The Jewish Monitor (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1921 Page: 3 of 32
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Friday September 9 1911.
TIE JIWIII M0NITO1
Three
Some Facts Worth Knowing
Dallas is First as a Distributing Center in
the Southwest
After careful investigation the fol-
lowing figures about the volume of
Jobbing business done in Dallas have
been compiled. The data was secures
from reliable sources and the figures
include no retail business; also where
a factory distributes part of its pro-
duct through Jobber and the remain-
der direct duplication of totals has
been avoided. These figures reflect the
business of 1919 in the territory cov-
ered by the Dallas News and The Dal-
las Journal.
Dry Good
Standing unchallenged as the lead-
ing jobbing center in the Southwest
for dry goods the annual business for
this and kindred lines of Dallas houses
is conservatively placed at $55000-
000. In money value it exceeds that
of ten years ago by about five times
The business in hats and shoes is fully
double that of 1918 a gain that speaks
well for the growth of this business
in Dallas.
To the above volume of business
might be added $3850000 represent-
ing a portion of the output of Dallas
factories making overalls middy
blouses house dresses aprons etc.
and a cotton mill and waste mill
whose product is jobbed direct by
these concerns.
Farm Implement and Machinery
Thirty three million dollars is the
amount of Dallas' business in this lin
making it second in importance in
the United States. While one other
city is said to rank ahead in the dis-
tribution of the line in general in
tractors sold Dallas is said to leaa
the nation. About $4400000 was the
estimate of this business in 1919. Dal-
las distributes about 50000 wagons
annually.
Automobiles.
Automobiles are a big factor in the
jobbing supremacy of Dallas. The vol-
ume of sales for the twelve months
ending July 1 1916 was $17600000
in 1919 it was about $38500000 anu
for 1920 an estimate is made of $100-
000000 which include automobile
trucks tires tubes and accessories.
By some the estimate is placed at
$125000000. There are about seventy
automobile distributing concerns lo-
cated in Dallas.
Motor Trucks. .
The oil fields of Texas have caused
a large increase in the sale of motor
trucks and movement of good roads
and rural express routes Is stimulat-
ing the industry. Practically all trucks
art represented in Dallas and the es- -timate
for 1919 business was $2750-
000. In 192Q sales will greatly exceed
this amount
Urea and Accessories.
Dallas county alone has 22000 au-
tomobiles which means a car to every
eleven persons. Naturally the sale or
tires' tubes and accessories is large
and it Is said that Dallas sells four
fifths of the tires used in Texas. 1919
fiuges art $33000000 for tires and
tubes; (accessories $3300000 while
the output of wheel and body works
that are jobbed Is placed at $440000
and trailers at $275000.
Oil Reflneriea.
Dallas has four oil refineries in op-
eration and one under construction.
The oil Industry in Texas has reech-
ed an Important position and Dallas
is benefitted by location being within
easy access to all Northwest fields.
The refineries in Dallas have a ca-
pacity of 25000 barrels a day and e
timate for 1919 was $38500000.
Gin Machinery.
Dallas leads the world in the matt
ufacture of gin machienry. Two big
plar-ts tre located here and the gin
and mill supplies distributed annually
by these concerns and two other
houses in the same line are placed at
$4950000. As Texas produces about
one-fifth of the world's cotton much
of the output remains in the State
but the trade territory of these con
cerns includes foreign countries.
Saddlery and Harness.
Another line in which Dallas leads
the world is in the manufacture and
distribution of saddlery and harness.
Like dry goods and farm implements
this is one of the oldest lines to be
jobbed in Dallas; one firm recently
celebrated its fiftieth anniversary.
The annual business runs about $7-
700000. Paper Houses.
The volume of business done by pa-
per houses in Dallas places this city
at the 'head of distribution in the
Southwest. About $1925000 worth of
news print and fine paper and envel-
opes are distributed annually; $110-
000 worth of printing inks; $110000
worth of. ready print and plate mat-
ter; $550000 worth of presses type
and printing material and $225000
of engraving. In addition there are
about $4400000 in paper bags wrap-
ping paper etc. one concern in man-
ufacturing roofings and wrapping pa-
per and a paper mill to make paper
from cotton stalks and linters is to be
established.
Hardware and Heavy Machinery.
Dallas is an important point In tho
distribution of shelf hardware build-
ers' hardware cream separators ice
cream factory supplies heavy hard-
ware pumps gasoline and crude oil
engines heaters air compressors mill
supplies output of local brass works
and foundries wire and metal fence
bridges culverts etc. and such oil
field supplies as pumps boilers line
pipe drill pipe valves valve fittings
loading chain casing cable etc. The
estimate of this business is $8800-
000 annually. Much of the product is
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Fox, George. The Jewish Monitor (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 9, 1921, newspaper, September 9, 1921; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296827/m1/3/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .