It is true that at the present we are largely cultivating the soil of the South, but if other people learn to do this work more intelligently, learn more about labour-saving machinery, and become more conscientious about their work than we, we shall find our occupation departing.
Washington warns that if African Americans do not improve their agricultural practices, they risk losing their livelihoods to others.
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