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“
Where
not
a
carload
of
wheat
is
shipped
in
a
year
,
”
commented
Gethings
of
the
San
Pablo
.
“
Oh
,
you
will
find
yourself
mistaken
there
,
Mr
.
Gethings
,
”
returned
Lyman
courteously
.
“
And
for
the
matter
of
that
,
a
low
rate
would
stimulate
wheat
-
production
in
that
district
.
”
The
order
of
the
meeting
was
broken
up
,
neglected
;
Magnus
did
not
even
pretend
to
preside
.
In
the
growing
excitement
over
the
inexplicable
schedule
,
routine
was
not
thought
of
.
Every
one
spoke
at
will
.
“
Why
,
Lyman
,
”
demanded
Magnus
,
looking
across
the
table
to
his
son
,
“
is
this
schedule
correct
?
You
have
not
cut
rates
in
the
San
Joaquin
at
all
.
We
—
these
gentlemen
here
and
myself
,
we
are
no
better
off
than
we
were
before
we
secured
your
election
as
commissioner
.
”
“
We
were
pledged
to
make
an
average
ten
per
cent
.
cut
,
sir
—
—
”
“
It
IS
an
average
ten
per
cent
.
cut
,
”
cried
Osterman
.
“
Oh
,
yes
,
that
’
s
plain
.
It
’
s
an
average
ten
per
cent
.
cut
all
right
,
but
you
’
ve
made
it
by
cutting
grain
rates
between
points
where
practically
no
grain
is
shipped
.
We
,
the
wheat
-
growers
in
the
San
Joaquin
,
where
all
the
wheat
is
grown
,
are
right
where
we
were
before
.
The
Railroad
won
’
t
lose
a
nickel
.
By
Jingo
,
boys
,
”
he
glanced
around
the
table
,
“
I
’
d
like
to
know
what
this
means
.
”
“
The
Railroad
,
if
you
come
to
that
,
”
returned
Lyman
,
“
has
already
lodged
a
protest
against
the
new
rate
.
”
Annixter
uttered
a
derisive
shout
.
“
A
protest
!
That
’
s
good
,
that
is
.
When
the
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
objects
to
rates
it
don
’
t
’
protest
,
’
m
’
son
.
The
first
you
hear
from
Mr
.
Shelgrim
is
an
injunction
from
the
courts
preventing
the
order
for
new
rates
from
taking
effect
.
By
the
Lord
,
”
he
cried
angrily
,
leaping
to
his
feet
,
“
I
would
like
to
know
what
all
this
means
,
too
.
Why
didn
’
t
you
reduce
our
grain
rates
?
What
did
we
elect
you
for
?
”
“
Yes
,
what
did
we
elect
you
for
?
”
demanded
Osterman
and
Gethings
,
also
getting
to
their
feet
.
