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Whitelaw Reid: I observed, however, that when he thought they were not getting on fast enough, he always found it necessary to offer…

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I observed, however, that when he thought they were not getting on fast enough, he always found it necessary to offer some reward in addition to their regular wages, to revive their drooping energies.
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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid observes the overseer's methods to motivate workers, illustrating the dynamics of labor management.

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