Such a producer is a misfortune for the country, the parasite of her commerce." "Hm!" bellowed the old man, looking at his guest with one eye, and watching his daughter with the other.

"So that now your intention is to build such a great factory that all the others will go to the dogs ?" "Oh, no!" exclaimed Smolin, warding off the old man's words with an easy wave of the hand.

"Why wrong others?
What right have I to do so?
My aim is to raise the importance and price of Russian leather abroad, and so equipped with the knowledge as to the manufacture, I am building a model factory, and fill the markets with model goods.

The commercial honour of the country!" "Does it require much capital, did you say ?" asked Mayakin, thoughtfully.
"About three hundred thousand." "Father won't give me such a dowry," thought Lubov.
"My factory will also turn out leather goods, such as trunks, foot-wear, harnesses, straps and so forth." "And of what per cent, are you dreaming ?" "I am not dreaming, I am calculating with all the exactness possible under conditions in Russia," said Smolin, impressively.

"The manufacturer should be as strictly practical as the mechanic who is creating a machine.