RARE “Industrialist” Myron Charles Taylor Hand Signed 3X5 COA For Sale

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He was born in Lyons, New York, to William Delling Taylor and Mary (née Underhill) Taylor. His father owned and operated a tannery business.Taylor graduated from the Cornell Law School of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1894.He returned to Lyons and for the next five years struggled to establish a small-town law practice. He also twice ran for the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, and both times was defeated.In 1900, Taylor left Lyons to join his brother Willard Underhill Taylor, (Cornell, A.B., class of 1891) on Wall Street in New York City, New York. His focus turned to corporate law and his legal career began to flourish.Taylor won a U.S. government contract for mail pouches and related products. He quickly exploited this lucrative business and began not only to introduce innovations such as the transparent "window" in envelopes through which an address is displayed, but also to buy up competitors.His efforts expanded to the cotton markets, identifying opportunities to acquire struggling cotton mills, transform their labor practices, and modernize their technology. This approach later became known as the "Taylor Formula".Seeing the potential of the infant automotive industry, he established a textile firm that became the leading supplier of combined tire fabric. During World War I his plants became the leading suppliers to the American military effort. Following the war he saw a boom-bust cycle coming and disposed of all his interests in the mills.