The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02

IL one hund red dollars In cash will ma Ike the
first payment on enough machinery to start
d small laundry IN Chicago n The full va lug
of the machinery necessary for a be Einnlns
will range from $500 tn s400, but so confident
a 70 the men who sell laundry machinery ina.
most OF the persons who 20 into the business
viii make success OF It that they are will.
Ing to extend liberal terms Of credit to buyers
with a. limited capital. One man who sells
washing machinery responsible for the
statement thattfiere are over $50 laundriss
N N Chicago TIM have been started orsacap PHI q!
ayerag ing 5000 Many OF them now are do
' n business running weil,up into the thou
'saands,ttf he star example, bably,helngt that
OF a man and wife who started out on the
west side with $50 as a cash capital and who
I last Ia st year made $3.50 withfther enlarged
plant
Earnings Of Laundries Shown.
mere 1e are other figures to encourage any
& one VINO has leaning toward this line.
5Ihcre are over 100 lnundries In Chica go. OPP
( Grated by only two persons, that are king
an averhge of $500. a month for their pro
prietors. There are fully as many that were
Started with a total capital OF less than the
last figure, and which now furnish employ
{ment to q dozen operatives at an avera ge
pay OF SO a week and Yield $50 a week to
i the owners. 2 he average percentage OF profit
on Whlch most laundries in the city are run
y = mn IS ~ per cent. Perhaps In no business
"! q Ai'a y stand so good a show Of
being doubled and multiplied In a short time
as In this N 8 MA
The 'l'. ease with which a laundry business
+ l may pc WORKED up Is another feature that
recommends Tito the woman oflittle expe.
rience inthe business world. Practically no
x knowledge of business detail is necessary.
first one need not have an Office. Even
~ horse and wagon is not an absolute neces-
sity IN the beginning, for the woman laundry
owner VII be wise to depend on getting n
stnrtfrom the trade Of herown eighborhood
before she branches out more nmbitio,,sly.8
With 500 to make the first payment on
tho machinery. another 500 to nay rental
and kindred initial expenses, a woman Il who
4 Is not entirely ignorant Of howclot hes should
y be properly cleaned Is ready to cnga ge in the
business Il that is the limit Of her capital
she VIII, OF necessity have to make up he,
mind to8worls hard at, the start. II she is
more favored by fortune she Will do well to
devote her own energies entirely to the build
Ing up OF trade and superIntendlng the
Z work Of receiving, marking, cleaning, and
delivering the work. #
Cal4 oSSdiC - SpAilpElGIlL3 ma chine
orator, q young girl, and strong boy for a
total OF $50 q week. and with this limited
working force she is well equipped to take
care OF her trade Locating where she "a \
rent power. she will be saved the cxpen &
Of putting In the boiler necessary to the
larger machines Of q steam laundry, md
even without the power she can start a laun.
dry where the washing ironing machines
can be operated, s \ 5
Returns Quick to Come.
When the enterprise Is started the returns
& are quick to Gene, and tho Yield OF 40 per
4 cent profit Immediately places much clear
money In tho proprletor's hands. Then,
rapidly, the business can be built up. AS
soon as N horse and wagon is added to the
equipment the business and terrt ory Ia lin
tied only by the energy Of the horse and
dryer Cigar, stands, notion stores ana bar.
Der shops are always willing to i've lain
4 dry FOR n small percentage. and in this ma n
ner much more trade may be reached,