The Iron Puddler

My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of It

von James J (James John) Davis

48 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

James J. Davis is a memoir written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the author's remarkable journey from a struggling immigrant in America to a prominent figure in the labor movement, focusing particularly on his experiences in the iron and steel industry. It explores themes of resilience, hard work, and the importance of education for the working class, highlighted by the founding of the Mooseheart School, which Davis established to help disadvantaged children. At the start of the narrative, Davis introduces himself and sets the stage by discussing his early life and the challenging conditions faced by laborers. He recounts a personal story about a courtroom experience that emphasizes the barriers posed by legal jargon to working-class individuals. His reflections on his family heritage and the values instilled in him by his parents shape his outlook on work and education. The opening chapters blend anecdotes of his youth in Wales, his family's emigration to America, and the harsh realities of labor in the rolling mills, capturing the grit and determination necessary to succeed in a rapidly industrializing world. Each experience informs his belief in the necessity of breaking down barriers between classes through clear communication and understanding, a recurring theme throughout the memoir.The farmers could see the smoke of the tin mills which had built a great city just beyond their corn-fields. The silver men explained that smoke as "a dummy factory set up byMark Hanna withWall Street money to make a smoke and fool the people into thinking that it was a real factory and that industry was reviving under a Republican tariff." The orators said the best proof that it was a sham mill lay in the fact that the plutocrats claimed it was a tin mill, while "everybody knows it is impossible to manufacture tin plate in America." My method of getting votes for the tariff was to take young Democrats from the mill and transport them to Democratic rallies in the far corner of the county where they heard their Democratic orators saying that the mill was

• Themen: Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Finanzen, Betriebswirtschaft und Management Industrien und Branchenstudien Baugewerbe und Schwerindustrie Eisen, Stahl & andere Metallindustrie
• ISBN: 9798240844003
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.08.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Kristen Books