The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-28
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Progress Of Jacob Doid.

Progress OF jacob D01u.
If there is any one feature OF our Amer
lean lire Of which Americans are more
proud than any other it is the possibilities
open for Intelligence and widelawake en-
! ergy to accomplish great things A very
! large percentage OF the country 8 states
men, military tacticians, professional
| men ana business leaders are self-made
men. Either natiVe-b0rn Americans or
/ those sturdy, honest sons by adoption are
legion who have arisen to wealth and
prominence from penuTy and circum-
] stances enough TO discourage less lndom-
/ liable characters.
A recent issue of the Butchers Advo-
/ cate and Market Journal, one OF the most
influential and widely read Of the great
provision organs. has the following as 2
! special dispatch from Buffalo, \. T., and
is of interest and instruction 10 every
one, especially TO Wichita readers who
/ know something Of The ability Of this
man to push business against all obsta-
cles.
The Jacob Dold Packing company Of
! Buffalo, y. Y, was the first exhibitor to
! drive a nail in the erection of a booth for
! the Pan-American exhibit, which opens
on May J. The booth is now nearing COM
pletion and is al fine-if not hner-than
/ anything in sight in the Manufacturers
/ and Liberal Arts building. The founder
Of the Jacob Dold Packing company was
born in 1926, and came originally from the
town Of Tuttiinger, Kingdom OF Wurtem-
berg, Germany, Of a family which for
generations had followed the same busi-
ness. At the age OF 10 young Dold assist
ed his father in the work Of slaughtering
and sausage making, afterwards becom-
ing apprenticed to one Rudolph Scherer,
the largest butcher in TuttiingeT. The
young apprentices integrity and good
judgment 50 impressed tself on Mr..
Scherer that at the age Of is he was en-
trusted with the responsible duties of
stock buying. In those days young Dold,
entrusted with large sums of money,
which he carried in q belt. was reputed
to be able to value live stock without
weighing, scales being then little in use.
At the age Of y years he had mastered
all the details of the abattoir, besides be-
ing a competent judge Of live stock. He
came TO the United States in 1913 and ar
rived in Buffalo without friends. unable
70 speak the English language, and with
hardly a dollar in his pocket His first
employment was with a small retail
butcher located in the Terrace, at q sal
airy of SIS a month, al which salary he
worked for three years. Kindness and
Unselfshness Of heart brought a change.
Learning that his employer intended to
let one Of the older men go, young Jacob
promptly resigned his position, saying
Let the man stay; he needs the work; he
has a family. ] can get along better than
he. This incident proved an epoch IN
his career. he had saved a little sum
and by energy and enterprise he at once
began business for himself He made
sausages I'm small quantities and peddied
them from house to house. His trade in
creased 10 such an extent that he was
soon obliged to purchase a horse. In 1852
he sent for his father. mother. brothers
and sisters-six IN number-and shortly
after they arrived he built his first
slaughter house. with a capacity Of ten
hogs a day, located on 1Aobott road, four
miles from the city hall BY energy, en-
teTprise and economy with this humble
beginning Mr.. Dold continued to acquire
an extensive and prosperous trade. His
sausages were becoming famous. and at
this time he also occupied q meat stall
on the Elk street market. In 1866 he built
on West Market street a three-story
brick building, combining a meat market. r
dwelling rooms and abattOir on top floors
with a capacity for the slaughter of fifty
hogs. When the war broke out the food
resources of the north were taxed to sup
ply the army, and Mr.. Dold received a
government contract, which gave his
business its first real impetus. He con f
tinued TO do a fiourishing business in this
line until 1873. when his premises were
destroyed by IRE. Then he sought out a
plot at East Buffalo. where he erected an
extensive abattOir, comprising over ten
acres of land, close to the stock yards.
with the capacity for the slaughter of 100
hogs. This packing house has been fire.
quently enlarged and. as the increase Of
trade demanded, fitted I'D with all the
latest improvements and appliances until
today it IS one of the largest in the coun-
try. and probably largest in the eastern
states.
IN 1885 Wichita. Kan. offered Mr.. Dold
catering inducements TO erect q plant
He built there a most clearly and modern
packing house. placing as manager his
son. George p. Dold. who died in 1900
and Fred w. Dold, the youngest son. sue
ceeded him as manager Recently the
Wichita plant has enlarged and been en-
rirely re-equipped and SO altered through
out that it stands a model of perfection
IN the latest devices and up-to-0ate ma
1hinery OF any auattoir in the land In
SIS, in view of the enormous increase in
the business Mr.. DOld decided to take his
sons into the business. and formed
stock company, Of which Jacob Dold is
president; Jacob T.. DOld. first vice presi-
dent; @. IT. Dold, second vice president;
fred -. Dold- thru vice president; A. W.
bold. treasurer. and =. h. Dole secretary,
from which each time each one took an
active part in the business in their re-
spective departments.
"A concern like this not only tells Won
lers Of the growth and nrosneritv Of Puf-
,alo during the past half century, but
shows that during the period Of CONNER
,ial prostra ton within the Eve years fol-
owing 1852 there were rnen Of foresight
who realized more clearly than they ever
lad done before the advantages possessed
BY Buffalo as r manufacturing center
and who never lost failh in its future
commercial supremacy. Mr.. Dold was
'ne of these. working with q win from
leXt To poverty. constantly charging ana
Increasing his business as the years roll
'd along with rare insight. watching ev-
'ry opportunity Tor the advancing of his I
md the city's interests. tireless and inde-
honest and progressive. 50 the
louse-to-house peddler Of the '40's grew
@ be the head of the largest house I'm the
'astern states. having branch Offices I'm
iverpool. ENGLAND, and various cities
throughout the Union, rs wei as On the
ointment Of Europe"