The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-12
N|LLYS ADDS NEW
To F AWE
MAKING AERoPLANES ON hAH1h
SCALE AT PRESENT
TIME.
Is Ono OF Most Successful Auto men
in Country.

Almost since tho inception OF the auto
mobile industry. John y. WHY'S o. -"
lcdo Ohio. has been leading 1acCoF III
m. Industry. Each year he has gone
to the New York national AUTONOMOUS
show with new records OF achievement
! during the preceding IL months uh'ii l.
has become 4 common matter gu i"|
that hr should stand In the Hihe'ih"'
rs AN Indispensable element III IN" sue
cess of the industry.
The 1918 show proved 10 exception 10
the rule In fact the WHY'S accom-
ulishmcnts III 1917 are Of AN even more
enviablr nature than those OF almost
anv other man in thr industry.
Not uuly does the company. OK which
he Is the head and directing genius sh""
n bigger sales volume If cash business
for 1917 than for any previous year III
It's history, but he has manaf"d l"
branch out into another important IN
dustrv with the result, that John WHY'S
In to-day on. Ut the leading producers
or aeroplanes in the United states.
II seems quite lifting that the man
who has given 80 many years 10 inc oc-
velopmcnt o. the automobile. until IL
has become one OF the cUuntrys most
necessary utilities. should now turn "
considerable part of his attention to TN"
effective lighting arm III the WAX ser''cS
Of the allied nations.
Incidentally, Mr.. WHY'S found time
thi. fall to take charge OF the national
war camp community service campaign
and put the movement over with his
usual SUCCESS Secretary OF War Baker
has referred 60 war camp community
service as one of the must essential rag
tors in civilian work 10 win the war
loader of men was wanted at It's head
and WHY'S was the logical man TO Sc
lect for the important position.
rorceful initiative and shrcwd fore
sight are the factors given the principal
credit for the success or WHY'S. He
entered the automobile manufacturing
business at time when IL seemeQ
doomed for failure. His friends ana az
sociates tried 10 dissuude him from buy
Ing the Pope-ToledO plant when that
property went begging on the marke:.
They pointed to the failure Of expert.
enced manufacturers who had sunk their
al lin the "automobile game"
But WHY'S had tho vision and force
sight 70 look beyond to the day when
the home without n car would he al
most as uncommon rs the office With
out q telephone. He SAW the evidences
Of per,nanency which have placed the
automobile industry In the prominent
position it occupies To-Day. Moreover. he
had the courage TO back up MS CON
victions and lost no time In cnnsum-
mating the deal for the pope-Tolcdo
property.
That happened in 1909. Since that
time the Willys-Qvcrlaud has grown
and grown until Today II ranks the sec
nnd largest single automobile manutar-
turInp organization in the world ana
th. greatest organization producing
a comprehensive line OF cars.
Success. however has not changed IN
the slightest degree those personal
characteristics that have always made
Mr.. WHY'S so popular among his Eel.
lows. He still carries the weight and
RESPONSIBILITIES OF his vast and varied
business interests with smile anu
therefore lies what hts most intimate
associates regard as the secret OF his
success.