us returns.

The full list of selected occupations in Southern cities for 1890 and
1900 are given in full in Table IV, following:

TABLE IV. INCREASE OF WHITE AND NEGRO WAGE-EARNERS IN SELECTED
OCCUPATIONS, SOUTHERN CITIES, 1890-1900.[A]

KEY:
A: No. of cities.
B: Per cent increase.

----------------------------+----------------------------------------------
| Male.
+----+--------------------+--------------------
| | Native white. | Negro.
| +-------+-------+----+-------+-------+----
Occupation. | A | 1890. | 1900. | B | 1890. | 1900. | B
----------------------------+----+-------+-------+----+-------+-------+----
Domestic and personal | | | | | | |
service | -- | 29,407| 41,854|42.3| 54,179| 71,047|31.1
Barbers, hairdressers | 10 | 1,436| 2,208| -- | 1,946| 2,317| --
Bartenders | 8 | 1,688| 2,486| -- | 277| 389| --
Laborers (not specified) | 10 | 19,843| 27,759| -- | 35,868| 51,346| --
Restaurant and saloon | | | | | | |
keepers | 9 | 1,577| 2,107| -- | 377| 474| --
Servants and waiters | 10 | 1,395| 1,128| -- | 15,358| 16,071| --
Watchmen, policemen, | | | | | | |
detectives, etc. | 10 | 3,441| 6,166| -- | 353| 450| --
Trade and transportation | -- | 71,291| 89,294|25.2| 18,305| 25,459|39.1
Agents, collectors and | | | | | | |
commercial travelers | 10 | 8,571| 13,031| -- | 287| 411| --
Bankers, brokers and | | | | | | |
officials (bank) | 8 | 2,309| 1,824| -- | 76| 13| --
Draymen, hackmen, | | | | | | |
teamsters | 10 | 6,385| 8,117| -- | 11,246| 14,545| --
Messengers, packers, | | | | | |
porters, etc.[B] | 9 | 3,302| 4,486| -- | 3,554| 6,225| --
Steam railway employees | 10 | 11,033| 11,532| -- | 2,213| 3,048| --
Street railway employees | 8 | 1,987| 3,366| -- | 85| 170| --
Bookkeepers, accountants, | | | | | |
etc.[C] | 10 | 37,70