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”
“
The
Board
of
Railroad
Commissioners
was
bought
,
”
remarked
Magnus
sharply
,
a
keen
,
brisk
flash
glinting
in
his
eye
.
“
It
was
part
of
the
game
,
”
put
in
Harran
,
“
for
the
Railroad
Commission
to
cut
rates
to
a
ridiculous
figure
,
far
below
a
REASONABLE
figure
,
just
so
that
it
WOULD
be
confiscation
.
Whether
Ulsteen
is
a
tool
of
yours
or
not
,
he
had
to
put
the
rates
back
to
what
they
were
originally
.
”
“
If
you
enforced
those
rates
,
Mr
.
Harran
,
”
returned
S
.
Behrman
calmly
,
“
we
wouldn
’
t
be
able
to
earn
sufficient
money
to
meet
operating
expenses
or
fixed
charges
,
to
say
nothing
of
a
surplus
left
over
to
pay
dividends
—
—
”
“
Tell
me
when
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
ever
paid
dividends
.
”
“
The
lowest
rates
,
”
continued
S
.
Behrman
,
“
that
the
legislature
can
establish
must
be
such
as
will
secure
us
a
fair
interest
on
our
investment
.
”
“
Well
,
what
’
s
your
standard
?
Come
,
let
’
s
hear
it
.
Who
is
to
say
what
’
s
a
fair
rate
?
The
railroad
has
its
own
notions
of
fairness
sometimes
.
”
“
The
laws
of
the
State
,
”
returned
S
.
Behrman
,
“
fix
the
rate
of
interest
at
seven
per
cent
.
That
’
s
a
good
enough
standard
for
us
.
There
is
no
reason
,
Mr
.
Harran
,
why
a
dollar
invested
in
a
railroad
should
not
earn
as
much
as
a
dollar
represented
by
a
promissory
note
—
seven
per
cent
.
By
applying
your
schedule
of
rates
we
would
not
earn
a
cent
;
we
would
be
bankrupt
.
”
“
Interest
on
your
investment
!
”
cried
Harran
,
furious
.
“
It
’
s
fine
to
talk
about
fair
interest
.
I
know
and
you
know
that
the
total
earnings
of
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
—
their
main
,
branch
and
leased
lines
for
last
year
—
was
between
nineteen
and
twenty
millions
of
dollars
.
Do
you
mean
to
say
that
twenty
million
dollars
is
seven
per
cent
.
of
the
original
cost
of
the
road
?
”
