than $2,000, 14 were barber shops, 8 were
coal, wood and ice dealers, 4 were employment agencies, 3 were express
and moving-vans, 9 were tailors, pressers, _etc._, and 8 were
miscellaneous--a total of 46. And in 1908, out of 76 establishments
with gross receipts under $2,000, 18 were barber-shops, 8 were ice,
coal and wood dealers, 4 were employment agencies, 3 were express
and moving-vans, 10 were tailors and pressers, and 9 were
miscellaneous--making a total of 52. The majority of the more
important classes of business firms such as brokers, barber shops,
grocers, printers, hotel and lodging-house keepers, restaurant and
lunch-room proprietors, saloon and cafe firms and undertakers have
gross receipts from $2,000 a year and over.

TABLE XXV. GROSS RECEIPTS FOR 1907 AND 1908 OF 309 NEGRO BUSINESS
ENTERPRISES IN MANHATTAN.

KEY:
A: Doubtful and unknown.
B: Established since 1907.

-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------
|Gross receipts of Negro business enterprises.
-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| Less | $1000 | $2000 | $3000 | $4000 |
Class of | than | to | to | to | to |
establishment. | $1,000. | $1,999. | $2,999. | $3,999. | $4,999. |
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|1907|1908|1907|1908|1907|1908|1907|1908|1907|1908|
-----------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
Barber shops | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- |
Brokers | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | -- | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Coal, wood and ice | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Dressmaking and | | | | | | | | | | |
millinery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |
Employment agencies | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Express and moving vans| 2 | 3 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Printers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
Groceries | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 2 |
Hotels and lodging | | | | | | | | | | |
houses | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Pool and billiard rooms| -- | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1