If we do away with interest and profit, consider the savings that could be made; but above all, think how great the revolution would be when we ask the mysterious Somebody to decide in the light of public opinion whose wants should be satisfied.
Du Bois envisions a revolutionary change in industry that prioritizes public opinion over profit motives.
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Such an assumption is the arrogance of peoples irreverent toward Time and ignorant of the deeds of men.
But whichever it is, the meaning is always clear: that sometime, somewhere, men will judge men by their souls and not by their skins.
Our song, our toil, our cheer, and warning have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood.