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"
Ah
,
but
in
the
decade
since
the
Machine
began
its
operations
in
real
earnest
,
we
have
made
use
of
it
to
increase
our
old
pre-Machine
yeast
industry
twenty-fold
.
You
expect
imperfections
to
increase
with
complications
,
though
-
"
"
Though
?
"
"
There
was
the
curious
instance
of
Rama
Vrasayana
.
"
"
What
happened
to
him
?
"
"
Vrasayana
was
in
charge
of
a
brine-evaporation
plant
for
the
production
of
iodine
,
with
which
yeast
can
do
without
,
but
human
beings
not
.
His
plant
was
forced
into
receivership
.
"
"
Really
?
And
through
what
agency
?
"
"
Competition
,
believe
it
or
not
.
In
general
,
one
of
the
chiefest
functions
of
the
Machine
's
analyses
is
to
indicate
the
most
efficient
distribution
of
our
producing
units
.
It
is
obviously
faulty
to
have
areas
insufficiently
serviced
,
so
that
the
transportation
costs
account
for
too
great
a
percentage
of
the
overhead
.
Similarly
,
it
is
faulty
to
have
an
area
too
well
serviced
,
so
that
factories
must
be
run
at
lowered
capacities
,
or
else
compete
harmfully
with
one
another
.
In
the
case
of
Vrasayana
,
another
plant
was
established
in
the
same
city
,
and
with
a
more
efficient
extracting
system
.
"
"
The
Machine
permitted
it
?
"
"
Oh
,
certainly
.
That
is
not
surprising
.
The
new
system
is
becoming
widespread
.
The
surprise
is
that
the
Machine
failed
to
warn
Vrasayana
to
renovate
or
combine
.
-
Still
,
no
matter
.
Vrasayana
accepted
a
job
as
engineer
in
the
new
plant
,
and
if
his
responsibility
and
pay
are
now
less
,
he
is
not
actually
suffering
.
The
workers
found
employment
easily
;
the
old
plant
has
been
converted
to
--
something
or
other
.
Something
useful
.
We
left
it
all
to
the
Machine
.
"
"
And
otherwise
you
have
no
complaints
.
"
