San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 2/24/2010
KLEIN BROTHERS
Enterprising and energetic, Sol D. and Jack Klein, who constitute the firm of Klein Bros. of Stockton, have made a name for themselves through their successful operations as dealers in beans and grain. Sol D. Klein was born in New York on July 28, 1897, and Jack Klein, who is a native of San Francisco, was born there on June 28, 1901. The former came to San Francisco when four years of age with his parents, who both passed away when the boys were still children. They were reared in a children's home, and thus they deserve especial credit for the success they have made, since it has come about entirely through their own efforts.
Sol D. Klein worked for five years with the Guggenheim Company, dried fruit packers of San Francisco, continuing with them until 1917, when he came to Stockton and opened a commission and brokerage office on West Weber Avenue having as a partner his brother, George Klein, who not long after entered the U.S. service, when America cast in her lot with the Allies. His brother, Jack Klein, took his place in the firm in September, 1917, but the first two years their profits were very small. In 1919 they concluded several big deals and in 1922 they met with wonderful success as the following news item in a local paper will show: “The Klein brothers, with offices on the water front, have done exceptionally well this year in buying and selling beans this season and some of their friends figure their gains around $50,000. These young men went into business early, staked a lot of big renters on Delta lands and contracted with many growers for their crops at about four cents a pound. Several contracts at that figure were for lots of 10,000 to 15,000 bags of beans and the stocks bought at four cents were sold at a good profit. The Klein brothers are the principal buyers in the local market and sellers seek their offers before going around the produce section. Showing the magnitude of the business carried on by these young men who have crowded to the front this season, last week they shipped one lot of pink beans amounting to 35,000 bags.” They are the biggest dealers in all varieties of beans raised in this district on the Stockton waterfront. In 1922 their bean exhibit at the State Fair at Sacramento won for them the first premium on pink beans and red kidney beans, and the second prize for Mexican red and Los Angeles white beans. The firm is a member of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and Stockton Chamber of Commerce.
Sol D. Klein, who served in the U.S. Navy during the war, is a member of Karl Ross Post, American Legion, and of Stockton Lodge of Odd Fellows, and both brothers are members of the B'nai B'rith.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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