W.E.B. Du Bois: “Just as employers monopolized meat and steel, so they sought to…”

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Just as employers monopolized meat and steel, so they sought to monopolize labor and beat a giant's bargain.

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Du Bois draws a parallel between the monopolization of industries and the attempts to control labor movements.

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