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The Octopus

CHAPTER III
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"If there is dirty work to be done in which the railroad doesn't wish to appear, it is S.Behrman who does it.

If the freight rates are to be 'adjusted' to squeeze us a little harder, it is S.Behrman who regulates what we can stand.

If there's a judge to be bought, it is S.Behrman who does the bargaining.

If there is a jury to be bribed, it is S.Behrman who handles the money.

If there is an election to be jobbed, it is S.
Behrman who manipulates it.


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