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Put Yourself in His Place

CHAPTER XXIX
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My money goes with me, and I goes with my money." "Then you are a man of sense; and I only wish you had money enough to go into this with me." "How do you know how much money I've got?
You show me how to turn twenty thousand into forty thousand, or forty thousand into eighty thousand, and I'll soon find the money." "Oh, I could show you how to turn fifteen thousand into fifty thousand." He then unlocked his black bag, and showed Bolt some drawings that represented the grinders by hand at work on long saws and circular saws.

"This," said he, "is the present system." He then pointed out its defects.

"And this," said he, "is what I propose to substitute." Then he showed him drawings of his machines at work.

"And these figures represent the saving in labor.

Now, in this branch of cutlery, the labor is the manufacturer's main expense.


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