The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-09-14
STEEL TRUSTS CITY,
GARY, IND, WILL BE THE PARA.
Disc OF CAPITALISTS.
Wonderful Town Which Has Sprung
Up on the Shore of Lake Michigan
Will BE Corporation Owned and
Ruled.

The town of Gary, Ind, which is be
ing built at the behest Of the magnates
OF the steel trust, is practically COM
pleted. The gigantic steel plant which
Is to dwarf every industrial plant that
has ever existed is raising it's tall
chlmneys against the sky, and the great
furnaces in whose flow thousands of
toilers will find a living are standing
with greedy mouths waiting for their
food. Down on the sand dunes of In
diana, on a little neck of land stretch
ing into the southern end of Lake Mich
igan, the new town is rising. Only
the other day there was nothing there
but the dreary mounds of sand with a
sparse and hungry vegetation aceentu-
ating the dreariness. Ever the arswsy
Calumet, which river flows through the
new city, had forlorn and lifeless as
pect.
All that is now changed. The sand
dunes have been leveled. The reedy
marshes of the river have been filled
in, and in place of the few scattered
trees modern buildings have arisen,
and thousands of laborers have turned
the desolate place into great canrp
of industry where pick and shovel, ma
sons trOwel and architects measure
are busy all day long. Broadway, the
principal street, is 80 miles long and
100 feet wide, with 20-foot sidewalks.
On every side stores, banks, hotels and
office buildings are rising to compile
ton. Two hotels at a cost Of over
$4,000, are under way, while bank
building is completed and a newspaper
office is even now busy publishing a
weekly paper, which will soon be q
daily.
Unique Living Conditions.
Twelve thousand men will gain a
living in the mills. They will form a
great homogeneous majority of the new
city's population, and with the end al.
ready in sight the question arises as to
how this great army of workers with
their wives and families will live. The
place where these men will work will
be owned by the United States Steel
Corporation, the houses that they will
live in will be owned by the same body
they will pay their taxes and receive
their light and water at the will OF
their employers. Such is the plan, al
least, at present, and those who ara
interested in the great experiment are
now inquirinS curiously as to what
these unique conditions of living will
mean.
There are persistent rumors that the
packing houses in Chicago will move tt
Gary and interests allied to the Stee
Trust are already beginning to flock tc
the new city. Foundries, ship yards
manufactures Of bridges, sheet Steel
structural iron, tiuplate, wire and wire
products, and other concerns into whose
business steel enters largely, have al
ready acquired or are seeking SHES or
which to erect factories. The initial
population of Gary will certainly me-
be below 10000 and may be more.
Guarding Against Strikes.
Gary is intended to fulfill the dream
of many corporations and the particu
lar dream of the Steel Trust-a tOwr
where labor agitation will be unknown
and where capital will have full swing
The United States Steel Corporation IL
leaving no stone unturned to have IL
it's hands sufficient power to quell in
, stantly any attempt at strike. The
steel plant is located on one side of the
Calumet river, which divides the towI
into two parts Frc:ted br the river
and backed by the lake, it will be al
most impregnable to rioting strikers
Swinging bridges across the Calumet
will turn it into a medieval fortres!
about which the drawbridges may bt
swung upward and the enemy cut of
while the castle can obtain fresh sup
plies of defenders and ammunition
from the lake steamers. Then, again
when the striker faces raised rates fol
his light, fuel and transportation, ht
will probably think twice before strik
ing or at least such is the hope OF hi
employers
workers Nearly All Poles.
An interesting feature of the whole
project is that almost the entire popu
lation will be Polish. In the new towr
English will be at discount, and TIT
Pole, with his habitual dislike for de
parting from his native tongue and Gus
toms. will have unique opportunity
to find in the English speaking country
to which he is fiocking in thousands
city where he will meet only his owl
countrymen, where the natives Of tht
country will be to all intents and pur
poses foreigners, and where be will b.