Evening star., 1931-06-21
Board of Trade Supplement
Shows More Than 500
Established Here.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
VALUED AT Se5, ,635, 800
Totals Outline Extent Of Whole
sale and Retail Business in
Washington.

More than 500 national associations
have otlces in this city and Of these,
more than 100 have their national
headquarters here, the Board of Trade
revealed yesterday In a supplement to
the survey Of Washington and its
metropolitan area, published last year.
The additional information, for the
most part based on census reports issued
after the main edition Of the trade
body survey was printed, also gives
data concerning retail and wholesale
trade, pay rolls and the production
volume OF industrial plants here.
The survey Of the busines, education
al, religious. recreational and social
features Of Washington and its suburbs
was made last year to provide a con-
Csc guide for proper future growth Of
the National Capital.
Capitals Advantages Seen.
Listing a number of the leading ma
Glonal organizations maintaining head
quarters here, in the supplement of the
survey, the Board Of Trade states:
More and more, Washington is con.
sidered to be the logical place to locate
nationa! organizations, particularly
those which either do business with the
Federal Government or those which are
In need OF the information complied
and supplied by It,"
The survey statement, compiled for
the trade body by Rufus s. LuSk, quotes
from the census Of manufactures of
1927, showing that the light and heavy
industries Of this area together had an
annual and production valued at $685.
$50. In industries there were e,5I9 en-
ployeS in SOB plants, the total paw roll
amounting to $lS,307,833
The census Of 1927 showed that for
heavy industries here there were 7Ol
employees, pay roll of 81 .017,63l a total
OF 80 plants and an output OF products
valued at $3,607,067.
Wholesale Totals Given.
For the longer list Of light" indus
tries the figures were S,S1S employees. a
pay roll Of $17, 7,290, ,202, a total of 465
plants and an output valued at SEQ
028 1913.
Washfngton'S wholesale business. the
supplemental survey shows. on the bas
OF figures from the 1880 census of dis
tr1bution, is represented by 3l3 firms.
employing 4,469 persons at q total pay
roll Of 1892, ,921.
Annual net sales Of various groups in
, wholesale business were listed as fol-
lows: AutomotiYe group, 89,o04.2ll:
chemical. drugs and allied products.
$3,145, ,7s7; farm products, except dairy
and poultry, $843,438 food and tobacco
products, $63. .6S1 ,os5; furniture and
house furnishings, $792, 2,1o3: hardware,
electrical. plumbing and sporting goods,
$16,561, ,452; lumber and building ma.
terials, other than metal, $2,2i2, 762:
machinery, equipment and supplies, ex-
cept electrical, $2,40S,412; metals and
minerals, except junk and scrap,
$4,403,711.
Large Stores Listed.
Retail trade In Washington, accord
ing to reports Of 1929 business. was
represented by 10 Arms employing 6.225
persons, on an annual payroll of So
025, $40, and with the annual volume
of business totaling $45,937.655.
Extent of chain store operations here.
as OF 1929. was illustrated in the fol-
lowing figures taken from the 1880
census OF distribution: Grocery and
combination stores and meat markets.
$32 ,0S8, sos. for annual net sales: drug
stores. $1o.140.063; filling stations. So
2l6.305; variety, five-and-ten, dollar
and general stores, $4,766.160; womens
ready-to-wear speciality shops. S5,s47,-
| 1872, and shoe stores, $4,859 1856.
The net sales figure for speciality
stores, other than chain stores, were
given as follows for the year 1929:
Food group exclusive of chain grocery
and meat markets, $49, ,76S,911; general
merchandise group exclusive of de-
partment stores and the chains. So
| 063, 3,947; automotive group, s43, $685. IT'S;
apparel group, $31 ,46s 27S; humber and
building group, $l5,414,134; other retail
stores, $46,S50,3l6, and secondhand
stores, $l,22s,710.