The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-17
Moses Taylor, First and Last.

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Moses Taylor, First and Last.
To-day they bury Noses Taylor, the
richest man ever laid in Green wood.
rhe next richest man buried there was
stephen Whitney, who, though consid-
cred great capitalist, was not worth
cne-eighth much a. the recently de-
ceased hank President / remember
10th Of them ~ leading business men,
hut their pursuit of wealth is over, and
they have taken their place in the silent
city of the dead. During my bOvhcO(l
Moses Taylor was the admiration Of
business circles in Front and South
>trrcs, but he had not then become a
Wall-strect magnate. His SUCCESS often
:,>tOnished his father-Jac0b b. Taylor
who was for many years the plotlding
agent and rent collector In John jacob
.%stor's land Office. Astor, himself, was
Also astonished at the young mans
progress. 1t may be added that Moses
Taylor was special favorite with the
great capitalist, but he knew enough
never to ask for money. Old Jacob B.
Taylor had salary of 81 200 . year,
which was then considered good pay.
How little could he have dreamed that
his som would he q richer man than even
Ast0r himself! Real estate owners In
those days were subject to peculiar an
nOyances. Times were hard, and it was
difficult to collect rents. while, ut the
same time, the assessments and taxes
were heavy expense. Moses heard
these difficulties ~ often discussed that
ne became prejudiced against real estate,
and always gave preference to personal
property He owned more, indeed. Of
lhe latter than any man in this city,
next :O William Ii. Vanderbilt.
Moses Taylor has been the most active
-: our business men. Even since lie be-
came old it WIS marvellous to see the
r::'idity with which he glidcd amid the
"all-<trtrt thrOng. He enjoyed busi-
ness, and hence never wished to diSt-Oll-
'inue. He felt un Apply ut the very
thought nf losing day in Wa!l-street.
e., surl, u man the idea Of vacation
was nerr:y ridiculous. Other Oeoplc
went to Europe, but what was EurOp:
10 u man who lived only in the din Of
financial lmttle: The furtl,est his
i'ri,.n.;s cs.mld get him ii way was to FL
.rrnn WHENCE il. could come to this city
and return without the loss Of an hour
m the financial world. During all this
business career, which began with the
ventures of the clerk and only cntlet!
with the lat illness IL peri"d Of nearly
sixty years. no one ever heard of bad
movement or misfortune happening to
Moses Taylor. There seemed to be 4
rumOf luck constantly attending him,
and If he ever had any nishars they
too, was uniformly good, amt enabled
fINa Into
life. He loved business to that degree
that he spent hours in calculations ut
his house after dinner, and when his
family induced him to attend the opera
he would gladly leave the box and go
into Il IT, bly, to talk with some friends
on business. These facts are a sufficient
explanation IF that immense fortune
which he leaves, and which has chiefly
!n,n made since he left commerce tor
finance. If money nls king be the chief
end Of men, then Ml,>cs Taylor was pre-
,n,inently successful in fulfilling human
destiny, but there Is another side to the
question.
The famous cemetery contains the
Graves OF Il number of Onr most distingui-
shed merchants, including George Girls
void, Jonathan GOOdhue and Stephen
Whitney, but it will be a long time BE-
fore it receives capitalist equal in rank
with Moses Taylor. Its most d:stin-
-Hi>hc,i name. however, is that Of a man
who died poor, and yet was one of the
greatest Of public henefactOrs. | refer tO
Dewitt Clinton, who was sold out by
the Sheriff even after he had enriched
the country hy his eff rts in behalf o
Inc Erie Canal. CIint0n's grave il
marked l,y Il fine statue, representa-:
-. nf
orator. His dress Is that Of his day, ant
shoulders adds grace to the massive
!nri,. On the sides Of the pedestal Ont
secs the canal in various stages Of pro
..rc~s. and it had but recently ieen com
;etcd when it's great advocate was r.
:.ovC,l Nv sudden death. This Statue
was pait. for by subscription, to whic'
Rowland 4 A<pinwall, Ben Aynar
.;nd even the avaricious Stephen Whit
.,ry contributed. Moses Taylor. how
ever, was not Il contributor. lie ha'
little conception Of the debt due i
,atriOiiSm or to public service. and nov
- he, too, is brought to this last home
~" contrast between the l~,verty->trick
,,n statesman and the former owner O
:"rty millions is the more viviNly i'm
r:rs>rl.--.N. y. t0rr. (YcrmI' T'':
.In!r*. .7kHM ut.
\ fashionable novelty in pcrfumcr!
= :: book Of SOAP" Each lessf Is en",ls
~!,> torn ont for one good wash. TN
,""k~ vary Il, >izes-tlIe smaller one
.nr the hands only-they are II" Er!re
iaan lnci.t,book~. The leaf is soake'
iii !, basin OF water for three seconds
hen il floats and is placed in the ceDtr
"i the hand. where it soon. with gent!
':n ,io,, fro;ls. \ page Of soap sound
strange, aM.. stranger yet, the soap
xrcllcn,: it i. not unlike an ivory tai
IT. \ fond saying tells that invention
;,iways reveal the particular want of
:la;iun: in this ease cleanliness l. II wan
IN Austria, for the SOAP lH'ckct'""'k wa
Invented there.