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           Hesatupstraight,buttressedbythecolumnsofparagraphsonyellow-tingedpaper,whichhewasseeinginhismind:"Atatimeofcrucialpublicneed,arewetowastesocialeffortonthemanufactureofobsoleteproducts?Arewetoletthemanyremaininwantwhilethefewwithholdfromusthebetterproductsandmethodsavailable?Arewetobestoppedbythesuperstitionofpatentrights?"

           "Isitnotobviousthatprivateindustryisunabletocopewiththepresenteconomiccrisis?Howlong,forinstance,arewegoingtoputupwiththedisgracefulshortageofReardenMetal?Thereisacryingpublicdemandforit,whichReardenhasfailedtosupply."

           "Whenarewegoingtoputanendtoeconomicinjusticeandspecialprivileges?WhyshouldReardenbetheonlyonepermittedtomanufactureReardenMetal?"

           "Idon’tlikeyourattitude,"saidOrrenBoyle."Solongaswerespecttherightsoftheworkers,we’llwantyoutorespecttherightsoftheindustrialists."

           "Whichrightsofwhichindustrialists?"drawledKinnan.

           "I’minclinedtothink,"saidDr.Ferrishastily,"thatPointTwo,perhaps,isthemostessentialoneofallatpresent.Wemustputanendtothatpeculiarbusinessofindustrialistsretiringandvanishing.Wemuststopthem.It’splayinghavocwithourentireeconomy."

           "Whyaretheydoingit?"askedTaggartnervously."Wherearetheyallgoing?"

           "Nobodyknows,"saidDr.Ferris.