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Here he hesitated a moment as though weighing his words, though as a matter of
fact he had merely forgotten the title of the next chapter, but presently he went
on again:
"Later I shall start reducing costs by studying machines, handling material
economically and producing power at lowest costs: keeping the product moving,
making environment count on the balance-sheet and protecting against accident
and fire."
"Is that all?" asked Mr. Bince.
"
Oh, no, indeed!" said Jimmy. "That's just a very brief outline of the way I shall
start."
"Ah!" said Mr. Bince. "And just how, may I ask, do you make environment count
on the balance-sheet? I do not quite understand."
Jimmy was mentally gasping and going down for the third time. He had wondered
when he read that chapter title just what it might mean.
"
Oh," he said, "you will understand that thoroughly when we reach that point. It
is one of the steps in my method. Other things lead up to it. It is really rather
difficult to explain until we have a concrete example, something that you can
really visualize, you know. But I assure you that it will be perfectly plain to you
when we arrive at that point.
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