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Barber shops | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 50
Brokers | 2 | 1 | -- | 3 | 16
Coal, wood and ice | -- | 2 | 1 | 7 | 19
Dressmaking and millinery | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 8
Employment agencies | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | 14
Express and moving vans | -- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12
Groceries | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | 36
Hairdressers, etc. | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 8
Hotels and lodging houses | 3 | -- | 2 | 1 | 17
Pool and billiard rooms | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 10
Printers | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 5
Restaurant and lunch rooms| -- | -- | -- | 1 | 26
Saloons and cafes | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 5
Tailoring, pressing, etc. | -- | -- | -- | -- | 24
Undertakers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11
Miscellaneous | 2 | -- | 1 | 5 | 48
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Total | 14 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 309
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The first of these facts would have effect on the question of a firm's
getting credit on purchases of supplies and both facts mean a great
deal in securing and holding a retail trade.

That a detailed comparison may be made, Table XXVI, showing length of
time firms had been at addresses where they were found, is added (p.
119).

3. BUSINESS METHODS

The age and permanence of a firm does not influence its success so
much as its business methods. And an index of its efficiency in this
respect is its methods of accounting. These are shown in the means
used for keeping accounts Negro business men were asked whether or not
they used ledger, journal, cash-book, day-book, or other records. Some
enterprises such as grocery stores, would have need of a mechanical
register. If a firm had one, it was inspected. Facts about 49
establishments were not available. Of these, 35 firms had no means of
keeping accounts, other than the memories of those running the place.
These were, however, very small enterprises. Of the 260 remaining,
60, or 23 per cent, kept a ledger, 122, or 46.9 per cent, kept a
cash-