In some occupations he is losing ground.

Not many years ago barbers, waiters, and hotel employees in the South usually were negroes, but they have lost their monopoly in all these occupations.
White men are taking their place as barbers and white girls now often serve in dining-rooms and on elevators.

On the other hand, the number of negro seamstresses seems to be increasing.

A generation ago, many locomotive firemen were negroes, but now the proportion is decreasing.
There are hundreds, even thousands, of negro draymen who own teams, and some of them have become prosperous.
White patronage of negroes in business depends partly upon custom and partly upon locality.

Negroes who keep livery stables and occasionally garages receive white patronage.