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"
It
’
s
a
great
responsibility
,
"
said
Eugene
Lawson
,
"
to
hold
the
decision
of
life
or
death
over
thousands
of
people
and
to
sacrifice
them
when
necessary
,
but
we
mast
have
the
courage
to
do
it
.
"
His
soft
lips
seemed
to
twist
into
a
smile
.
"
The
only
factors
to
consider
are
land
acreage
and
population
figures
,
"
said
Dr
.
Ferris
in
a
statistical
voice
,
blowing
smoke
rings
at
the
ceiling
.
"
Since
it
is
no
longer
possible
to
maintain
both
the
Minnesota
Line
and
the
transcontinental
traffic
of
this
railroad
,
the
choice
is
between
Minnesota
and
those
states
west
of
the
Rockies
which
were
cut
off
by
the
failure
of
the
Taggart
Tunnel
,
as
well
as
the
neighboring
states
of
Montana
,
Idaho
,
Oregon
,
which
means
,
practically
speaking
,
the
whole
of
the
Northwest
.
When
you
compute
the
acreage
and
the
number
of
heads
in
both
areas
,
it
’
s
obvious
that
we
should
scuttle
Minnesota
rather
than
give
up
our
lines
of
communication
over
a
third
of
a
continent
.
"
"
I
won
’
t
give
up
the
continent
,
"
said
Wesley
Mouch
,
staring
down
at
his
dish
of
ice
cream
,
his
voice
hurt
and
stubborn
.
She
was
thinking
of
the
Mesabi
Range
,
the
last
of
the
major
sources
of
iron
ore
,
she
was
thinking
of
the
Minnesota
farmers
,
such
as
were
left
of
them
,
the
best
producers
of
wheat
in
the
country
—
she
was
thinking
that
the
end
of
Minnesota
would
end
Wisconsin
,
then
Michigan
,
then
Illinois
—
she
was
seeing
the
red
breath
of
the
factories
dying
out
over
the
industrial
East
—
as
against
the
empty
miles
of
western
sands
,
of
scraggly
pastures
and
abandoned
ranches
.
"
The
figures
indicate
,
"
said
Mr
.
Weatherby
primly
,
"
that
the
continued
maintenance
of
both
areas
seems
to
be
impossible
.
The
railway
track
and
equipment
of
one
has
to
be
dismantled
to
provide
the
material
for
the
maintenance
of
the
other
.
"
She
noticed
that
Clem
Weatherby
,
their
technical
expert
on
railroads
,
was
the
man
of
least
influence
among
them
,
and
Cuffy
Meigs
—
of
most
.
Cuffy
Meigs
sat
sprawled
in
his
chair
,
with
a
look
of
patronizing
tolerance
for
their
game
of
wasting
time
on
discussions
.
He
spoke
little
,
but
when
he
did
,
it
was
to
snap
decisively
,
with
a
contemptuous
grin
,
"
Pipe
down
,
Jimmy
!
"
or
,
"
Nuts
,
Wes
,
you
’
re
talking
through
your
hat
!
"
She
noticed
that
neither
Jim
nor
Mouch
resented
it
.
They
seemed
to
welcome
the
authority
of
his
assurance
;
they
were
accepting
him
as
their
master
.
"
We
have
to
be
practical
,
"
Dr
.
Ferris
kept
saying
.
"
We
have
to
be
scientific
.
"
"
I
need
the
economy
of
the
country
as
a
whole
,
"
Wesley
Mouch
kept
repeating
.
"
I
need
the
production
of
a
nation
.
"
