The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-01-03
Armour Quits as
Active Chief of
Packing Company
F. Edison White, Ed to Thou
sands Of Employees, Named
New President of Chi.
cago Concern.

Chicago, Jan. 2.-lBy A. PA
self-made man who started his busi-
ness career back in 1890 on the cat.
tie killing floor at L. Godel & Sons
packing house in Peoria, H., today
became the president of Armour &
Co, one of the biggest packing con.
Germs in the world.
f. Edison White-"Ed' to thou
sands of Armour employes-is the
new presidents name.
j. Ogden Armour. who has direct
ed the destinies of the business since
his father. Philip d. Armour, sr.,
died In 1901, retires from the presi-
dency and becomes chairman of the
board of directors. Philip ID. Armour
III was designated first vice presi-
dent.
Mr.. White will have under his di-
rection not only Armour & Co. Of
Illinois, with its more than a billion
dollars or business each year, but
also Armour & Co. of Delaware, the
newly organized subsidiary. If the
proposed purchase of Morris & Co.
goes through-and Mr.. Armour said
today he probably would have an an.
nouncement to make on that matter
before long-Mr. White will be head
of the greatest packing industry ever
created.
Started at Bottom.
The new presidents history is like
that OF dozens of other men who
have started In the slime and dirt of
the lowest round of packing town"
and climbed to the ownership of vast
fortunes and the control and man.
agement of almost untold millions.
Born at Peoria, ILL.,, September 8,
1S73-he is still less than SO years
old-Mr. White obtained his educa-
ton in the public schools there At
II he went to work on the killing
floor OF the Peoria Packing house. At
20 he was in San Francisco, work.
Ing for the Western Meat company.
Two years there, and he came to
Chicago and went to work for Ar
mour & Co. as an inspector in the
car route department. Six months
later he was clerk in the dressed
beef department, and a year later
he organized and became the first
manager of the sheep department.
Within 10 years Mr.. White was
assistant to Arthur Meeker, one
of the vice presidents OF the company.
In January, 1912, they made him a di-
rector, and two years later gave him
a vice presidency.
He was married in 1900 to Miss Lii
liam Pearson of Collingwood, Ontario.
They have three children.
Ends 35 Years Work.
The passing of j. Ogden Armour
from the active control of the com.
pany ends. for him, a period OF more
than 80 years devoted to development
OF the industry. Mr.. Armour gave up
his last year at Yale to enter the pack.
ing plant and learn from the bottom
every detail of the business he was
destined to control. After a year of
apprenticeship in every branch of the
concern, young armour assumed the
executive responsibility of the indus
try and managed it for II years. un-
til, on the death of his father 1901,
he assumer conplete control.
In recent years he has shifted much
of that burden to other shoulders, in
cluding those OF his two nephews,
Philip d. Armour. III, and Lester Ar
mour. The former has been a vice
president for several years and the
latter is a director.
Besides remaining as chairman of
the board Mr.. Armour will devote his
time to his othe- BUSINESS enterprises.
He is director OF the Chicago. Milwau-
kee st. Paul rairoad, the National
City bank of New York, the Conti-
mental and Commercial bank of Chi
cago, the Hibernan Banking associa-
ton Of Chicago. and the Northwestern
and National Insurance company of
Milwaukee. He also organized Ar
ncur & Co.. Ltd, of f|London.