The Bottom Line

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[pulitz'r:]gentlemen, we needeth to selleth m're pap'rs. Th're's an answ'r right bef're thy eyes, but thou art just not bethinking this throughnunzio knoweth, at which hourthat gent's cutting mine own hairtrim a did bite h're and thentrim a did bite th'rejust a chariest adjustmentcan fatten the bottom line[bunsen:]what if 't be true we cutteth backeth p'rsonnel?[seitz:]how about a few salary trims?[bunsen:]we couldst base'r the price of the pap'r[pulitz'r:]bankrupting me coequal festinate'r! alloweth me tryeth againshaving is tricky: the raz'rshouldst floatethshaveth me too closeth and theemay did slit mine own throatits the simplest solutionsyond bolst'r the bottom line[bunsen:]i've did get t! if 't be true we chargeth the newsies sixty cents p'r hundr'd instead of fifty[seitz:]those gents'd has't to selleth ten m're pap'rs just to earneth the same amount as at each moment[pulitz'r:]mine own bethought jump. T's genius[hannah:]t's gonna beest awfully rough on those children[pulitz'r:]tush tush, those gents'll beest learning a real life lesson in economics. I couldn't off'r those folk a bett'r education if 't be true those gents w're mine own ownethgiveth me a week andi'll traineth those folk to beestliketh an army yond'smarching to warfustian of themselves and sograteful to methose gents'll beest begging to payeth coequal m're!at which hour th're's dirton our shoes, boysf'r god's sake, relaxeth!wherefore throweth those folk out?all we needeth is some waxhark well to these barb'rshop lessonsf'r those gents'll seeth thee through[employees:]at which hour thou art did stick in the muck thee'll beest finethee'll 'rase any traceth of decline[seitz:]with a trim[hannah:]and a snip[bunsen:]and a shineth![pulitz'r:]and the pow'r of the pressethaye! once again is mineth!the price f'r the newsies goeth up in the m'rning!just a few ingraft centsgents, yond's the bottom line![employees:]ev'ry new outcomet's income f'r theegrant you mercy to yond bottom line!

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