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→The decline and shutdown of Rearden Steel
After that, discipline broke down completely. Older workers and newer workers would fight one another over trivial causes. And then, on the night of January 22, some worker, whose name is unrecorded, set fire to a building and declared that he did it "to avenge Hank Rearden."
After that, discipline broke down completely. Older workers and newer workers would fight one another over trivial causes. And then, on the night of January 22, some worker, whose name is unrecorded, set fire to a building and declared that he did it "to avenge Hank Rearden."
Rearden almost certainly heard about it, according to John Galt's strict code: {{cquote|No one stays in this valley by faking reality in any manner whatever.}}
== The rebirth of Rearden Steel ==
Rearden almost certainly heard about the decline of his old mills, according to John Galt's strict code: {{cquote|No one stays in this valley by faking reality in any manner whatever.}}
But he didn't let it bother him. By then, he had far more important things to do. [[Steel]] was probably the most important commodity that Midas Mulligan had had to import from the outside, through his secret sources. Thanks to valuable insights he gained from the Galt Lectures, Rearden was in production within a month of his arrival in the Gulch. Now Rearden took the steel market away from Mulligan, probably to Mulligan's immense relief, by supplying Rearden Metal. The raw materials for that were readily available, given the richness of resources of the surrounding mountains.
But he didn't let it bother him. By then, he had far more important things to do. [[Steel]] was probably the most important commodity that Midas Mulligan had had to import from the outside, through his secret sources. Thanks to valuable insights he gained from the Galt Lectures, Rearden was in production within a month of his arrival in the Gulch. Now Rearden took the steel market away from Mulligan, probably to Mulligan's immense relief, by supplying Rearden Metal. The raw materials for that were readily available, given the richness of resources of the surrounding mountains.