Cattle King

"Sam Brassfield: [there is a knock on the door] The door's open. Clay Mathews: Sam... , Getting to be a big man, Sam. Sam Brassfield: I own some land. Clay Mathews: ...with a fence around it. Sam Brassfield: That's right. Clay Mathews: There are getting to be too many fences for me, Sam. My business depends on open range. Sam Brassfield: Well then maybe you ought to change your business, Clay. Clay Mathews: No, Sam. I don't see it that way. 'Way I see it, as soon as this National Cattle Trail Bill passes, my business'll just be starting. Sam Brassfield: I don't expect it to pass. I'm doing everything I can to stop it. Clay Mathews: Well, kinda puts us on different sides of that fence I was talking about, don't it? Sam Brassfield: You can say that. Clay Mathews: Sam, I don't want to fight with you. I think a lot of you. You remember that first day you come to work for me down the brush country? Sam Brassfield: I remember it. Clay Mathews: Just back from the war... your land. gone... your folks dead. You were some green, boy but you learned fast. Sam Brassfield: You trying to say something, Clay? Clay Mathews: I figure you might still learn fast. I'm offering you a chance to put in with me, Sam. Sam Brassfield: I figure you know the answer. Clay Mathews: You're being a fool, boy. Sam Brassfield: It's possible. Clay Mathews: Sam, we're friends. I taught you a lot about the cow business. You think I'd go into this if I didn't know what I was doing? I got a million dollars in back of me. Sam Brassfield: You have a lot of cattle in Texas, Clay. Wyoming is the last spot on Earth you have to sow 'em. You're a man between a rock and a hard place looking for a way out. Clay Mathews: Alright, Sam. S'pose what you say is true, I'll still make a million dollars. Any reason why you shouldn't be a part of it? Sam Brassfield: Yeah, plenty of reason, Clay but I doubt you'd understand it"