland, 1; Michigan, 2; Minnesota, 1; New Hampshire, 1; Rhode Island, 2; Tennessee, 1; West Virginia, 4; Wisconsin, 2. 2 See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Definition of establishment. See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Persons engaged-general classification. See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Wage earners and wages. Value of products less cost of materials, supplies, containers, fuel, purchased electric energy, and contract work. See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Value added by manufacture. 2, 167, 781 11,956 24, 843 395 7,533, 059 178, 923 111, 264 1,769, 469 72, 453 8,903, 206 7,089, 119 128,973 81, 004 64,609 1,500 107, 253 72, 916 3,023, 323 1,976, 609 1,966, 205 1,418, 019 4,330, 189 2, 125, 214 17, 287, 579 9, 464, 333 5, 421, 545 3, 513, 514 WIRING DEVICES AND SUPPLIES TABLE 3.-VALUE OF PRODUCTS FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1939 AND 1937 365 $94, 305, 273 $95, 390, 598 76, 997, 551 1, 141, 926 82, 613 17, 168, 508 109, 529, 152 1 13,807, 393 109, 139, 523 80, 188, 171 76, 997, 551 32, 531, 601 1 Value of lighting fixtures, insulated wire, resistance wire, appliance and extension cords, distribution cut-outs and fuse links, telephone apparatus, etc. TABLE 4.-PRODUCTS, BY KIND, QUANTITY, AND VALUE, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1939 AND 1937 1 Figures not shown separately to avoid disclosing, exactly or approximately, data reported by individual establishments. 2 Includes porcelain and trolley-line insulators for 1937 but not for 1939; for 1939 these are included in the Porcelain Electrical Supplies industry. Production of insulators was reported for 1939 by the Porcelain Electrical Supplies industry as follows: Insulators, total value, $7,443,762; suspension type, $2,196,295; knobs, tubes, and cleats, $1,303,761; and other insulators, $3,943,706. No data. $151, 212 $7,010 (1) $3,424, 208 $984, 766 $1,739, 844 $1,401,980 $18,449, 400 $4,794, 970 $1,739, 044 $872, 664 $905, 672 $6, 343,917 $1,880, 717 $20, 127, 110 $5, 465, 108 (3) $531, 016 $490, 963 $5, 156, 212 $4,666, 584 $1,125, 600 $3,255, 322 $5, 216, 500 $57, 305 $5,926, 034 $2,088,438 TABLE 5.—WAGE EARNERS ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING, BY MONTHS, FOR THE UNITED STATES, 1939 AND 1937, AND BY STATES, 1939 CARBON PRODUCTS FOR THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY, AND MANUFACTURES OF CARBON OR ARTIFICIAL GRAPHITE [A preliminary report for this industry was issued September 10, 1940] Description of the industry.-The establishments in this industry are engaged primarily in the manufacture of carbons; carbon, graphite, and metal-graphite brushes; plates, rods, and powder for making brushes; electrodes, and miscellaneous carbon, graphite, and metal-graphite specialties, including rings for steam seal. Statistics for prior census years.-No statistics, other than those for products, are available for years. prior to 1937 for the "Carbon products for the electrical industry, and manufactures of carbon or artificial graphite" industry. A special tabulation was made of the reports for 1937 in order to obtain figures comparable with those for 1939. 1 Alabama, 2 establishments; California, 1; Illinois, 1; Michigan, 2; New Jersey, 2; Tennessee, 1; West Virginia, 1; Wisconsin, 2. See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Definition of establishment. See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Persons engaged-general classification. 4 See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Wage earners and wages. Value of products less cost of materials, supplies, containers, fuel, purchased electric energy, and contract work. See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Value added by manufacture. TABLE 3.-VALUE OF PRODUCTS, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1939 AND 1937 |