The Secret Evil of Levi Strauss

In 1900, Levi Strauss and company printed its first catalog. In 1902, he joined with other community leaders to speak out against making the provisions of the 1892 Gary act permanent. The telegram that was sent by Strauss and his colleagues to Washington DC stated that barring legitimate Chinese merchants was an injustice. He died after eating dinner with his family and then returning to bed. His four surviving nephews inherited the business and his fortune.