Robber Barrons Or Captain of Industry
...ze this industry they did it at a cost of the small outfit. Instead if just shipping just smoked or frozen mean only ion winter now with refrigerated cars they could sell all seasons of the year to every corner of the globe. Chicago became the home of gigantic industry. It was soon famous for mass production of animal food. The laborers were mostly Negro’s and slave immigrants. They pushed this system like armies that were driven and regimented at top speed. This brought consolidation of many firms. They went to great lengths to arrive at a gentlemen’s agreement, which then ended all other competition. They became kings of animal food and the power went to their heads. Now no one could say boo if they used diseased pigs, goats or cows to make their sausages or hams. They had no morals and they were basically detached from the masses that purchased the...