Talk:Gustavus Franklin Swift

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This article ought to be broken up into a biography of Gustavus Franklin Swift and a page on his company Swift & Co.. The corporate history section is incomplete as it stands, and Swift was a big enough meat processor, even after its founder's death, to merit a page on its own. I'll do it myself when I get time if no one volunteers to do themselves. --Diderot 11:43, 25 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I originally combined two stub articles on Swift and greatly expanded this article to the extent it exists now because I was interested in Swift's contributions to the development of the refrigerator car. The subject as a whole can do with more elaboration—links to such subjects as meat packing industry and Union Stock Yards (even Philip Armour, which I expanded) tie to stub articles. My only objection would be to see either Gustavus Franklin Swift or Swift & Co. end up as "orphans" to the splitting process.--Lordkinbote 17:26, 25 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I know there is at least one ConAgra brand name that was originally a Swift brand, I imagine there are others. I suspect keeping Swift Co. from being orphaned wouldn't be too hard. But perhaps a separate corporate history makes sense without changing very much here. --Diderot 17:36, 25 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]