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O t h e man

wo r' s,the man

who sw eats,the

man who pou nd s

and ro l l s th e i ron,who p l ow s

th e fi eld s,and sow s th e grai n

and reaps th e golden harv es t,

the c l er',th e s tu den t

, the

s choo l teacher,the mech an ic

,

t he lab orer,i n fac t to the

m i l l ion s o f to i l ing men and

women o f the ear th,who

hope to re s t the ir wearybod ie s in the great afternoon

o f l ife on some th ing b etter

than b la s ted hope s and v ain

regre t s , t h i s boo' i s ded icated .

T WAS NOT many y ea rs ago

t ha t 'udge Elbe rt H . Gary , as

s is t ed by '. ' i e rpon t ' o rgan

and o t h e rs,d i sp lay ed his won

de rful pow e r a s an o rgan i z e r,an d his ma rv e l ous ab i l i ty as a c on st ruc t i v e

g en i u s,i n ga th e r i ng in t o o ne g rea t co rp o rat ion

the va s t i n t e re sts o f n ea rly s e v en - e igh th s o f th e

g reat I ron and St e e l I ndust r i es o f Am e r i ca .

From th e o rgan i z a t i on o f the Fed e ra l St e e l

C ompany,wi th i t s fou r h und red m i l l ion s o f

cap i ta l,t o t h e b i r t h o f t h e ' n i ted Sta t e s St e e l

Co rpo ra t i on,wi th a cap i ta l i z at i on Of o ne b i l l i on

fo u r h und red m ill i on o f do l la rs,figu re s t ha t in

each in s tan c e fa i r ly ast ound ed the financ ia l

c en t e rs o f t h e c i v i l iz ed w o rld,w as b u t a span

o f a few y ea rs .

The ma rve l o us s uccess o f t h is vas t en te rp r ise

is b es t to ld by th e i r y ea r ly fi nan c ia l s ta t em en t,

sh owing the en o rm ous p rofi ts o f m o re th an on e

hund red and fi fty m i l l ion d o l la rs i n the y ea r 1 9 0 7 .

'ac k o f 'udge Ga ry , wh o is n ow cha i rman

o f t h e ' oa rd o fD i re c to rs, and the p rac t ica l speak

ing h ead o f t h i s,the g reat e s t In d ust r i a l Combin e

i n the h isto ry o f the w o r ld,stan d th e financ ia l

g ian t s o f t h e m on ey ed wo rld . ' e n wh o se Op e n

w o rd can command m i l l ion s o f m on ey,an d wh ose

in t eg r i ty i s as fi rm ly e st ab l ish ed th ro ugh ou t the

c iv i l iz ed wo r ld a s is the s tab i l i ty o f 'i ke s 'eak,

t hat ra ise s it s l o fty h ead in the c en t e r o f the

Rocky ' oun tain s, an d frown s o r smi l e s at w i l l

on the va l l ey s t ha t s t re t ch away hund r ed s o f

m i l es from i t s base .

W i th the b ra in s and m on ey and i n t eg r i ty o f

such me n a s ' o rgan , wh o is sa id t o b e the

g rea te st con cen t ra t o r o f cap i ta l an d phys i ca l

en e rgy i n th e w o rld,bac k o f h im

,and a ft e r a

p e r i od o f y ea rs o f ma rv e l ous p rosp e r i ty, 'udge

Ga ry conc e i v ed th e i d ea o f a g reat Cen t ra l Ci ty

wh e re the vas t i nd u st r i e s o f “ t h e I ron and St e e l

in t e re s ts o f th e en t i re con t in en t c o u ld cen t e r and

conc en t rat e th e i r en e rgi e s . The o u t come o f

t h is d ream o f the great Cha i rman o f t h e Cap

tains o f In du s t ry and F i nance is t h e c r eat i on

o f Ga ry .

