. The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century .. . WILLIAM HEXRY PARSO.WS of the founders of the famous grocery house of Park& Tilford, was willing enough to have him choose abusiness career ; and took him into his own estab-lishment as the best means of making a start. ir. MF.X OF NEU- YORK- MAXHATTAX SECT/OX This was only a beginning, however; and hisfather was altogether too much of a business man,and too solicitous for his sons
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. The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century .. . WILLIAM HEXRY PARSO.WS of the founders of the famous grocery house of Park& Tilford, was willing enough to have him choose abusiness career ; and took him into his own estab-lishment as the best means of making a start. ir. MF.X OF NEU- YORK-~ MAXHATTAX SECT/OX This was only a beginning, however; and hisfather was altogether too much of a business man, and too solicitous for his sons ultimate welfare, toadvance him with undue haste, or to treat him inany way essentially different from that prevailing inthe case of other employees. The young man was. /A-AAA riLl-UKU obliged to begin at the lowest rung of the ladder;and to mount therefrom by slow degrees, and only asproved capacity clearly warranted such advancement.The advantages of birth and training, and invalu-able paternal advice were his, however ; and progressunder such conditions could not be long delayed.By October, 1873, when the house opened a storeat Thirty-eighth street and Sixth avenue, he hadtested and proved his worth in every department ofthe business, and the firm felt justified in giving himcharge of the new uptown establishment. He wasthen only twenty-one years of age, but he soonshowed that he was amply able to meet the re.sponsi-bilities of the new position. Since then he has beenan increasingly important factor in the management of the concern. The business became years ago oneof the largest of its kind in the world ; but the limitof growth has continually receded, and by 1890 thetransactions of the concern had reached such avolume that it seemed desirable to