New-York tribune., 1901-01-08
NEW HEAD OF ARMOUR q co
CHARACTERISTICS OF j. OGDEN ARMOUR.
WHO Is TO SUCCEED HIS FATHER.

CHARACTERISTICS OF j. OGDEN ARMOUR,
WHO Is TO SUCCEED HIS FATHER.
Chicago. Jan. (SpeciaD.-J. ogden Armour,
the new head of the house of Armour. is a man
young in years, but old in responsibilities. and
well fitted by reason of his training and natural
ability to take the place of his dead father. He
will be thirty-seven years old next month The
management of vast commercial interests will
come easily to Mr.. Armour. For the last eleven
years his sole thought apart from his family
has been the furtherance of the interests of
Armour & Co
In 1889, after the finishing of a course at Yale
and completing an extended European tour, he
came back to Chicago and was taken out to the
packing house at the Stock Yards by his father
From that time he has labored as hard and as
faithfully as any clerk in the employ of the
firm, and has had the constant guidance and ad-
vice of Philip d. Armour.
Up to a year ago, when his younger brother,
Philip D. Armour, jr., died, the two were
brought up in the business side by side, master
ing the intricacies of the operations in a thor
ough manner, and gradually fitting themselves
for posts of complete responsibility in all de-
partments. When death claimed the brother in
California, and his father, bent by the shock.
began to age perceptibly Mr.. Armour took up
the reins of office. and has been practically the
active head of the business since that time.
Mr.. Armour. though beloved by his business
associates, is a somewhat singular young man.
The realization of his responsibilities has made
him map out for himself a course in life almost
austere in it's simplicity. He was married SIX
years ago to Miss Lola Sheldon, of Cincinnati,
and has one child. little girl, now about four
years old. His recreations are all bound up In
his home. to which he is passionately attached
His life outside of this atmosphere is severely
methodical
He is at the packing house in the morning as
early the humblest clerk, and is often at
work in his office when most Of the employees
have gone for the night
He has many of the characteristics OF his
father some of the most pronounced of these
being his devotion 70 work, his unfailng cour-
tesy and his accessibility.
Though a member of the Chicago Club. the
Athletic Club and several other organizations,
social pleasures have little attraction for Mr..
Armour. In his home he is studious and a great
reader, and he possesses the happy faculty of
dismissing business cares at the end OF his days
work.
The men who have been most intimately as
sociated with him since he took control of af-
fairs credit him with quick perception OF
business advantage his father though they
say he moves with more caution and is
ambitious TO grasp every detail OF a move
rather than leave the responsibility for vital
the dead merchant did to considerable extent,
particularly of late years
Mr.. Armours capacity for work is aided by a
strong constitution. His health Is rugged, and
II is his habit to keep himself in excellent con-
ditiOn by long, regular walks every day. His
effort to cultivate loyalty in those about him
has met with ready response, and ever since
p. ID. Armour ceased active work with the
firm the affection and companiOnship shown
toward the founder Of the house have been dis
played in an equal measure toward the son.