Michael Malone - Weebly

around in circles about when are we ever going to
reinforce Falls Bridge. And the private part going
around in circles with management at Optical
Instruments. They don't need a lawyer over there, they
need an Industrial Revolution." Arthur Abernathy hoped
he had not previously made this remark, one of his
favorites, to his future father-in-law. He had, however,
and Ernest Ransom was thinking that Arthur was not
going to get very far in politics until he learned to
remember what he'd said to whom. "Yes, yes. Poor
O.I." Ransom sipped his Scotch and soda. "It's a
complete shambles now. But in your great-grandfather's
day, remember, Arthur, O.I. was one of the major
manufacturers of precision optics in New England.
Telescopes, periscopes, everything, each one miles
ahead of the competition in just plain quality."
"Quantity is the problem now, Mr. Ransom. They
can't stay in business if they don't increase production,
take some shortcuts on quality, and get the prices
down. The Japanese are killing us."
"I don't know why in hell you and Winslow haven't
sold the damn place to some conglomerate ages ago.