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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. William H. Pigott, Sr., 69, of Seattle, Chairman of Pacific Coast Steel Co.; in Vancouver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 29, 1929 | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

...husbands do not send U. S:-wives steel ingots for birthday presents. U. S. consumers in general do not buy, use or see steel in its unmanufactured state. Yet every U. S. citizen has an interest in the earnings of steel corporations, should be pleased when steel is strong, concerned when steel is weak. The steel business is best index of U. S. prosperity. Steel enters into so many U. S. industries that booming steel means booming business. As steel goes, so goes the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Still Strong Steel | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

...Steel has lately been going at record pace. Best second quarter earnings since the war. . . . Unprecedented third quar ter generally predicted. . . . Industry operating at almost 95% of capacity. . . . Great Northern Railroad has bought 30,000 tons of steel rails. . . . Northern Pacific and Pennsylvania expected soon to place 15,000-ton orders each. . . . Rail roads will buy nearly twice as many freight cars in 1929 as they bought in 1928. . . . Two Chicago office buildings are using 14,-000 tons of structural steel. . . . General picking up in the building industry. . . . Automobiles expecting a 5,200,000 1929 production. . . . Production is expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Still Strong Steel | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

Thus the industry in general. As for individual companies, U. S. Steel Corp.'s earnings were last fortnight estimated at between $92,000,000 and $94,000,000, compared to first half 1928 earnings of $87,866,000 (TIME, July 22). Bethlehem Steel, second biggest, had up to last week made no report. Of other potent steel companies, the following have announced 1929 earnings to date: Republic Iron & Steel Co. This Ohio company, with both William G. Mather, big-Cleveland-iron-man and Cyrus S. Eaton, big-Cleveland-steel-man, on its di rectorate, has made extraordinary progress during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Still Strong Steel | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. is third largest steel company, though far behind Bethlehem. After a good 1926, bad 1927, good 1928, it has broken all peacetime records in 1929. First six months of 1929 have almost equalled the entire year of 1928. Comparative figures: six months 1929, $10,537,373; six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Still Strong Steel | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

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