"
"Corson, you're a United States Senator," proceeded the banker when the
man had departed, "and your position enables you to take a broad view of
business in general. But naturally you're for your own state first of
all."
"Certainly! Loyally so!"
"I think you thoroughly understand my play for consolidated development of
the water-power here. Every single unit should be put at work for the good
of the country. Isn't that so?"
"Yes, decidedly."
"To set up such arbitrary boundaries as state lines in these matters of
development is a narrow and selfish policy," insisted Daunt. "It would be
like the coal states refusing to sell their surplus to the country at
large. If this Morrison proposes to play the bigoted demagogue in the
matter, exciting the people to attempt impractical control that will
paralyze the whole proposition, he must be stepped on. You can show due
regard for the honor and the prosperity of your own state, but as a
statesman, working for the general welfare of the country at large, you've
got to take a broader view than his."
"I do. I can make Stewart understand."
Daunt paced up and down the room, easing his turgid neck against a damp
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