32/48 Is it not true that a machine-loom will weave more cloth and weave more cheaply than a hand-loom ?" He paused, but nobody spoke up. "Is it not then highly irrational to break the machine-loom and go back to the clumsy and more costly hand-loom method of weaving ?" Heads nodded in acquiescence. "Is it not true that that known as a trust produces more efficiently and cheaply than can a thousand competing small concerns ?" Still no one objected. "Then is it not irrational to destroy that cheap and efficient combination ?" No one answered for a long time. Then Mr.Kowalt spoke. |