Big Business part 1a.

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Big Business part 1a

Milton S. Hershey -making milk chocolate for the masses -Lancaster Caramel Co. -developed his own recipe for milk chocolate that was affordable. -built world’s largest chocolate company in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

George Pullman -created the sleeper car -made 1st class train travel more comfortable -Pullman Palace Car Co. -Built Pullman, Illinois- -a town for the workers of the Pullman Co.

E.I. DuPont -French immigrant -started milling gun powder in 1802 -company later branched into nitroglycerin and dynamite -accused of having a monopoly in explosives industry -branched into lacquers, chemicals, teflon, lucite, lycra, kevlar

The protectors of our industries This political cartoon portrays the early entrepreneurs "getting fat" off the labor of the workers.

Armour Brothers -Armour Co. -Chicago, Illinois -all products made from animals and animal by-products -meat, glue, fertilizers, hairbrushes, oleomargarine -known for low wages and dangerous working conditions

Gustavus Franklin Swift -Swift and Co. -meatpacking in the Midwest (Chicago, IL) -created the 1st practical refrigerated railcar -”everything but the squeal!” -glue, soap, hairbrushes, buttons, fertilizers, oleomargarine, knife handles, medical products

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