PROLOGUE. THE MAN AT THE HELM 3

CHAPTER I. THE WHY AND HOW OF THE BIG COMPANY 6 II. THE BIRTH OF THE BIG COMPANY 22 III. EARLY HISTORY AND GROWTH, 1901 TO 1907 42 IV. THE TENNESSEE PURCHASE 70 V. MEN WHO MADE UNITED STATES STEEL 87 VI. DEVELOPING WORLD MARKETS 111 VII. THE SPIRIT OF THE CORPORATION 132 VIII. THE CORPORATION’S IMPLEMENTS 142 IX. THE STEEL TOWNS 160 X. HUMANIZING INDUSTRY 174 XI. INVESTIGATIONS AND DISSOLUTION SUIT 197 XII. QUESTIONS OF POLICY 217 XIII. STEEL FROM THE INVESTOR’S VIEWPOINT 235 XIV. THE GREAT STEEL STRIKE 246 XV. HELPING UNCLE SAM WIN THE WAR 269 XVI. THE MIDDLE PERIOD, 1907 TO 1914 283 XVII. THE WAR AND AFTER 295 APPENDIX 308 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Elbert H. Gary _Frontispiece_ “_The story of United States Steel is the tale of how Gary made his dreams come true._” FACING PAGE Andrew Carnegie 40 J. Pierpont Morgan 41 Down in a Coal Mine 56 Open Pit Mining--Canisteo Mine 57 Mine Stables 72 Modern Coal Mining by Machinery 73 Bee-hive Coke Ovens 88 Mouth of Coal Mine--Coke Ovens in Background 89 James A. Farrell 120 Transporting 222 Tons of Bridge Material in China 121 “Drawing” Bee-hive Coke Ovens 136 Two Views of Modern By-Product Oven 137 The Original Jones Mixer 152 A Bessemer Blow 153 Interior of Gary School 168 Ore Cars at Proctor Yards 184 General View of Duluth Ore Docks 185 Ore Boat and Train 200 Ore Boats at Duluth Docks 201 A Trainload of Ingots in Molds 216 Ingot on Way to Rolling Mill 217 Rails on Cooling Bed 232 Pouring Ingots 233 Part of the Duquesne Works--Detail of Unloading Ore-- a Hulett Machine 248 Making Wire Rods--Old Method 249 Coils of Red Hot Wire 264 Annealing Wire 265 Drawing Fine Wire 280 Making Wire Fencing 281 Making a Steel Tube 296 Steel Transportation by Man Power in China 297 UNITED STATES STEEL _A Corporation With a Soul_ UNITED STATES STEEL