CHAPTER XV 



SOME PACKERS I HAVE KNOWN 



THROUGHOUT this series my reference to 

 packers has been largely to the Kansas City 

 Armours, with whom I spent twelve years. During 

 that time I came and have since come into contact 

 incidentally with the most of the other packers. It is 

 my thought to review them from the standpoint of 

 their influence in rescuing the cattle industry from 

 chaos in the late '6o's. I shall limit myself to those 

 who have passed over the Great Divide. 



At the time I went into the service the packing 

 industry was emerging from a comparatively small 

 business to the spread-out stage. Refrigeration was 

 being improved by leaps and bounds. Branch houses, 

 making the local distribution of fresh meat at great 

 distances possible, were increasing rapidly; circuit 

 cars were in their infancy, and men were being sent 

 into every part of the world on trips of survey. 

 Swift & Co. had recently built in Kansas, but were 

 killing cattle only. One of my most thrilling mem- 

 ories is that of creating new by-products, following 

 up the investigations of our scouts, and of the intense 

 rivalry among the men on the sales end, with packers 

 to put over a new one or get general business. 



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