How to Maximize Profit in a Steel Mill

Bartow Van Zettie came to the U.S. with his cousin, who got him a job as a dishwasher at Columbia Yacht Club of New York City in 1908. He worked there all summer and then when the sailing season was over, he was out of work. If he had a common labor job, he couldn't earn enough on an annual basis to feed and clothe and house his family. To make the problem greater, American industry was an incredibly dangerous place to work. The force of that intense need to cut your costs cost people their lives.