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The Exploiters and the Exploited
I’vegotenough,personally,torunatalossforacoupleofyears,ifnecessary,justtoholdout—because,Ifigure,thingscan’tgoonthiswaymuchlonger,conditionsareboundtoimprove,they’vegottoorelsewe’ll—"Hedidnotfinish.Hesaidfirmly,"They’vegotto."
"Theywill,"saidRearden.
ThethoughtoftheJohnGaltLineranthroughhismindlikeaharmonyundertheconfidentsoundofhiswords.TheJohnGaltLinewasmovingforward.TheattacksonhisMetalhadceased.Hefeltasif,milesapartacrossthecountry,heandDagnyTaggartnowstoodinemptyspace,theirwaycleared,freetofinishthejob.They’llleaveusalonetodoit,hethought.Thewordswerelikeabattlehymninhismind:They’llleaveusalone.
"Ourplantcapacityisonethousandharvestersperyear,"saidMr.Ward."Lastyear,weputoutthreehundred.Iscrapedthesteeltogetherfrombankruptcysales,andbeggingafewtonshereandtherefrombigcompanies,andjustgoingaroundlikeascavengertoallsortsofunlikelyplaces—well,Iwon’tboreyouwiththat,onlyIneverthoughtI’dlivetoseethetimewhenI’dhavetodobusinessthatway.
AndallthewhileMr.OrrenBoylewasswearingtomethathewasgoingtodeliverthesteelnextweek.Butwhateverhemanagedtopour,itwenttonewcustomersofhis,forsomereasonnobodywouldmention,onlyIhearditwhisperedthattheyweremenwithsomesortofpoliticalpull.AndnowIcan’tevengettoMr.
