Chas Wolff Packing

Company History: In 1923, the Charles Wolff Packing Compan was a corporation of Kansas engaged in slaughtering hogs and cattle and preparing the meat for sale and shipment. It had $600,000 capital stock and total annual sales of $7,000,000. More than half its products were sold beyond the state. It had 300 employees. There are many other packing houses in Kansas, of greater capacity. This was considered a small one.

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