True Steel by Christy Borth The story of George M. Verity and his associates in

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Humanly, these associates have demonstrated the long-time wisdom of a policy tempered by truth, justice, service, square, fair and considerate dealing, loyalty and faith toward employees. It is a success story. It could have happened only in America-the son of a Methodist circuit-rider, starting without capital or special equipment, becoming a great steel executive; keeping at all times a resolute spirit, but also a modest spirit, warm with human sympathies. It is the story of a particular business. At the turn of the century George Verity and his little band of skilled craftsmen began their venture industrial pioneering. Before then they had fabricated roofing, siding, eavetroughs, downspouts and the like from iron or steel sheets which they bought from sheet rolling mills. Now they acquired their own sheet mill, linked with a new open-hearth furnace for making their own steel. With the establishment of the plant at Middletown, a three-part policy was inaugurated which has become the traditional and recognized policy of the now great Armco organization. In each division the company has been a pioneer. First, it considers all employees partners in a common enterprise, and has led the industry in many employer-employee relationships. Its labor policy was liberal and advanced in a period notorious for exploitation. Second, it believes the company should be a vital and contributing factor in the community where it operates, where its employees live. Third, it believes in technological research. From the first, the mere suggestion that something couldn't be done was enough to set its engineers off to prove that it could. As a result Armco technicians have been responsible for spectacular achievements. Particularly fascinating are the tales of early days, before the introduction of labor-saving machinery, when these men, working in blistering temperatures, swathed themselves in wet burlap and, experimenting crazily, tossed strange materials into molten steel as they searched frantically for the ever-elusive "perfect heat." Sometimes the roof blew off; sometimes the whole batch of molten metal "froze" and had to be chiseled out by hand. One of the most spectacular of Armco's achievements, of course, was the perfection, at enormous cost and after a series of heartbreaking failures, of the continuous wide-strip rolling mill, a process which the company licensed to the whole industry, and which completely revolutionized the manufacture of sheet steel. Finally, this is a story of Steel. The span of George Verity's life has coincided with the development of that huge industry. He was born just a few days after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A common grief welded the nation spiritually. Physical unity to be achieved by iron rails and bridges was the most exciting idea of the time. The great Age of Steel was being born. Christy Borth, whose pen makes True Steel such very interesting reading, is the author of Pioneers of Plenty, that popular account of chemurgy. CONTENTS FOREWORD 11 1AMERICAN APRIL 13 2OHIO ODYSSEY 25 3PREPARATION WITHOUT PLAN 37 4EDUCATION IN THE EIGHTIES 48 5END OF AN ERA 63 6MEN AND A MILL 88 7PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 105 8FIGURES AND FRONTIERS124 9A JOB FOR JOHN 144 10CARNAHAN FIGHTS CORROSION 153 11PANIC 168 12MILL OR MADHOUSE ? 178 13EXPERIMENTS IN NEIGHBORLINESS 193 14"To REST Is TO RUST" 206 15FAR FRONTIERS210 16A CLUB AND A CATASTROPHE 215 17AUTOMOTIVE MIRACLE 225 18WAR 232 19POLICY AND PRACTICE 239 20MIDDLETOWN RAISES A MILLION 251 21JOHN TACKLES HIS JOB 257 22HARVEST YEARS 277 23STEEL WITHOUT STRIFE 291 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 305 INDEX 309 Democratic Steel Company TRUE STEEL. By Christy Borth This is the biography of an industrial democracy-The American Rolling Mill Company, Middletown, Ohio-and of its creator, George M. Verity, who with his associates not only revolutionized the manufacture and fabrication of sheet steel, but placed employer-employee relations on a new plane of justice, equity, and humanity. Before the close of the century, young George Verity, son of a Methodist circuit rider, had made a successful career for himself in Cincinnati as the general manager of a steel roofing concern. By a series of fortunate mischances, Verity and a few daring associates found themselves in possession of a sheet rolling mill at Middletown. The new factory was something more than a financial gamble, for Verity was pioneering a new manufacturing method. Instead of buying steel plates for fabrication in his mill, he had installed one of the "new (angled" open hearth furnaces and proposed to make his own steel. The new venture was successful as a process, but financially there were many battles ahead. The steel industry was chaotic, panics struck without warning, competition was merciless. But despite all obstacles the company survived and continued to grow. Daring experimenters who tried and succeeded in doing the impossible, Verity and his associates were constantly concerned with improving present operating methods and finding new and better ones. From top to bottom, the men were given a free hand to make suggestions and improvements. Along with this experimental attitude was carried Verity's belief that he and his workers were partners, and from this then revolutionary concept of employee relations, came Armco's labor policy that has been a model of industrial democracy. The most exciting part of the book is the story of how Verity gambled the future of his company on the development at tremendous cost and after many failures, of the continuous, wide-strip rolling process, a technique that changed the manufacture of sheet steel. "True Steel" is the drama of American enterprise at its cour- ageous best. No matter how remote steel may be from your inter- ests, I'm positive that after reading this book you'll have a lively interest in one of our greatest industries. One of the most genuinely interesting non-fiction books I've read in many months. JOHN O. CHAPPELL, JR.-Cincinnati Enquirer All pictures are of the actual item. There may be reflection from the lights in some photos. We try to take photos of any damage. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. 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