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Whitelaw Reid: I think it wise policy for the planter to give high wages, as he thus secures a better class of laborers, who work not…

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I think it wise policy for the planter to give high wages, as he thus secures a better class of laborers, who work not only industriously but cheerfully.
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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid advocates for higher wages to attract better laborers.

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