The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-08
Pull d. ARMouR.

Philip D. Armour represented a spIen-
did type of great executive force operat-
ing in business undertakings and achiav-
Ing results which were practically I'M
dreamed of until within the past two
decades. 1t was impossible that sucn q
character as he could have failed to
achieve great success in commercial life.
lie had surprising genius for great
enterprises. His mind had a settled bent
toward great commercial undertakings
What he failed to accomplish in Cali
fornia he was bound to effect some
where else and under different circupl-
stances
The great industry which is associated
with the name of the deceased gentle
man had its origin in him Ills great
organizing ability enabled him to carry
the undertaking to fuIfHment. lust as
the business intuition which he possessed
in such rare degree enabled him to con-
ceive of the effectuation of such pur-
pose.
MI Armour was a pioneer in the pres
ent- great movement in Industrial life
which has worked toward consolidation
OF interests No other industry is in
greater measure the product of the spir-
II OF cooperation than that which had
been conducted for so many Years By
Armour. He foresaw the possibilities of
the Industry, and he wrought out re-
suits which succaa6a7 IN
sumner and producer more nearly in
touch in the meat industry than they
had ever been in any industry up to that
time. The saving in time and SUD-
stance which has resulted has been
great. and in no market is there less
of friction in the fulfllment of great
undertakings than in that one.
Time alone must determine whether
the new plan, in the introduction of
which Mr.. Armour was pioneer. will
operate so decisively to the welfare of
society as to maintain a permanent
place in our Industrial life The evils
which have been made manifest in its
operation thus far have been great
picion and dislike. The trust move
ment has been in certain sense the
outcome of the successful effort of Philip
D. Armour to establish a great central
market for meat products at Chicago.
These evils may disappear in time. or
they may grow into public abuses of
such dimensions as to demand public
intervention for the protection of the
producing masses. Whatever the future
may reveal in this regard, Phil. D.
Armour is to be regarded as a leader
among the group of men who in the
United States has given its great i'm
petus to the principle of consolidation
in commercial Undertakings.
Mr. Armour is thought of by the mass
of people as man of great wealth. 1t
Is IN that character he will be consid-
cred by the general public. In that
character it is to be said that he is re-
Yealed as man of well-defined and we'll
directed humane dispositions and ten
denotes. The uses to which he applied
much Of his wealth during life proves
his public spirit and the completeness
of the sympathy which he maintained
with the common people throughout his
life. The educational foundations which
owe their existence to him will do I'M
told good for generations to come. The
example he has set is one which cannot
be ignored by others situated as he was
In the closing days OF his life, in having
much more of individual wealth than
could ne utilized with advantage either
to himself or his immediate descendants
He was liberal giver, and his gifts were
made judiciously.
The life Of such a man, no matter how
1t may be considered by those who be-
heve that he had acquired moro of
wealth than would be his share in a
better-ordered Industrial state, was a
valuable one; and he is entitled to be
regarded as in a great degree a pubic
benefactor.