Show 0 Vll1 HIS HIGHEST CIAZML i M Tho commentators upon thQ life of I Od3yi Philip 3 Armqur have generally failed fto discern what was really the dJs tluguishlng characteristic of the man 1 They have devoted themselves largely llo discussion of his purely business micccsses and to admiration of the manner In which he overcame early obstacles and accumulated a large for s4 tune Thp truth Is of course that G ninetynine In a hundred of the great fortunes of the country have been built sup by men who overcame similar or greater difficulties There was nothing unique in Mr Armours success The piualltles which enable men tQ acquire q great wealth are common to all ml Ijjonalrcs We have to look beyond the Cjierc moneymaking faculty or in stfnct In order to come at the man himself Each man has some one ten I V017 P lenC or characteristic more fully lei le-i clopcd than the majority of his fol lo maati lows 10w1n I In the case of Mr Armour It may ccbile lair be mid thsft he was distinguished cafl tom the majority of the multlmllllon b j aires In his attitude toward the men i whom he employed He was actively and personally Interested In the inca Who worked for him I was not alone that he paid living wages most men raothat but he continually testified his genijc ot obligation to his employees nhto l ceognlzed what some employers do l 1Oithat while tho employer4 benefits i the1 employee the employee likewise t 4 ben fts the cmpl erS r I i J er-S Jan may Ix the best General In a tho world he Is quoted as saying btti he will faro badly without ablo long d t Illcutcnanls and he will fall altogether unless he has the loyalty of the privates In the ranks That Js i putting the case exactly Mr Armour exemplified hiM theory by the consideration which he extended to the lieutenants and privates pri-vates In the grand army of hiS employees em-ployees No man who worked faithfully for him failed to secure his recognition recognition not only materJnl but of that more valuable kind the word of praise sometimes publicly sometimes privately bestowed I was this act which made situations with the Armour Ar-mour house cherished by those who held them and coveted by those who aspired to them The man who worked for Philip Aromur knew that he was accounted something mom than a mere cog in a vast machine Ho knew that the eye of the General was upon him and that faithful service would be recognized In general I orders That was why Philip Armour wag so well bervocl And in that lies his claim to distinction distinc-tion above his fellows He was not I merely 0 great moneymaker hut he was a captain and leader of men because be-cause of his consideration for their pride their ambition and their self respect Chicago Chronicle |