Show BEGAN SELLING RAT TRAPS A mado made his first money in that way joy morton lorton A the chicago chicado millionaire and president of the international salt company which has extensive salt interests n in hutchinson kail iran made ail his first money hy by selling rat traps says the kansas city star that was before his father J sterlins sterling morton became secretary of agil agi culture in president Clev elands cabinet and when lie he and his brother paul morton morion president of the equitable life assurance company were boys in lVe nebraska braska C acty ity neb joy morton 31 orton and his bis brother were on their way west the other day anil and were at luncheon at a the hotel balta baltimore when lie told the story in ili those days the patent right was not in such bad repute he said A man came to nebraska city with a patent rat trap and I 1 purchased the e of selling the devise in ard and about the vicinity of my town the lat trap was a device tearfully fearfully and wondrously made anatlie andt lie price was civo five dollars each it consisted of a large grab hook on en a strong heavy spring when a rat nibbled at the bait he tripped the spring and the hook book swung over and nailed him the trap had one fault it was good for ony only one rat for after it had killed hilled orie one none of liis his companions would go 90 near it again for a long time because they scented the blood on the wire the ell eligible ible customers in my territory conceived that five dollars per rat was too extravagant a plan of extermination and I 1 sold only six traps it was the first money I 1 ever made |