The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-11
MOSCOW BUSINESS
FIRM rs YEARS OLD
HAGAN 4 CUSHING BEGAN
BUSINESS TOGETHER QUAR-
TER OF A CENTURY AGO

Friday, February IL was the 25th
anniversary of the beginning of bust
ness in Moscow of the firm of Hagan
d Gushing, now proprietors of Mos
cows great packing plant, and the
Cold Storage Market, representing
probably the largest employment firm
for labor in Moscow, and spending
hundreds of thousands of dollars an
nually for farm products.
From the modest beginning, when
the firm took over the business of
Holt q Robinson, 25 years ago, with
small meat market at the site of the
present Cold Storage Market that
supplies everything for the table, and
a small slaughter house Standing
where the big packing plant with its
pens, stock yards, railroad tracks and
modern equipment stands, the firm
has made steady and continued ad-
vancement, until today it owns the
largest, most modern and best equip
ped packing plant and retail market
IN the Inland Empire, outside of Spo-
kane.
The firm is naturally proud of it's
achievement. CHS A. Hagan and
George Cushing have grown up"
with Moscow. They have made for
tune and spent every dollar of it at
the place where it was made. Begin
ming with very limited capital they
have increased this to large sum
and have reinvested the profits in
larger and better buildings and equip
ment.
The packing plant was started in
l909 and has been enlarged and i'm
proved from the start. Mr. Cushing
has had personal charge of the pack
hn e1o |.
Mr.. Hagan has had personal charge
of the meat market and the retail
business. A change is to be made.
however and Mr.. Hagan plans to de-
vote more time to the packing plant
and the outside business and less to
the retail department.
y. u. Johannesen, who had MANY
years experience in the meat business
IN Deer Lodge, Montana, has been
employed by the firm to take charge
OF the retail market and, with C. T.
Nelson, known to the patrons of the
shop for many years, will look after
the meat market while Mr. Fisher
looks after the grocery and other
trade. Mr.. Hagan will devote most
OF his time to packing house work
and the buying of livestock and the
Wholesaling of the products of the big
firm.
I'VE have seen some wonderful
.hanges in conditions here" said Mr..
Hagan in discussing the firms his
'ory.. eve started in business when
I've hogs were bought for 1 3-4 cents
|. pound and pork chops retailed at
TX pounds for quarter, and break
last bacon sold for eight cents
pound at retail. We saw the price of
i've hogs advance to "a cents in 1918
md pork chops retailed for SO cents
! pound But the decline has started
md is coming very fast We have
oduced meats to pre-war prices and
re s. ling as low as eight can,s a
'ound for good boiling meat. The
eta.l 1llces of meat in some i,.stan-
es have been reduced 50 per cent in
Q days and is today selling for lust
alf what it did two months ag,. Cuts
4 the prices of other commodities
lust follow We are taking the lead
! getting back to normal coalitions
We are proud of what we have ac-
in Moscow and proud of
ne patronage Moscow citizens have
iven our firm. We bs'ieve that few
rms in the northwest can show
etter, steadier or more substantial
rowth than our firm has in the
uarter of a century since we started
| business in Moscow