Show U h ARMOURS POOR RELATIONS The Big Packer Tells a Funny Story About One He Hasnt Blade Rich It has been a matter of current report for years among board of trade men that Phil Armour has no poor relations says a Chicago newspaper man He will not allow any of them to remain poor 1 a veteran of the board remarked by way of explanation of this unusual good fortune for-tune of a rich man He makes them all rich I have heard that story before Mr Armour remarked with a smile when one of his friends asked him about it the other day But its a mistake I have euocgh of them Then the big packer burst out in a laugh and his friends knew a good story was coming One of the poor kindhe lives down in Illinoisis one of the most persistent persist-ent men I ever knew He keeps writing and writing for money all the time He is not a bad fellow only improvident and if ho displayed the same energy in attending to business that he does in writing to me he would have been rich a long time ago Well he kept sending one letter after another saying that if ho only had 500 he would be all right He repeated this so often that one day I told my secretary to send a letter saying say-ing that if he wouldt bother me for a year I would send him 500 i Well sir and Mr Armours sides shook with laughter as soon as the mails could bring a reply I got it He said Make it 1000 and two years and I thought it was such a clever turn that I sent the money What happened next In about three months he wrote again saying the agreement was off because be-cause his wife hadnt been included Mr Armour seemed to think the whole thing was a great joke and especially espe-cially enjoyed the shrewdness of his poor relation |