---------------------------+--------------+-------------- | | | Males. | Females. +-------+------+-------+------ Wages. | | | | |Before.|After.|Before.|After. ---------------------------+-------+------+-------+------ Less than $3.00 | -- | -- | 9 | -- $3.00-$3.99 | 8 | -- | 3 | 3 $4.00-$4.99 | 3 | -- | 3 | 3 $5.00-$5.99 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 $6.00-$6.99 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 $7.00-$7.99 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 $8.00-$8.99 | 4 | -- | -- | 2 $9.00-$9.99 | -- | 4 | 2 | 2 $10.00-$10.99 | 3 | 5 | -- | -- $11.00-$11.99 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- $12.00-$12.99 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- $13.00 and over | 4 | 9[A]| -- | -- ---------------------------+-------+------+-------+------ Total | 37 | 38 | 26 | 26 ---------------------------+-------+------+-------+------ [A] One individual replied "less than now in New York City." In the economic movement to the Northern cities, the activity of employment agencies (especially for female domestic help) with drummers and agents in Southern communities has served to spread tales of high wages and to provide transportation for large numbers.[11] Again, many who have been to the urban centers return for visits to their more rural home communities with show of better wages in dress, in cash and in conversation[12]. The conclusion of the matter, therefore, is that the Negro is responding to the call of commerce and industry and is coming to the urban centers under economic influences similar to those that move his fellows. III. Secondary or Individual Causes of the Negro's Movement Cityward.--It requires only a brief survey of the legislation in several of the Southern states to understand that this has played a part in uprooting the population from the soil and transplanting it in the urban centers. The trend of legislation everywhere has been to make the city attractive at the expense of the rural districts. First among these measures have been the improved educational facilities provided by municipal authorities. In the South, this has come since 1865. Parks and recreation centers are rapidly being added. General regulation of rights and privileges has been made with the city in the foreground, and many another measure has favored the urban centers.