In Georgia, in 1870, it was 2,275,137; in 1880, 3,139,101, an increase of 38 per cent.

In Alabama it was 1,606,299 in 1870, and in 1880, 2,586,221, an increase of 61 per cent, and in Mississippi, in 1870, it was 1,724,295, and in 1880, 2,398,334, an increase of 38 per cent.

This shows that with all the disadvantages the South had to contend with of their stock cattle being destroyed, the natural advantages of climate and pasturage, to which I attribute it, existing in the South have enabled them to increase more rapidly their live stock than any other of the States of the Union.

That shows clearly the advantages which that country offers for immigration and labor.

This is an advantage to labor.