Analysis: Why Industry Owners Are Captins Of Industry

During the 19th century industry owners had industries wich produced many good products and materials. Some of the industries were in very bad working conditions and Some of the indistruies were in pretty good working conditions for employes. There were some industry owners who were seen as “captins of industry” because they had very big fortunes and they contributed possibly to the country in a possitive way.In the other hand, there were also some industry owners who were seen as “robber barons” because no other companies can compete with them and they pay their employes low wages.Therfore, my opinion is that industry owners are captins of industry because they give back to the community and other thing the do to make the industry better. …show more content…
According to the new york times “$76,006,478 was contributed to education, $30,475,798 to religion, and $56,714,850 to general charities”.This quote shows how the captins of indusry didint just waste their money but they also helped out people by giving money for good use.The fact that $163,197,125 was given out to people is mindblowing to me becasue will people donate that amount of money nowdays?The money wasnt just given away for certain reasons it was donated for educational purposes like colleges,school and etc.. My second reason that I see industry owners as captins of industry is because They made growth in america and grew he popullation.According to The Impact of Factory Work on Worker Health by Dr. John B “As industrialization accelerated the growth of the nation's economy and changed the nature of work, some experts took time to examine the changes workers were experiencing.”This quote shows how workers had to work faster and harder trough out the years.The workers had to work harder because the poppulation was growing and their boss expected them to make double the goods or