The author teases Ira Barnett of Louisville, Kentucky ("He’s a pretty big wheel down at the cracker factory"), but he seems to be fairly self-aware: > I don’t

The author teases Ira Barnett of Louisville, Kentucky ("He’s a pretty big wheel down at the cracker factory"), but he seems to be fairly self-aware: > I don’t know as there is much in what we are doing to interest the public, except the price of the article, and, as I said before, that will remain unchanged. Basically "I make crackers. Why are you talking to me?"