@article{849,
  keywords = {Biographies, Mennonites, Businesses, Entrepreneurs, Saw mill industry, Farmers, Button industry, Shantz  Jacob Y., Berlin (Ontario), Kitchener, 19th century, 20th century},
  author = {Samuel Steiner},
  title = {Jacob Y. Shantz: Mennonite businessman},
  abstract = {An account of the financial fortunes of Shantz (1822-1909), from his farming and sawmill business enterprises in the 1850s, the founding of the Dominion Button Works and other industries in the 1870s, to financial difficulties in 1884. The article is based on the author's research for his book-length biography of Shantz.},
  year = {1987},
  journal = {Mennogespräch},
  volume = {5},
  number = {Journal Article},
  pages = {1-5. ill., bibl., },
  language = {English},
}