PHILIP D. ARMOUR.
Mr. Frank G. Carpenter, the well-known journalist, relates this incident of Mr. Armour:—
"He is a good judge of men, and he usually puts the right man in the right place. I am told that he never discharges a man if he can help it. If the man is not efficient he gives instructions to have him put in some other department, but to keep him if possible. There are certain things, however, which he will not tolerate; and among these are laziness, intemperance, and getting into debt. As to the last, he says he believes in good wages, and that he pays the best. He tells his men that if they are not able to live on the wages he pays them he does not want them to work for him. Not long ago he met a policeman in his office.
"'What are you doing here, sir?' he asked.
"'I am here to serve a paper,' was the reply.
"'What kind of a paper?' asked Mr. Armour.
"'I want to garnishee one of your men's wages for debt,' said the policeman.
"'Indeed,' replied Mr. Armour; 'and who is the man?' He thereupon asked the policeman into his private office, and ordered the debtor to come in. He then asked the clerk how long he had been in debt. The man replied that for twenty years he had been behind, and that he could not catch up.
"'But you get a good salary,' said Mr. Armour, 'don't you?'