It was eagerly taken.

The shrewd Wall Street speculators laughed at the young Westerner, and told him pork would go to sixty dollars, for the war was not nearly over.

Mr.Armour, however, kept on selling, Grant continued to advance.

Richmond fell, pork fell with it to twelve dollars a barrel, and Mr.Armour cleared two millions of dollars.
John D.Rockefeller saw his opportunity in petroleum.

He could see a large population in this country with very poor lights.