The value of domestic produce in that city in 1881-82 was $159,000,000; in 1882-83 it was $200,000,000.

The value of exports of domestic produce to foreign countries in the former year amounted to $68,000,000; in the latter it reached $95,000,000.
These figures tell a remarkable story of recent progress in the Southern States.

Always rich in natural resources, the South has long been poor through lack of development.

It has at last entered upon a new era of industrial activity, and is now making rapid strides toward a stage of material prosperity commensurate with its great natural wealth .-- _New York Herald_, September 12,1883.
Now, here is quite a remarkable fact to which I wish to call your attention, to show you the opportunities for labor existing in the South and what is the condition of certain counties in the South.

I hold in my hand a book that is compiled for the benefit of the Georgia Pacific Railroad, but I happened to find it in my room and thought these matters would be interesting.
Q.The data you consider reliable?
-- A.