What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Intervenors who participated as parties at the courts of appeals should be counted as either appellants or respondents when it can be determined whose position they supported. For example, if there were two plaintiffs who lost in district court, appealed, and were joined by four intervenors who also asked the court of appeals to reverse the district court, the number of appellants should be coded as six.
When coding the detailed nature of participants, use your personal knowledge about the participants, if you are completely confident of the accuracy of your knowledge, even if the specific information is not in the opinion. For example, if "IBM" is listed as the appellant it could be classified as "clearly national or international in scope" even if the opinion did not indicate the scope of the business. 

Your task concerns the first listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "private business (including criminal enterprises)". Your task is to determine what category of business best describes the area of activity of this litigant which is involved in this case.

Opinion:
SOUTHERN S. S. CO., Appellant, v. Augustus P. NORTON, Deputy Commissioner, Third Compensation District, and Benjamin Moultrie, Appellees.
No. 7918.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Argued May 4, 1942.
Decided May 20, 1942.
George F. Blewett, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.
J. Barton Rettew, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa. (Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Atty., and E. Herman Fuiman, both of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellees.
Before BIGGS, JONES, and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
The judgment of the court below is affirmed upon the opinion of Judge Kalodner, D.C., 41 F.Supp. 108.

Question: This question concerns the first listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "private business (including criminal enterprises)". What category of business best describes the area of activity of this litigant which is involved in this case?

Choices:
agriculture
mining
construction
manufacturing
transportation
trade
financial institution
utilities
other
unclear

Answer: 4