The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-07


of his younger brother. Charles W.
ArmOur's wide travels, and his conse-
Quent familiarity with foreign peoples
and their methods of doing business,
made him an invaluable adviser. Since
his brother was seized with his fatal
illness, a year ago. Charles W. Armour
has been the active head of the Armour
Packing company of Kansas City.
During this time he has had a better
opportunity than before to display his
unusual talents for business. and no
person who knows what he has accom-
plished has any doubt that he viii be
able to fill the place made vacant by
death.
The members of the Armour family
have been distinguished for their great
physical powers. The new head of the
family in Kansas City is no exception
in this respect He is tail and vigor-
Gus, and has the appearance Of one
with great reserve force Like the
other members of his family, he is a
hard. untiring worker He is a power
full man, mentally and physically. and
inherits the business ability of his
! father and upcles. His hair is slightly
gray, his eyes are deep set. his Jaw is
square. his upper lip is long. and the
whole face is a model of that of the
/ late Simeon B. Armour, the grand old
| man who built the packing house here
and directed it until his death.
/ his bed. One report said the ailment
was one thing and another report had
/ II another, but when Charles came out
| again the physicians said he was sound
| as a dollar and had the constitution
or an OK. He looks it today. He falls
/ heir to a burden. It is something to
/ have to shoulder the management of a
/ packing house in Kansas City and help
! direct the general policy of a larger
| one in Chicago: to control vast eIe-
and Tot a0,Tf ton
| street car system of Kansas Cfty-for
! the Armour interests dominate that
! corporation, though they may not in
wade the smaller channels of detail
direction
Charles ". Armour is pleasant
spoken man. slow to find his tongue,
but measuring well his words Moth
ing stampedes him. NObody's opinion
swings him until he has thought about
it. "A the time of the drouth last
June, July and August it was worth
thousands upon thousands of dollars TO
the packers to have cattle rushed to
market It would enable them to buy
at their own prices. The ArmOurs
were as eager to get cheap cattle as
anybody, and in his market letters
Charles w Armour may have given a.
purely commercial opinion, but when
he was asked in behalf of the western
interests, to give a word of advice, he
said carefully and slowly: Hold on.
Hold on to the cattle. The drouth is
bad, but we can stand another thirty
days of it. 1t will be ruin to ship
before the last day of grace is out
Hold on to the cattle. Thirty days may
bring rain; shipments within that time
viii bring ruin
The advice was sound as an anvil.
r and it is safe to say Charles Armour-in
this first public utterance-establishe
himself in the hearts Of his constitu-
. ents.
He is a hard worker, and he likes
the packing business. He sits in the
great general office of the Armour
Packing company, from early morn till
the big whistle blows at night, and
throughout all hS works. He is as con
D., siderate of his subOrdinates as a great
L big man should be. He is kindness
n the ArmOurS has had that trait. HI:
voice is gentle; his ways quite so, HI:
: thoughtfulness extending to every on,
y whose existence in any degree depends
: upon him, and all who know him like
e him. He left Kansas City for good. a.
e he thought, when five years ago h
went to his uncle. Then when hi
brother Kirk fell ill he was Drought OF
last spring, the understanding beini
= he would go back east again as 500
: as he could be relieved. Then DR.. )
It d. Griffith told him, as he had toll
Y Kirk, that recovery or no recovery
never again would the elder brOthe
go back to the great plant. an
Charles accordingly was told to max
arrangements to remain permanently
l. in Kansas City.
Till the will is read there is no us
hazarding a guess at What will becom
Of the packing house. s. = Armou
j. gave it during his lifetime as a presen
II to Kirk. He did not do this in his vii
10 to be fought over, perhaps, but did
> while alive. So that there might b
w no disintegration.
- 1t was given brick for brick and &C
1T count for account to the nephew, hafF
- Now in day or two it VIII deNeio
what Kirk did with it. The Armour
d are clannish. Perhaps the plant wi
~ stay in the family II IS d Soillots
- ton. for commercial reasons, but To
ne Armour family owns u.
7 Mr. Armour was A years old June Il
=, He was born on the farm of his fathe
n A w Armour. in Madison county
st Y In 1870 Simeon B. Armour founde
IS . hacking house in Kansas City, an
i'd a. W. Armour came here to help hil
al conduct it, bringing with him Hs fan
r. lily. Consequently, Charles W. Armou
Mt has been a resident of Kansas City eve
RS since he was a boy 13 years old. TIL
Up family policy was strictly adhered
in his training. He was given a 600
sc education, and as soon as he came frol
CHI school he began to learn the packtn
to business.
ly Charles r. Wessmar, Evanston, Ill
he writes: My boy ~ years old had a 8
=. we're cold, which refused to yield
as any treatment until we tried FOLEY
DO HONEY AND TAR He was cor