"It's right here—you're trying to make money by putting on one man to do the work of two."
"How?"
Bannon's quiet manner exasperated the delegate.
"Use your eyes, man—you can't make eight men carry a twelve-by-fourteen stick."
"How many shall I put on?"
"Ten."
"All right."
"And you'd better put eight men on the other sticks."
The delegate looked up, nettled that Bannon should yield so easily.
"That's all right," said Bannon. "We aren't fighting the union. After this, if you've got anything to say, I wish you'd come to me with it before you call off the men. Is there anything else before I start up?"