CARS AND TRUCKS, INDUSTRIAL [A preliminary report for this industry was issued December 31, 1940] Description of the industry.--This industry embraces establishments primarily engaged in the manufacture of industrial cars and trucks for use in conveying supplies, freight, etc., within the confines of a plant. Automotive cars and trucks for use on highways are classified in the "Motor vehicles, motor-vehicle bodies, parts and accessories" industry and mining cars and trucks are classified in the "Mining machinery and equipment" industry. Establishments in this industry were formerly classified in the "Machinery not elsewhere classified" industry, but given a separate industry classification at the census for 1939. The figures for 1937 in these tables have been retabulated to obtain figures comparable with those for 1939; no comparable figures were obtained for earlier years. ! Alabama, 1 establishment; Colorado, 1; Connecticut, 2; Georgia, 1; Iowa, 1; Kentucky, 1; Maryland, 1; Massachusetts, 1; Minnesota, 1; Missouri, 1; New Jersey, 3; New York, 2; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania, 5; Texas, 1; Virginia, 1; West Virginia, 1; Wisconsin, 3. 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, fuel, purchased electric energy, and contract work. See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Value added by manufacture. CARS AND TRUCKS, INDUSTRIAL 475 TABLE 3.-VALUE OF PRODUCTS FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1939 AND 1937 ? Does not include data for industrial tractors insofar as reported separately. The Tractors industry reported 3,826 * Includes data for industrial tractors not called for separately on schedule. TABLE 4.-PRODUCTS, BY KIND, QUANTITY, AND VALUE, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1939 AND 1937 TABLE 5.-WAGE EARNERS ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING, BY MONTHS, FOR THE UNITED STATES, 1939 AND BLOWERS; EXHAUST AND VENTILATING FANS [A preliminary report for this industry was issued December 7, 1940] Description of the industry. This industry embraces establishments primarily engaged in the manufacture of blowers, and ventilating and exhaust fans for general industrial, commercial, and household use, including attic fans, blower filter units (furnace blowers), and fans for mechanical draft. This classification does not include circulating fans for use in free air, such as desk, pedestal, or wall-type fans. These establishments were formerly included in the "Machinery not elsewhere classified" industry but were given a separate industry classification for the first time. at the census for 1939. The 1937 reports were retabulated to obtain figures comparable with those for 1939, but there are no comparable figures for earlier years. 1 Arkansas, 2 establishments; Colorado, 1; Connecticut, 1; Florida, 1; Illinois, 4; Indiana, 4; Iowa, 1; Massachusetts, 6; Minnesota, 2; Missouri, 1; New Jersey, 3; New York, 3; Tennessee, 1; Washington, 2; 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, fuel, purchased electric energy, and contract work. See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Value added by manufacture |