New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-24

NxtaFaf VI.
'"o'Ny ..,oonosfnllv surmounted the greatest dit-
e,,;os ,hich he encountered in his whole business
- Ia owed something 10 Mr.. Astor iriehosiup.
IN. ho,se IN which Moses Taylor was born stood
-. Broadway and Morris-st. 1t was swept away
,o,v 400 nv the march of improvements In 1910
y.,.ob n TAYLOR removed his home further up
pr,advvav TO a house nearly opposite the place
,.l,r,. the New-York Hotel now stands; ne con-
sinued TO live there long after his son Moses iei' Vhe
,,..s-nal hearth Until he was fifteen years OF age
che hoy attended school regularly at Picketts IN
at Forests and Slocums in Church-st'
and at Kelloggs in Thamesst. These schools weio
all nj a considerable distance from MS Iather
house. which was then nearly out OF towh' ou'
he always walked back and forth In inns way
he early began the practice OF long anu i"pi1
walking-a habit which he maintained alinos' "
cloae Of his life and to which he attributed parity
Ct rcorons health he enjoyed so long. As schoia
no showed the punctuality and dilleence VIM VIM
,starvard marked the many years OF ms puSi"o, :,
csrsr He neglected no task, and appleu iii,l00"
..-;arors,v IN his studies. His inclinatlohs' no"
.ver were not toward a professional career An0
49,. 10 his mind was extremely prac'icai'
81 Il was his own cnolce 'n"
I'D him merchant. All his aspirations were toi
commercial success and at the age OF niVeen no
threw aside his books and, with the training al
fo-Iod nv common school education, began his
aDprenticeship for mercantile career
CLERK FOR THE HowLANDs.
a. Ga. his father placed his son as CLERK
with J. d. Brown but he remained 'n'io ~ n
-. short time He was then TRANSFERRED " V-
fmous old firm of G.. G.. g. Rowland ae NOS 10 "na
"a soutb-st.. which for many years stoou Ioio'no0'
among the mercantile houses OF this CITY, lid ~
60 srocad in AN extensive foreign commerce. It's
.lad 20 oil
rid and the head of the firm, Gardiner q. How
oI,rov,s cuiclt TO perceive and ready to enter
- now fields of profitable enterprise IL
- Good mercantile school, and there Moses ay
,or ,emained ten wears, laying deep and wide 'ne
<dot;ons If his own success. His industry anu
;n+oIiconce soon attracted the attention Oh 'ii'
IIe,.,onds ,rbo saw that he brought to the per
formanoe of his duties not only steady appno",io"'
b,t genuine ability also. Always %o"ou y,
active and vIgiant he never asked rei'e' HUN
IL, his employers interests to be his own dc
.,,onoted them faithfully by all the means In his
mower. He passed rapidly step by step through 'i0
cradles of the business, and as new demahus "oio
made unon him his quckness OF apprehehslon anu
his mental force made him always ready 10 no0,
.ho,n II has been told of him that nothing pleased
Nm, hetter than to say his employers IN repy ~
some suggestion OF Work 10 pe Peiioi0'
already done. sir"
sinoe that time the commerce of the city has at
tanned such proportions that pusihesS N"'
al into ipnumerable branches many OF its ue-
,,o,y the particular field of brokers who at
"a 20 nothing else 1t is difficult under these CIT
.1a,.rcos N realize the amount and variety OF
49,, ,,bich the Young clerk then performed All
n a+o;Is of n great business il was his everyday
ii, 20 takeup. The day was largely deNoteu
a. outdoor labor; the evening 10 recoruins
.,hotbod been accomplished during the day anu
a. the necessary preparations for the BUSINESS "a
,be oevt day Yet, in spite OF the almost luooS'"'
Aanands upon his attention, this busy cIeIA was
ohle 10 test by practical operations tne
,ess and value of Ills training. WIN the coiiSen'
of his employers, he frequently made ventures on
his o,vn account Relying entirely on his own JUG
,nort la intrusted small conHgnnen's 10 .ho
masters of his employers vessels, anu .no
,roceeds under his Instructions were III
yssted in foreign products. These operations "ci0
conducted iudiciously, and they anoroeu mn .no
.~aans With which afterward he began business 1oI
himself. The books in when "ero prs ,aac
raoords Of these early ventures are said by those
hova seen them TO be models of neatness 'ahC
oocuracv His paw as clerk was small, ana even IL
lot wears of his service it did not exceed Sooo
year. -
William H. Aspinwall q nephew OF the howlanu'
1rbo had been fellow clerk with young laSiOi
became member of the firm about 1857. IL LA
been said that Mr.. Taylor was offered at inc sam
time n similar interest in the BUSINESS -
did not accept the offer If one was maui
lint decided to start for himself DraA
BROTHERS. of Havana. were then Inc larso'
sbippers in Cuba, and twO-thirds OF the sugar
Skinned from Cuba to the United STATES pisse
through their hands Some dlfhculty arose oeV"oo
thor, and the Howlands. their correspondents ii
New-York, and they urged MIR. Iaylor 10 oeeih ouSi
moss promising him their shipments to this por'
&C. 90, years of arduous service. which had ftte
r.; Gov an independent career Mr.. Taylor begal
1ns,nass for himself when he was twenty-slX year
80 age He had o capital of $4,000, and VIII
.Iis and the good will of his employers an'
the confidence of all who knew him. IN
onened a store at No. 90 South-st., location
which Rowland & Aspinwan have occupied 10
many years He remained there only SHORT tim'
md then removed to the store at No. Al oouth-S'
From the very first his credit was excellent among
business men, who had learned to respect ana uus
him during his long clerkship. lie appeared ue'eI
mined that his should be the result soleiy
his own efforts and with unusual seltreance he re
fused TO avail himself OF the lacliIles "hioA "oi
sometimes offered him.
The wear in which Mr.. Taylor entered upon III
bnsiuess was not altogether an ausDici0us one.
was made memorable by the ravages of cholera Il
Nev-York and all business was greatly depresse
In consequence of the Epidemic. But this did no
preyent him from carrying out his plans VIM
MANY fed from the city, and most of those who re
manned were Respondent, he kept his self-contro
patience and hopefulness. AT the end OF three year
b,s business was under prosperous Roadway, whe
the great fire of December 1885 destroyed his store
Involving, as he then supposed, the loss OF all IL
possessed lie saved little except his BOOKS OF ac
count, and after night of great toll and excite
nent. he went home, thinking himself ruihe'
man Rnt the next daY saw him at work again IN a.