Атлант расправил плечи
The Top and the Bottom
"Iwishthey’dfirethatbartender,"hesaid.
"Forinstance,considerAssociatedSteel.We’vegotthemostmodernplantinthecountryandthebestorganization.Thatseemstometobeanindisputablefact,becausewegottheIndustrialEfficiencyAwardofGlobeMagazinelastyear.Sowecanmaintainthatwe’vedoneourbestandnobodycanblameus.Butwecannothelpitiftheironoresituationisanationalproblem.Wecouldnotgettheore,Jim."
Taggartsaidnothing.Hesatwithhiselbowsspreadwideonthetabletop.Thetablewasuncomfortablysmall,andthismadeitmoreuncomfortableforhisthreecompanions,buttheydidnotseemtoquestionhisprivilege.
"Nobodycangetoreanylonger,"saidBoyle."Naturalexhaustionofthemines,youknow,andthewearingoutofequipment,andshortagesofmaterials,anddifficultiesoftransportation,andotherunavoidableconditions."
"Theoreindustryiscrumbling.That’swhat’skillingtheminingequipmentbusiness,"saidPaulLarkin.
"It’sbeenprovedthateverybusinessdependsuponeveryotherbusiness,"saidOrrenBoyle."Soeverybodyoughttosharetheburdensofeverybodyelse."
"Thatis,Ithink,true,"saidWesleyMouch.ButnobodyeverpaidanyattentiontoWesleyMouch.
"Mypurpose,"saidOrrenBoyle,"isthepreservationofafreeeconomy.It’sgenerallyconcededthatfreeeconomyisnowontrial.Unlessitprovesitssocialvalueandassumesitssocialresponsibilities,thepeoplewon’tstandforit.
