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The earnings , '' he added , `` have increased in even greater ratio . '' `` Hum , '' said Bonbright , his mind already elsewhere . His thought , unspoken , was , `` If we 've got so blamed much , what 's the use piling it up ? '' At noon they had not finished the inspection of the plant ; it was well toward five o'clock when they did so , for Rangar did his duty conscientiously . His explanations were long , careful , technical . Bonbright set his mind to the task and listened well . He was even interested , for there were interesting things to see , processes requiring skilled men , machines that had required inventive genius to devise .