The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-26

came the wheat market because Of
Its geographical location with re-
spect to the flow OF this traffic FROM
the fields Of the West towards the
markets and mills OF the East anG
the seaports from whence It Is ea
ported in large quantities
There are certain exceptions to
this rule, however. which are inter
esttng in a study Of commercial de
velopLnent- Take Akron and Cleve-
land, for instance There Is no
logical reaEon why Akron should
have become the world Is leading rub
Der market. The supply OF crude
rubber ia far removed from there.
And there Is no reason why Cleve-
land should have become the cen
trail market OF the oil industry; the
large gil fields are r. Pennsylyanta
West Virginia, Illinois and Okla
homa. Rev England has prescnte
another case with respect TO thu
manufacture OF cotton goods, al
though recently many large mill
have been erected In the South. near
the supply OF raw material. Devel
opments Of this kind have resulte.l
from business enterprises whicf
have built up the industry. and in
order to encourage the expansion nt
this legitimate trade the transporta-
tlon companies have lent their us
sistance IN reaching the markets IF
the manufactured articles"
Knows Business Affairs
Few men possess Mr.. Wigbt's in
innate knowledge concerning TIN
countIy's business affairs. for in thu
years that he has been engaged II
work connected with the movement
Of traffic he has been close student
Of @cornmercial affairs in the brOadest
Interpretation Or the term. His ca
reers may be llkened to thatof otherT
who have made q success of the worl
before them. His motto has bee
TO give due consideration to the re
quiremcnts Or shippers. work in the
interests and display indefatigahl
effort to improve the transportatto:
service which business demands.
The biography OF his career briefly
records the fact that the place III
his birth was Galenn. Ill, and that
at the age or III. after studying In
the district schools he entered the
railway service AZ a clerk in the trnf
#ffc department or the Little Miami
railroad, at Cincinnati. During the
ten years from 1867 to 1877 he was
chief clerk or the Merchants Dis
patch. A year later he bncnme the
agent Of the Continental Line. AZ
emu Liz NGAL I'LL y GtLl 4 liz ~
the assistant general freight agent
OF the Baltimore and Ohio lines a.
Columbus, O.
Mr. Wight realized, ms most sue
cessfuf men do, the Importance of
well-organized and efficient staff, A
testimonial TO his guiding Influence
iii the training Of young men is the
record which the little group or men
who composed his soliciting force
have made as traffic officials of
various railways Among them We're
Thomas WI Galleher. who at the time
of his death was the general freight !
agent or the Baltimore and Ohio'sI
eastern lines: Oscar "A. Constants
freight traffic manager OF the road
at Chicago, and y. G. Gray. freight f.!
traffic manager of the Western Mary
land railway, and scores or others.
Just as Mr. Nights narrative Of |
the work which he was setting aside |
was being completed, a young man
entered the private office TO say |
Goodbye to the man who had won
his right 10 be relieved from strenn-
Gus duty at the top or the ship. It
was the son Of the veteran traffic
director. who was entering railway
service as young engineer. and |
along with the coincidence that on |
the day the fnther was leaving or !
the son was beginning. the thought |
suggested itself that the career Of |
the father should be an Inspiration
to the younger generation.