Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-17
When he took his son into business he

When he took his son into business he
paced $l,OO0,00 to the credit OF the
young man and gave him his full conf
dence. The son did not abuse that conf
uence or waste a dollar, because he took
u as matter OF course that he was his
iather's partner, and that he mad share
In his fathers immense wealth and Its
consequent responsibilities.
in his business career Mr., Armour has
SHOWN his appreciation of the faithful
services OF his employees by promoting
tnem one by one. One Of his partners,
Mr. Cudahy. was poor Irish boy whom
ne took In charge. and who, developing
splendld business capacity, was advanced
from stage to stage until he is low a
partner and very wealthy man. 1t is
popularity of the Cudahy family that all
tne members OF it have become noted Tor
tnelr business success, though all started
from the ranks of the poor. One of them
Is the we'll known Michael Cudahy, of
chicago, a noted Spectator in Western
markets. Mr.. Armour speaks in the
nlghest terms OF praise Of the Cudahy
boys, and says he has watched their rise
and progress with great pleasure.
One incident in his career MIR. Armour
speaks OF with pardonable pride. When
his mother told his father that Philip in
tended to go to California, the father
'Ph1llp, you can 20. / can trust you. |
know that you will not do discredit to
u.s." The same relations which exist be-
tween Mr.. Armour and his children exist
also between him and his brothers.
His mother-now passed away-had re-
markable business faculties. She was
presented from week to week with the
balance sheets OF the various houses of
the Armours, Mr.. Philip D. says on some
occasions she would look over the figures,
and would remark: "Isn't Brother So
and-so showing a bad bal sheet this
week? Is he Lot doing badly2 You must
not let him run behind; you must put
your hand down and help him. You must
all stand together" And" said MIR.
Armour, 1--WE brothers do stand by each
other. l would give my last dollar before
L would see any one of them fall."
Speaking of the rece mt labor troubles at
his packing house, Mr.. Armour said that
large number of his oldest employees
cover 800) who had been with him many
years, declined to go out when the strike
was ordered. Many others, in fact a
large majority of his men, had applied to
him for work after the strike, declaring
that they never would have left when the
strike began but for fear OF their leaders.
Mr.. Armour seems to be the personal
friend OF many of his old employees. He
spoke with qualification of their
tokens OF friendship when he was
in trouble. Former employees who
had gone into other occupations came
to him when the strike began and
took their old places, refusing to accept
more than their ordinary pay at the close
of the strike. He thinks that his work
men are, for the most part, appreciative,
and says he believes in treating them with
respect and inducing them to purchase
homes and helping to make for them as
high a mark in life as possible. Even to
day, with ample fortune and bis business
running so smoothly that his absence is
not noticed, be Is at his desk every morn
ing at O'Clock and labOrs until evening
This has been habit of his we'll trained
lifo -1-