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CASTLE GARDEN
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relit the fire. A year or so before Adolph, he had landed at Castle Garden from Vaszar, Hungary. He was therefore a little more advanced in his knowledge of America and the fur business. “It’s a good trade,” said Max, “but what is a trade? Get in business for yourself, I say.” As soon as he learned enough English, Max hoped to take up salesmanship. And presently he had an idea.
The house of Ederstrom made “novelties” — small pieces like stoles, ties, and trimmings. He bought a new pelt or two which he and Adolph, working after hours in the factory or in their rooms, transformed into fur scarves. Max peddled the finished product among the small East Side merchants and sold them all. He and Adolph divided ten dollars as first profit in this transaction. As soon as he became a journeyman, Adolph Zukor had opened an account in the Dry Dock Savings Bank. Now he drew on it for capital to buy more furs. Then Max wheedled out of an East Side fur shop an order which amounted to a contract. They had insufficient money to buy raw furs for an enterprise so ambitious. Adolph thereupon borrowed $140 from Blau, his landlord, and got the loan of a vacant room in the apartment above as a workshop. In the busy season of 1891, Adolph worked constantly until midnight; and his profits from this little whirl at business far exceeded his wages.
Max, however, grew restless. He had friends in Chicago. They wrote that the fur business was just