The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-01-28
TRAINS LONG AND BUSY LIFl
Achieved Lasting Fame a. . Man Of
Business Ability.

BUSINESS Abiiftgs
Mr.. Train was considered the most
erratie genius ever produced in Amer
Ica. and genius he certainlE was. ever
II Judged solely BY his actual achieve
ments as a man of business and as a
master Of transportation. Beneath all
his fond talk about Psyche" and his
wildly odd methods Of saying what
he had TO say there was contained IN
his writings much Of the sonndest
philosophy ever uttered by man
In 1902 Teaia published his au,obi-
ography. which he had dictated al a
rate Of something like $50 words per
minute. ard which VA an excellent
piece Of work from any point OF view.
To show bow clear vas his mind and
with what facility and oonciseness he
could talk when he wished 90 DO 50.
the following extract from the auto
biography Is reproduced
Il vas born al 81 High street hos
ton. during a snoWstorm. on the sfth
day % March. 1899. when ] was a
baby my father went 20 New Orleans
and opened a store Soon after arriy-
ing in that city ] was old enough to
observe things and 10 remember. I
can rccollect almost everything In my
life from my fourth year. From the
time l Was three years old up 10 this
present momcnt-a long stretch OF
seventy years. the prophets limit o.
human life-I can remember almost
every event In my life vita the great
est dist}nctness
Some Of his performances are more
than noteworthy. From the axe OF
four. when he vas LEFT an orphan. be
earned his own living. Al fourteen he
began his business career as a clerk
In a grocery store Ga CambHdFeport.
Mass. az a salary OF 81 per week.
when he vas twenty he wss admitted
into partnership IN a large Boston
shipping concern. and his share ~ the
profits amounted 90 more than $4,000
a year. when he vas twenty-five his
share Of the profits had risen TO siS,-
coo yearly About two years later be
started an independent business la
Australia. and In 4 short time had in.
creased his income 70 taS GOO a year.
Trala built the hrsl clipper ship and
organized the service that made Amer
lean ships famous Tor their speed and
their beauty wherever the sea was
~nayleatod by men, organised the
Union Pacific railroad. built the hrkt
street railway ia England. was AZ the
head Of the Preach commune Ia Mar
settles. e Nss he whom jules Verae
described ia the person % Phineas
Fogg. the Londoner. who In spite 81 a
thousand dimculuoss made = tour Of
The world IN eighty days
Associated Ia business enterprises
with kings and queens, he made for
tunes Tor them a. well a. Tor himself.
and II one time he lived AZ Newport
with the c-xtFayaganee of a king His
last Gays were spent IN n room AZ
the POI mans Mills hotel in New
York. with a total expenditure Of s.
= week he voluntarily gave pp his
fortune 10 those Who would be his
heirs and. sick Of display and the bur
dcns 81 too much wealth. lived Ike a
Socrates. OF rather like a nlogenes
AAlAlAA 70 NANHNH ~ NAN FANt%a 9AN
railing AZ the institutions Of me-
fsueen times Vas he put into iAi
without once being guilty ~ a crime
me for years he had been rccorded in
the books Of q coart a. a legal iunatic
like GutenhorE Bacon and other
great men, Train va onco inoArcer
ated for debt
After his dramatic appearance in
France the Citizen came home 10 run
a. an independent candidate f0f prcsf
dent. His soclAiistie ideas nov bad
become almost rshid He threw money
away BY ihe handful but only % ehih
drcn. iateod ~ N4thdroo himself
from an contact With men and women
ana devoted himself 10 The cultivation
e. chlldrcn. na tefenaet victogla