New-York tribune., 1905-02-05
Held OF "BEEF TRUST"
Some Characteristics of Jonathan
Ogden armour.

The most conspicuous and striking figure in
the so-called Beef Trust which is just now the
subject of attack by the chief legal authority Oh
the federal government-the Attorney GeheIai
is ]. Ogden Armour, head of the great packing
house and grain firm of Armour & Co. Ihe
younger son of the founder of the world famed
concern, Philip D. Armour, he was not orlgl-
nally intended by his father to assume eXecu-
tive control of the vast business, which has ram
ifcations in all parts of the civilized world Ihe
logical successor of Philip D. Armour. sr.. was
to have been his namesake, Philip Danforth
Armour. jr. The death of this son in l9oo' now
ever changed these plans Of the father.
The elder Armour did not long survive the
death of his fayorite son. His great fortune
of many millions was left equally to his WIDOW
and only surviving son, Jonathan ogden Ar
mour, with the controlling interest in the pack
ing business and its allied interests AS he had
well provided for Philip D.. jr., in the latters
lifetime, the father made merely liberal pro-
vision for the children. To ]. Ogden Armour fell
the lions share of fortune and responsibility.
The control OF his fathers vast business came
as an easy task to the younger Armour for it's
organization was and is perfect that it prac-
ticany itself The management is in the
hands OF thoroughly trained heads of depart
ments so competent to discharge their duties
that Mr.. Armour has never found it necessary
to familarize himself with the details Of the
many departments of which he has only gen
eral idea This is well known fact to the busi-
ness community of Chicago. and was acknowl-
edged by Mr. Armour himself when he testified
before the Interstate Commerce Commission at
the recent hearing regarding the Armour re-
frigerator lines
Jonathan Ogden Armour was born in Milwau-
kee forty-one years ago. He went to the public
he was red hen
entered Yale, where he did not remain to be
graduated. After extended European tour
he returned to Chicago. and the second day
after his arrival he was invited by his father
to accompany him to the stockyards- From
that time he has worked steadily. His first
Job was that of Office boy, but he was soon
promoted to clerkship, with a salary of $40
week. Under exactng a taskmaster the
elder Armour, # a long and weary strug-
gle before the young man reached place near
the head of the firm, but when he did reach IT
he had a first class business education. Since
he stepped into the shoes OF his father. j. Ogden
Armour has shown a remarkable business fac
ulty and Judgment In affairs far in excess of
his years. The business associates of the father
have long looked upon the man of the
Fame power and force. He is, IN their estima-
ton, a man to be reckoned with and to be
feared for TN many shrewd transactions he has
displayed the ability which made hts
father famoua
J. Ogden Armour is as calm In action as at
rest. He lacks inpulsiveness to the verge of
coldness. He is not mixer In public affairs,
and has few intimate friends He Is devoted to
his family especially his little daughter Lolita
patient Of the famous surgeon of Vienna, DR..
Lorenz Mrs Armour was formerly Miss Lolita
Sheldon, of Cincinnati