This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX THE CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY An account of the story of steel, either in the United States or in the world, would be incomplete without reference to the Carnegie Steel Company, of Pittsburg, which has occupied so strategic and dominating a position in the steel industry, and which has been ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX THE CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY An account of the story of steel, either in the United States or in the world, would be incomplete without reference to the Carnegie Steel Company, of Pittsburg, which has occupied so strategic and dominating a position in the steel industry, and which has been such a maker of steel and of history of steel. Without a clear knowledge of the part that this company has taken in steel and steel strategy, the mainsprings of twentieth-century history remain invisible and mysterious. This company has been foremost in the developments which have been described in a previous chapter as the characteristic factors which have made America a predominant factor in twentieth-century steel manufacturing. During the period when England led the world, the unit of steel making was the individual mill or individual furnace situated in some district with many more like it and equally independent of it. The enterprise was individualistic, and with such conditions the superior natural conditions of England counted, for it was easy for the individual or single smallcompany plant to achieve results. America has forged ahead under the mighty constructions and operations that have been brought about by great companies. In this movement the Carnegie Steel Company has always been a leader. No industry is naturally so uncertain and consequently so competitive as the steel industry. The demand for the product is fitful and uncertain in the extreme because most of it goes into new constructions and new enterprises, and these are notorious for the spurts and depressions of demand which affect them. While the consumption demand for iron and steel rises and falls, the purchasing demand is often more uncertain, because the users wish...
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