On the other hand, the white land-owner argues that any attempt to improve these laborers by increased responsibility, or higher wages, or better homes, or land of their own, would be sure to result in failure.
Du Bois presents the argument of white landowners who believe that improving the conditions of black laborers would lead to failure.
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