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 Puitip 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 Sheffield 
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. OcpEN ARMouR was dissolved to form the new corpora- 
tion of ARMOUR AND COMPANY. 
Puituip 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.” 
