It would be proper in such a debate as this to indicate the qualities of the steelmaker himself.
It needs a special kind of chap to be a steelmaker, and it is not everyone who can do it.
That does not involve only shipbuilders; it involves steelmakers, makers of machinery, pipes, valves, wires, furnishings, and all manner of things.
It has said that it is not averse to further joint ventures with independent steelmakers in this country—for example in steel stockholding and stainless steel.
So often a single firm is not a steelmaker pure and simple.
We are consulting steelmakers, merchants and other parties affected at present and no decision has yet been taken.
It is good neither for the steelmakers nor for the people who work in the industry.
Its attractions—on large or small scale—may not induce a steelmaker who has already re-equipped with an oxygen process to change his mind.
