The knowledge of what to do in industry and how to do it in order to attain the resulting goods rests in the hands and brains of the workers and managers, and the judges of the result are the public.
Du Bois emphasizes that the knowledge necessary for industrial success lies with the workers and managers, not just the owners.
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