REFRIGERATORS, DOMESTIC (MECHANICAL AND ABSORPTION), REFRIGERATION MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND COMPLETE AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS [A preliminary report for this industry was issued December 27, 1940] Description of the industry.-This industry, as defined for census purposes, embraces establishments whose principal products are mechanical refrigerators (both the motor-driven or compression type and the absorption or heat-actuated type) and refrigerating systems (both domestic and commercial), cabinets for sale as such (whether for use with mechanical refrigerating systems or for use with ice), and industrial ice-making and refrigerating machines. This classification does not cover the construction, by builders, of built-in cooling rooms, cabinets, etc. Complete mechanical refrigerators. It is impossible to calculate, from the census records, the total number of complete mechanical refrigerators (cabinets with the refrigerating systems installed) manufactured, for the reason that certain manufacturers of refrigerating systems purchase their cabinets, or manufacture them in plants other than those in which the systems are made, and have them shipped to warehouses for assembly. In these cases both the manufacturers of the systems and the manufacturers of the cabinets report separately to the Bureau of the Census, but no reports are made for the assembling done in their warehouses. More 1 The term "system," as used here, refers to a complete assembly, consisting of "high side" and "low side," with motor control, and expansion valve or its equivaent. The cabinet is not a part of the system. over, certain dealers purchase refrigerating mechanisms and cabinets from the manufacturers and have them shipped to warehouses for assembly. These dealers do not, of course, report to the Bureau of the Census as manufacturers. as manufacturers. Thus the census figures show the entire output of refrigerating systems for sale as such by manufacturers, of cabinets for sale as such by manufacturers, and of complete refrigerators for sale as such by manufacturers, but do not show the total number of complete refrigerators produced, including those assembled in warehouses. TABLE 1.-SUMMARY FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1931 To 1939 REFRIGERATORS, REFRIGERATION MACHINERY, ETC. TABLE 2.-GENERAL STATISTICS IN DETAIL BY STATES: 1939-Continued 519 Value of products less cost of materials, supplies, fuel, purchased electric energy, and contract work. Colorado, 3 establishments; Connecticut, 2; Delaware, 1; Georgia, 3; Iowa, 2; Kentucky, 1; Louisiana, 1; Nebraska, 3; New Hampshire, 2; Ohio, 17; Oklahoma, 1; Oregon, 4; Tennessee, 4; West Virginia, 1. TABLE 3.-VALUE OF PRODUCTS FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1939 AND 1937 Refrigerators, refrigeration machinery and equipment, complete air-condi- Other products (not classified in this industry). Refrigerators, domestic (mechanical and absorption), refrigeration machinery Refrigerators, domestic (mechanical and absorption), refrigeration machinery $278, 645, 540 $363, 788, 412 1 Chiefly value of winter air-conditioning equipment, store fixtures, gas and electric ranges, and electrical supplies. TABLE 4.-PRODUCTS, BY KIND, QUANTITY, AND VALUE, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1939 AND 1937 1937 PRODUCT Refrigerators, refrigeration machinery, and air-conditioning units, total value.. Mechanical refrigerators and refrigerating machines, compression type, electric (reported as using motors rated at 1 horsepower or less for 1939, and less than 1 ton of refrigeration for 1937): Domestic (household), self-contained Capacity under 6 cubic feet. 6 cubic feet or more, but under 10 cubic feet. 10 cubic feet or more... Not reported by size, value.. Commercial, self-contained Beverage coolers (for bottled beverages). Ice-cream cabinets Number reported. Number not reported, value.. Water coolers Number reported. Number not reported, value.. Display cases Number reported.. Number not reported, value. Number not reported, value. Refrigerating and ice-making machines, commercial and industrial. Reported as using motors rated at 1 horsepower or more for 1939, and 1 ton or more of refrigeration for 1937: Value Number reported. Number not reported, value. Not self-contained (shipped in sections), including refrigerating or cooling mechanism Number reported. Number not reported, value. Central-station systems, including refrigerating or cooling mechanism (excluding installation), for human comfort.. Number not reported, value. All other, including absorption type refrigerators, air-conditioning equipment for industrial use, and parts for all refrigeration machinery, value 3 3 1 Data incomplete. 27,617 5, 551, 126 2 Includes 51 machines using motors rated at 100 horsepower or over for 1939, and 33 rated at 100 tons or over for 1937. "Air-conditioning equipment" included with figures for "All other, including absorption-type refrigerators, air-conditioning equipment for industrial use, and parts for all refrigeration machinery," for 1937. Includes 119 cabinets of 10 cubic feet or more. Combined to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments. REFRIGERATORS, REFRIGERATION MACHINERY, ETC. 521 TABLE 5.-WAGE EARNERS ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING, BY MONTHS, FOR THE UNITED STATES, 1939 AND 1937, AND BY STATES, 1939 Group 18.-AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT Description of the group of industries. This group includes two industries: "Motor vehicles, motor-vehicle bodies, parts and accessories" and "Automobile trailers (for attachment to passenger cars)." For a detailed explanation of the scope of each of these industries, see pages 524 and 530. Prior to the 1939 Census of Manufactures the manufacture or assembly of motor vehicles and the manufacture of bodies, parts, and accessories (including all motor-vehicle trailers) were treated as separate industries. To obtain figures comparable with those for 1939, the statistics for these industries for previous years have been combined. Cost of materials and value of products.-The figures for cost of materials and the figures for value of products for this group of industries include considerable duplication due to the fact that the products of establishments engaged in the manufacture of bodies, parts, and accessories are to a great extent consumed by other establishments in the manufacture of subassemblies and complete vehicles. To the extent that this condition exists, the published figures for cost of materials, etc., exceed the actual net cost of materials and the published figures for total value of products exceed the actual net value of products. The figures for "Value added by manufacture" contain no duplication and are therefore more significant and of greater statistical value, than the figures for "Cost of materials" and the figures for "Value of products." SUMMARY FOR GROUP 18.-AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT, 1904 TO 1939, AND FOR INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES: 1939 AND 1937 1 See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Definition of establishment. Value of products less cost of materials, supplies, fuel, purchased electric energy, and contract work. See GENERAL EXPLANATIONS-Value added by manufacture. The 1937 figures shown in italics are comparable with the statistics for 1939 and include data for 3 establishments which were originally classified in another group for 1937 and previous years but which have now been reclassified in this group. The roman-type figures for 1937 do not include data for these 3 establishments and are comparable with the statistics for prior years. Not called for on schedule. 7 Data not available. No comparable data are available for years prior to 1904. The 1937 figures include data for 3 establishments which were originally classified in other industries for 1937 and previous years but which have now been transferred to this industry, effective with 1937. Data for the 85 establishments which in 1937 were primarily engaged in the manufacture of passenger-car trailers have been excluded. |