Tag: 1919
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The directors increase capital stock 200%
All the minutes of the new Vegetable Growers Supply Co. were handwritten by J. B. Molitor himself. As I read these minutes more than 100 years removed from their original writing in 1918 and 1919, I have come to learn J. B.’s formulaic but in some places idiosyncratic use of language, including his very consistent…
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Securing lumber contracts and moving with urgency…
With corporate governance for the Vegetable Growers Supply Co. tidied up just a couple weeks ago and a three-person executive committee in place (J. P. Smith, president, J. B. Molitor, secretary and Joseph Rengel, vice-president), J. P. Smith called a special meeting of the board of directors on February 5, 1919 at 8 P.M. at…
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Michael Leider: The next generation of Luxembourg immigrants
In April 1919, Michael Leider was 43 years old and owned 10 shares in the Vegetable Growers Supply Co., newly established at the time in Rogers Park, Chicago. Michael immigrated in 1892 from Tadler, Wiltz Luxembourg, in the northern part of the country. His older step-brother by five years, John Peter (J. P.) owned 12…
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Officer elections and orders for wood
Later in the evening after the Vegetable Growers Supply Co. shareholder meeting on January 14, 1919, the directors held a meeting at 7 pm at Arcanum Hall in Rogers Park, Chicago, to elect corporate officers and to discuss orders for wood from the Wisconsin mills. With the new directors all present, J. P. Smith was…
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One demand rejected, two offers extended…
The directors of the brand new Vegetable Growers Supply Co. met at 8 PM on January 7, 1919, again at Arcanum Hall, 7013 Ravenswood, Chicago IL, just week and one day after their last meeting. The purpose of this meeting was to deliberate further on two pressing items: from whom to get lumber and what…
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