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From
the
slopes
of
Colorado
,
freight
trains
rolled
down
the
track
of
the
Phoenix
-
Durango
,
north
to
Wyoming
and
the
main
line
of
Taggart
Transcontinental
,
south
to
New
Mexico
and
the
main
line
of
the
Atlantic
Southern
.
Strings
of
tank
cars
went
radiating
in
all
directions
from
the
Wyatt
oil
fields
to
industries
in
distant
states
.
No
one
spoke
about
them
.
To
the
knowledge
of
the
public
,
the
tank
trains
moved
as
silently
as
rays
and
,
as
rays
,
they
were
noticed
only
when
they
became
the
light
of
electric
lamps
,
the
heat
of
furnaces
,
the
movement
of
motors
;
but
as
such
,
they
were
not
noticed
,
they
were
taken
for
granted
.
The
Phoenix
-
Durango
Railroad
was
to
end
operations
on
July
25
.
"
Hank
Rearden
is
a
greedy
monster
,
"
people
said
.
"
Look
at
the
fortune
he
’
s
made
.
Has
he
ever
given
anything
in
return
?
Has
he
ever
shown
any
sign
of
social
conscience
?
Money
,
that
’
s
all
he
’
s
after
.
He
’
ll
do
anything
for
money
.
What
does
he
care
if
people
lose
their
lives
when
his
bridge
collapses
?
"
"
The
Taggarts
have
been
a
band
of
vultures
for
generations
,
"
people
said
.
"
It
’
s
in
their
blood
.
Just
remember
that
the
founder
of
that
family
was
Nat
Taggart
,
the
most
notoriously
anti
-
social
scoundrel
that
ever
lived
,
who
bled
the
country
white
to
squeeze
a
fortune
for
himself
.
You
can
be
sure
that
a
Taggart
won
’
t
hesitate
to
risk
people
’
s
lives
in
order
to
make
a
profit
.
They
bought
inferior
rail
,
because
it
’
s
cheaper
than
steel
—
what
do
they
care
about
catastrophes
and
mangled
human
bodies
,
after
they
’
ve
collected
the
fares
?
"
People
said
it
because
other
people
said
it
.
They
did
not
know
why
it
was
being
said
and
heard
everywhere
.
They
did
not
give
or
ask
for
reasons
.
"
Reason
,
"
Dr
.
Pritchett
had
told
them
,
"
is
the
most
naive
of
all
superstitions
.
"
"
The
source
of
public
opinion
?
"
said
Claude
Slagenhop
in
a
radio
speech
.
"
There
is
no
source
of
public
opinion
.
It
is
spontaneously
general
.
It
is
a
reflex
of
the
collective
instinct
of
the
collective
mind
.
"
Orren
Boyle
gave
an
interview
to
Globe
,
the
news
magazine
with
the
largest
circulation
.
The
interview
was
devoted
to
the
subject
of
the
grave
social
responsibility
of
metallurgists
,
stressing
the
fact
that
metal
performed
so
many
crucial
tasks
where
human
lives
depended
on
its
quality
.
"
One
should
not
,
it
seems
to
me
,
use
human
beings
as
guinea
pigs
in
the
launching
of
a
new
product
,
"
he
said
.
He
mentioned
no
names
.
"
Why
,
no
,
I
don
’
t
say
that
that
bridge
will
collapse
,
"
said
the
chief
metallurgist
of
Associated
Steel
,
on
a
television
program
.
"
I
don
’
t
say
it
at
all
.
I
just
say
that
if
I
had
any
children
,
I
wouldn
’
t
let
them
ride
on
the
first
train
that
’
s
going
to
cross
that
bridge
.
But
it
’
s
only
a
personal
preference
,
nothing
more
,
just
because
I
’
m
overly
fond
of
children
.
"
"
I
don
’
t
claim
that
the
Rearden
-
Taggart
contraption
will
collapse
,
"
wrote
Bertram
Scudder
in
The
Future
.
"
Maybe
it
will
and
maybe
it
won
’
t
.
That
’
s
not
the
important
issue
.
The
important
issue
is
:
what
protection
does
society
have
against
the
arrogance
,
selfishness
and
greed
of
two
unbridled
individualists
,
whose
records
are
conspicuously
devoid
of
any
public
-
spirited
actions
?
These
two
,
apparently
,
are
willing
to
stake
the
lives
of
their
fellow
men
on
their
own
conceited
notions
about
their
powers
of
judgment
,
against
the
overwhelming
majority
opinion
of
recognized
experts
.
Should
society
permit
it
?
If
that
thing
does
collapse
,
won
’
t
it
be
too
late
to
take
precautionary
measures
?
Won
’
t
it
be
like
locking
the
barn
after
the
horse
has
escaped
?
It
has
always
been
the
belief
of
this
column
that
certain
kinds
of
horses
should
be
kept
bridled
and
locked
,
on
general
social
principles
.
"
