Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-18
MILO M. BELDING JR.
Treasurer Of Belding Bros. n
Co.
CONNECTED WITH OTHER BUSINESS
10 Yet Young Man, but Holds High
Positions I'm Business
Circles.

euCCcSSlul AmCl lSdH puDllShSu III A'S"
York city, we clip the following re
lating to a young gentleman closely
identified with interests in this city
and one whose traits of character and
tact4ul business ability is admired
and felt throughout the great bust
ness world:
Among the younger American cap
tains of industry, Milo Merrick Bel.
ding, Jr., holds place as distinguish
ed as il is honorable, and although he
comes from first-class American an
cestry it is but fair to say that to his
own efforts he owes the high position
which he has achieved in American
business circles. The silk interests of
the United States owe large debt of
gratitude to Mr.. Belding, who, young
as he is, may be said to have witnessed
and In great degree guided and pro-
NOTED the growth of this now most
important and prosperous industry.
II Is not too much to say that, but for
such men as Milo Merrick Belding Jr.,
the United States would be to-day
following in the track of foreign ma
tions in industrial enterprise, instead
of leading the world Such men are
the very pillars of the nation, and
their careers are of the greatest in
terest to all who care for the nations
wehfAre
The Belding family is old as well as
influential The first of the name to
come to this country was William
Belding, who settled in Wethersfield,
Connecticut, about 1910. That branch
of the family from which the present
Mr.. Belding is decended was settled
in the Berkshire Hills long before the
Revolution.
Mr.. Belongs father, Milo Merrick
Belding, founder of Bedding Bros. &
Co. Two of his uncles had moved to
Michigan in 1858, and his father com
menced sending them invoices of silk.
From this small beginning began the
business which in five years culminat.
ed In the establishment of house in
Chicago. and two years later prin.
cipal Office in New York city, with
branches now in all the principal cities
OF the Union, employing in the manu-
facture and sale OF their goods near
ly four thousand people, and running
more than a dozen silk-mills, fully
equipped with all the latest improve
ments in modern machinery.
Milo Merrick Belding, Jr., was borr
iseBrooklyn. New York, on April IA
1855. His mother was the daughter
of VIM. Leonard, of Ashfeld, Mass
and came from an old Colonial family
of New England. Mr.. Belding pre-
pared for college by a private tutol
and attended the Adelphi Academy
Brooklyn, preparatory to entering
Harvard College. He did not ente,
College, however, but travelled exten
sively over the United States for tw,
years, visiting all the States in tn,
Union before entering business life a
twenty-five years of age. Then b,
took a position as stock clerk in hi
fathers establishment Having mad,
himself thoroughly familiar with eve
ry branch of the business he wa
made Director in the firm.
From early boyhood thrown into re
fined surroundings, among cultivate,
people, whose moral influences coul
not fail to be marked, Mr.. Belding'
fine traits of character were gradual
ly moulded and developed in the bes
possible way. The gayety of city lif
offered little temptations to him, fo
his mind was fully occupied with hi
duties, and he had developed such
capacity that when about twenty-fv
years of age he became treasurer Z
Belding Bros. Il Co., the largest cor
sumers of raw silks and manufactu
ers of pure silk goods in the countr,
49, And the training which Mr.. Beldin
received was so thorough that to-da
no man in the silk business has be
ter knowledge of 1t than he He /
in fact, an authority on silk, while /
manages the financial affairs of I'll
house with which he is connected wit
the finest judgment.
Mr. Belding is earnest and straigh
forward In business and perfect
frank in all things. He is considerai
to his employees, aud encourages in
substantial way the man who shoy
energy and ability.
Besides holding the positions of I
rector and Treasurer of Beldng Bro
n Company, Mr.. Belding is Direct
and Secretary of Belding Paul q G
Limited; director and secretary