-----------------------+------------------------------------------------- |Gross receipts of Negro business enterprises. -----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-----+-----+------- | $5,000 | $10,000 | | | | Class of | to | to | $15,000 | | | establishment. | $9,999 | $14,999.| above. | | | +----+----+----+----+----+----+ | | |1907|1908|1907|1908|1907|1908| A | B |Totals. -----------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+------- Barber shops | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | 13 | 50 Brokers | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 5 | 16 Coal, wood and ice | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | 4 | 19 Dressmaking and | | | | | | | | | millinery | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 8 Employment agencies | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 | 1 | 14 Express and moving vans| -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 12 Printers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 5 Groceries | 5 | 6 | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 10 | 10 | 36 Hotels and lodging | | | | | | | | | houses | 2 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 8 | 17 Pool and billiard rooms| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 5 | 10 Restaurants and | | | | | | | | | lunch rooms | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 20 | 26 Tailoring, | | | | | | | | | pressing, etc. | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 13 | 24 Saloons and cafés | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 Undertakers | 1 | 5 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | 11 Hairdressers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | 8 Miscellaneous | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | 10 | 24 | 48 -----------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+------- Totals | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 118 | 309 -----------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+------- The full showing of classified gross receipts of the 309 establishments is given in Table XXV (p. 115). Measured, then, by valuation of tools, fixtures, _etc._, by merchandise on hand, and by gross receipts in 1907 and 1908, Negro enterprises with a small command of capital and credit do a comparatively large gross amount of retail business. CHAPTER III DEALING WITH THE COMMUNITY