I n it s l ocat i on a t th e h ead o f ' ak e ' i ch igan,

twen ty- s i' mi l es from Sta t e an d ' ad ison s t re e t s,

Chicago,i s aga in d i sp lay ed that wisd om and

fo re s igh t t ha t c ha rac t e r i z e s the manag em en t o f

t h is g rea t I nd ust r i a l Comb in e,ru l ed by me n wh o

t h in k in b i l l ions,and who are bu i lding th is grea t

n ew ci ty o f Ga ry

'ENING o t the great harbor at Gary , I nd iana , 'uly 2 3 , 1 9 0 8 . The imembers o f the Gary Commercial C lub and Ho n . 'ohn W . ' ern , demo n

in the commercial , civi l and poli tica l l ife o f the state o f Indiana , being warped to'' isitors. Superintendent Gleason , whose master mind is responsible fo r the coni

action the great un loaders and conveyors shown in the foreground on the left q

THEi

AREA E' 'RAC ED IN TH IS 'ANORA'

Th e dow n-t ow n d is t ri c t o f C h ic ago as i t ap p eared i n 1 83 3 .

or any other country . Gary is connected with the outside world by

thir ty- tw o gr eat line: af rai lr oad and tw aaiy-ez

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g/zt rtaambaat liner, and

W i l l trade wi th every civi liz ed country on the globe .

THE great ci ty o f Chicago, twenty-si' miles away , with its ninety

si' sq uare miles o f terri tory , its four thousand two hundred miles

o f streets, fifteen hundred miles o f sewers and forty-eigh t miles o f

boulevards, is barely seventy-fiv e years o ld . The founders o f Chicago

did not have in mind the bui lding o f a grea t city ' wha t they ac c om

plished w as only incidental to the ordinary pursui t o f the varied activi ties

o f l ife, but their efforts have resu lted in the greatest material develop

ment the human race ever has witnessed , in a simi lar length o f t ime .

In the down town dist rict , a spot a mi le sq uare , can be pointed out

where much more business is done than in any similar space in the

world. The early sett lers o f Chicago had but li t t le encouragement to

believe that a great ci ty would ever grow out o f the swampy morass in

which the townsi t e w as laid ' the country round about w as a wi lder

ness almost unknown ' their neighbors were Indians, not always

fri endly but the geographical location fo r a great distributing center

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From THE ECONO' IS T F inancial

Ed i to r ial , December 5 , 1 9 0 8 .

HE drift and the opinion o f the Captains

o f Industry as to the future may be in

ferred from the developments at Garv and the

plans tha t have been adopted to be worked out

later on . Enough has been said in regard to this

new fie ld o f the ' ni ted S tates S teel Corporation

to indicate in a way the magnitude o f the under

taking, but Chicago does not yet appreciate what

is happening close to its doors, and sti l l less does

the rest o f the world grasp the magnitude o f the

pro'ect . I t sounds l i ke e' aggera tion to say that

engagements already entered into contemplate th e

employment o f men , and that a popula

tion there o f 2 in the near future is a con

servativ e est imate, but when such information

comes from cautious men , famil iar wi th what is

going on , one must accept the statements with

tolerance a t least .

A 'RO'HESY

ENG INEER OFFIC E, ' . S . AR' Y

50 8 Fed eral ' u i ld ing

CH IC AGO, 'uly 2 7 , 1 9 0 8 .

' R. H . S . NORTON,

' residen t Gary C ommercial C lub , Gary, I nd .

DEAR SIR

I desire to thank you specially fo r your in

v itation o f last wee k to the “ Opening o f Gary

H arbor, ' and fo r the pleasure which i t gave me

to accept and be present .

The possibi li ties o f Gary are enormous ' i t

starts today w i th the advantages which Chicago

acq uired only after many years o f hard struggles.

If properly handled , Gary and its ad'oining

towns may in 1 5 to 2 0 years riva l , ifno t surpass,Chicago as a commerci a l and manufacturing

community . ' ay it successful ly arrive a t that

position .' ery truly ,

w . H . ' IX 'Y,

C olonel Engineers, ' . S . A rmy.