Rising from Waterboy to Steel Industry Leader
A byline profile of a Captain of Commerce chosen by the President to lead America’s Atlantic shipping bridge. The subject rose from stake driver and waterboy to top steel industry executive, embodies American opportunity, and credits democratic access for thousands who work with him. He asserts leaders emerge from normal effort and brains, not prodigies, and that American industry overflows with such self-made men.
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Success Through Hard Work Inspired by Schwab
Excerpts from Charles M. Schwab’s reflections on American industry stress self-discipline, continuous effort, and practical skill over genius. He cites Bethlehem Steel figures like Eugene Grace and foremen who rose from the shop, arguing success comes from steady labor, loyalty, and giving more than the paid hours.
Seattle’s Leading Industries and Business Firms Listed in Detail
A comprehensive index names Seattle’s major sectors and firms across insurance, banking, hotels, dining, smelting, dairy, retail, manufacturing, shipping, real estate, automobiles, wholesale trades, and utilities. Key players include Northwestern Mutual Fire, Central Coal, Puget Mill, Pacific Coast Steel, Beattie Rail, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and Seattle Waterhouse, reflecting a broad economic ecosystem.
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Eugene Grace
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Insurance Companies
Northern Life Insurance Co
Northwestern Mutual Fire
Washington Hote Statute
Washington Annex
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Western Smelting & Power
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Lang Manufacturing Co
Hendricks Manufacturing Co
C. C. Belkmap Glass Co
Bering Airplane Co
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Rothweiler & Co
Pacific Creosoting Co
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Columbia Salmon Co
Carlisle Packing Co
Lindenberger Packing O
Walworth Manufacturing Co
Pacific Coast Engine Works
Hofius Steel & Equipment Co
Heffernan F Engine Works
Commercial Boiler Works
Seattle Machine Works
Westerman Iron Works
Marine Pipe and Machine Works
A. H. Cox Co
Whiten Hardware Co
Perine Machine Co
Crane Co
Pacific Coast Steel Co
Stetson-Roas Machine Works
Pacific Car & Foundry Co
Fillett Bay Shipbuilding
Olympic Foundry Co
John Davis & Co
G. Kinnear Co
Portland Cement Association
Automobile Companies
Eldridge Batch Co
Overland Pacific, Inc
Frank Waterhouse & Co
Seattle Automobile Co
F. Dethie Company
Sloan Shipbuilders
Erporation Patterson-McDonald Shipbuilding Co
Rogers Brown Griffin & Co
Galbraith, Bacon & Co. Inc
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
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Beaney Watson Co
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Railroad, Transportation and Power Companies
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Western Smelting &2 Power Co
Pacific Steamship Company
City Messenger & Transfer Co
Nippon Yusen Kaishi Puget Seand Navigation Co
Leading Bakery
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Lumbermen and Lumber Mille
Rasign Fuel Co
Pacific Coast Coal Coa
Pacific Shipping & Feel Co
United Coal Sales Co
Wellington Coal Co
Central Coal Co