History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . urchand state, and to offer an encouraging example toevery youth who in our land seems without favoringcircumstances or assisting friends. , M. B. CAIN—Modern business and industrial condi-tions, ceaselessly changing as science and invention havemade their contributions to all forms of commercialintercourse, present problems whose successful solutionmeans success and fortune to him who finds the of procedure that yesterday were recognizedstandards are to-day superseded by syst
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . urchand state, and to offer an encouraging example toevery youth who in our land seems without favoringcircumstances or assisting friends. , M. B. CAIN—Modern business and industrial condi-tions, ceaselessly changing as science and invention havemade their contributions to all forms of commercialintercourse, present problems whose successful solutionmeans success and fortune to him who finds the of procedure that yesterday were recognizedstandards are to-day superseded by systems more effi-cient and it behooves the man who would hold his placein affairs to watch closely every tendency of his ownand related lines. Originality of thought and action isone of the prime movers of business, and in the organ-izations in the Pittsburgh district of which M. B. Cainis the head, this is the basis of success. From mercan-tile operations of comparatively small scope, Mr. Cain,about 19TO, branched out into real estate and the pro-motion of business opportunities, and the decade of his. M^. /^.^^-^-J-^ BIOGRAPHICAL 57 activity in these lines includes a vast amount of pro-ductive effort, mutually profitable to him and his asso-ciates and valuable in its relation to the general pros-perity of the district. Mr. Cain is a native of County Roscommon, Ireland,son of John Cain. John Cain brought his family fromIreland to the United States in 1872, and from that timeuntil his death, July 8, 1917, was a resident of WesternPennsylvania. M. B. Cain received practical prepara-tion for the work of life in the Pittsburgh schools, andin 1890 entered grocery dealings, in which he remainedfor seventeen years. Success attended his endeavors inthis line, but he planned a broader, more responsiblework, and when the time and conditions seemed favor-able he launched his enterprise. Real estate offered himhis first opportunities, and the organization of which hebecame the head transac
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