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A
country
,
it
seems
to
me
,
is
its
neighbors
’
keeper
.
"
She
sat
,
listening
,
and
she
thought
of
the
many
branch
lines
which
Taggart
Transcontinental
had
had
to
abandon
;
the
revenues
of
the
great
railroad
had
been
falling
slowly
for
many
years
.
She
thought
of
the
ominous
need
of
repairs
,
ominously
neglected
over
the
entire
system
.
Their
policy
on
the
problem
of
maintenance
was
not
a
policy
but
a
game
they
seemed
to
be
playing
with
a
piece
of
rubber
that
could
be
stretched
a
little
,
then
a
little
more
.
"
The
Mexicans
,
it
seems
to
me
,
are
a
very
diligent
people
,
crushed
by
their
primitive
economy
.
How
can
they
become
industrialized
if
nobody
lends
them
a
hand
?
"
"
When
considering
an
investment
,
we
should
,
in
my
opinion
,
take
a
chance
on
human
beings
,
rather
than
on
purely
material
factors
.
"
She
thought
of
an
engine
that
lay
in
a
ditch
beside
the
Rio
Norte
Line
,
because
a
splice
bar
had
cracked
.
She
thought
of
the
five
days
when
all
traffic
was
stopped
on
the
Rio
Norte
Line
,
because
a
retaining
wall
had
collapsed
,
pouring
tons
of
rock
across
the
track
.
"
Since
a
man
must
think
of
the
good
of
his
brothers
before
he
thinks
of
his
own
,
it
seems
to
me
that
a
nation
must
think
of
its
neighbors
before
it
thinks
of
itself
.
"
She
thought
of
a
newcomer
called
Ellis
Wyatt
whom
people
were
beginning
to
watch
,
because
his
activity
was
the
first
trickle
of
a
torrent
of
goods
about
to
burst
from
the
dying
stretches
of
Colorado
.
The
Rio
Norte
Line
was
being
allowed
to
run
its
way
to
a
final
collapse
,
just
when
its
fullest
efficiency
was
about
to
be
needed
and
used
.
"
Material
greed
isn
’
t
everything
.
There
are
non
-
material
ideals
to
consider
.
"
"
I
confess
to
a
feeling
of
shame
when
I
think
that
we
own
a
huge
network
of
railways
,
while
the
Mexican
people
have
nothing
but
one
or
two
inadequate
lines
.
"
"
The
old
theory
of
economic
self
-
sufficiency
has
been
exploded
long
ago
.
It
is
impossible
for
one
country
to
prosper
in
the
midst
of
a
starving
world
.
"
She
thought
that
to
make
Taggart
Transcontinental
what
it
had
been
once
,
long
before
her
time
,
every
available
rail
,
spike
and
dollar
was
needed
—
and
how
desperately
little
of
it
was
available
.
They
spoke
also
,
at
the
same
session
,
in
the
same
speeches
,
about
the
efficiency
of
the
Mexican
government
that
held
complete
control
of
everything
.
Mexico
had
a
great
future
,
they
said
,
and
would
become
a
dangerous
competitor
in
a
few
years
.
"
Mexico
’
s
got
discipline
,
"
the
men
of
the
Board
kept
saying
,
with
a
note
of
envy
in
their
voices
.
James
Taggart
let
it
be
understood
—
in
unfinished
sentences
and
undefined
hints
—
that
his
friends
in
Washington
,
whom
he
never
named
,
wished
to
see
a
railroad
line
built
in
Mexico
,
that
such
a
line
would
be
of
great
help
in
matters
of
international
diplomacy
,
that
the
good
will
of
the
public
opinion
of
the
world
would
more
than
repay
Taggart
Transcontinental
for
its
investment
.
