316 THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 



WHOM THE GODS CALLED YOUNG 



123. The youngest son of P. D. Armour, founder of the pack- 

 ing business of Armour & Co., was Phiup D. Armour, Jr., born 

 January 11, 1869, at Milwaukee, Wis. In 1875 he came to Chi- 

 cago with his family, and received his early education at Phillips 

 Andover Academy. From that institution he entered ShefiSeld 

 Scientific School at Yale University, being a member of the class 

 of 1890. Circumstances prevented his completion of the course, 

 and in 1891 he joined Armour and Company to learn the packing 

 business from its very foundations. He displayed an unusual 

 aptitude backed up by the right sort of energy and aggressiveness. 

 The years he spent with the Company were seasons of great 

 expansion and development, and formed an important period 

 in the history of the house. In some respects the enterprises of 

 these days were of a pioneer nature and fitted the younger 

 Armour for the big responsibilities and active participation in 

 the affairs of the Company, which would necessarily fall to his 

 lot. In 1899 the original negotiations were opened to merge the 

 Armour Packing Co. of Kansas City with the Chicago plant, and 

 the partnership previously effected between P. D. Armour, Sr., 

 and J. Ogden Armour was dissolved to form the new corpora- 

 tion of Armour and Company. 



Phillip D. Armour, Jr., was scheduled for an important posi- 

 tion in the new corporation, but its realization was prevented by 

 his untimely death at Montecito, California, January 26, 1900. 

 One of the elder employees of Armour and Company, who knew 

 him well, characterized him as follows : "He was what we would 

 refer to today as a regular fellow; he was a most lovable man 

 and easy to get along with ; he was as bright as a man could be — 

 quick as lightning — and he never knew the meaning of procras- 

 tination." 



