The quote “...perhaps we may look forward to the time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together- for low cost and higher prices” shows that he only cares about the money and how he looks to other people and he hopes with great optimism that he is seen as a superior, which as the audience we can see that because he says “I might find my self into the next Honours List . Just a knighthood, of course” in a way that to the audience it feels as if he is gloating and it's nothing, but to himself he sees it as a great achievement and he wishes to impress Lady Croft because he thinks that his daughter isn't a good “social rank” for someone with such a high role like
The quote “...perhaps we may look forward to the time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together- for low cost and higher prices” shows that he only cares about the money and how he looks to other people and he hopes with great optimism that he is seen as a superior, which as the audience we can see that because he says “I might find my self into the next Honours List . Just a knighthood, of course” in a way that to the audience it feels as if he is gloating and it's nothing, but to himself he sees it as a great achievement and he wishes to impress Lady Croft because he thinks that his daughter isn't a good “social rank” for someone with such a high role like