. Little journeys to the homes of the great . themarket. To think, said Armour to Morris, to thinkof your coming all the way from Bavaria hoping to getthe start of me! Both men smiled serenely. The nextweek whole train-loads of pigs were coming to Chicagoconsigned to Nelson Morris. He had sent his agents outand was buying of the farmers, after, Armour casually met Morris and suggestedthat they lunch together that day. The Jew smiled190 PHILIP D. ARMOUR assent. He had scored a point—Armour had come tohim S3 53 So they lunched together. The Jew ate very little. Bothmen talked, but sa
. Little journeys to the homes of the great . themarket. To think, said Armour to Morris, to thinkof your coming all the way from Bavaria hoping to getthe start of me! Both men smiled serenely. The nextweek whole train-loads of pigs were coming to Chicagoconsigned to Nelson Morris. He had sent his agents outand was buying of the farmers, after, Armour casually met Morris and suggestedthat they lunch together that day. The Jew smiled190 PHILIP D. ARMOUR assent. He had scored a point—Armour had come tohim S3 53 So they lunched together. The Jew ate very little. Bothmen talked, but said nothing. They were waiting. TheJew ate little, but he drank three cups of insisted on paying the check, excused himselfsomewhat abruptly, and hurried to his office. He sentfor his lieutenants. They came quickly, and Armoursaid: Boys, I Ve just lunched with Nelson Morris. Ithink we d better come to an understanding with himas to a few things we shall do and a few we shall notdo—he drinks nothing but tea. 191 PHILIP D. ARMOUR. RIOR to the invention of the refrigerator-car, the business of the packer was to cure salt meats and pack them for transportation. Besides this, he supplied the local market with fresh meats. Up to the early Eighties fresh meat was not shippedany distance except in midwinter, and then as frozenmeat. Surplus Western cattle were shipped East alive—and subject to heavy risks, shrinkage and fifty per cent of the live weight was dressedbeef—balance non-edible—so double freight was paidon the edible portion. Could this freight be saved?About this time Hammond, of Detroit, mounted arefrigerator on car-wheels, loaded it with dressed beefand headed it for New York, where the condition ofthe meat on arrival satisfied every one in the tradeexcept the local slaughterer. The car was crude—but it turned the trick—a new erahad arrived. The corn-belt came into its own. Cornwas King M—the steer, the heir Armour saw t
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