Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
|METEOR|C CAREER
IN AUTO WORLD
w. Y. Anthony Rose Quickly to
Top Now Manager of
Packard Co. Here
FIRST WORK IN CAMDEN

Walter Y. Anthony, general manager
OF the Packard Co. in Philadelphia, has
had wonderful career. Despite his
youth--he is only thirty seven years
old---he has been placed in charge of one
OF the biggest branches of the company,
succeeding Lee ]. Eastman. who was
transferred to New York recently.
The rise of Mr.. Anthony in the auto
mobile game has been marvellous. Ten
years ago, when he entered the Packard
service. he knew nothing about the au
tomobile game. He took charge as
Office manager and performed his
duties so well that he was promoted to
comptroller. After a few years at that
job he was made assistant manager and
now holds the highest Office in the Phila =
delphia branch.
Mr.. Anthony started his business
career as shoe salesman, working for
his fathers firm, the II. Il. Anthony
Co, of Camden. Here he learned the
value of fractions in making sales.
shaving the price sometimes one eighth
of cent to get business. When his
fathers health failed young Anthony
accompanied him to Florida, where he
attended John B. Stetson University at
Deland.
After three years at college. he went
to Mexico and helped build railroads in
that turbulent country for two years.
He had charge of the accounts in the
construction camps and proved his value
in many ways. During the panic OF
1907 he returned to Philadelphia and ac-
cepted position as bookkeeper at the
{ Majestic Hotel. Seeking change he
went to work in a shirt factory and from
there Joined the Packard.
Thus, General Manager w. Y. An
thony has had varied career. He
knows all about shoes. building rail
(, roads, hotel business and shirts, all o.
( which were crowded into his early life
He learned that constant application
was the only means of success and nC
one worked harder in the Packard Co
after he Joined the organization. He de
voted all of his spare time in studyin:
how automobiles are made, learning tn
business from the ground up. He al
ways was an interested listener whel
automobiles were discussed by the fac
tory experts and soon was able to fin
his way through the mechanical in
tricacies without guide.
Then he studied The selling end an
was very much surprised when the sales
men talked in terms of thousands. Tha
was something new for one who hat
been raised in business where Il prof
of one cent was considered good strok
of luck. But he soon learned the diff
ference between selling shoes and motor
cars and mastered the selling end of tn
game.
About this time he attracted the at
tention of Lee J. Eastman, one of tin
greatest executives in the automobile in
dustry. Mr.. Eastman needed an as
sistant and selected Anthony for tn
place. He performed his duties in sucl
q creditable manner that he was ad
vanced to general manager when Mr.
Eastman went to New York.
Mr.. Anthony's success is due 10 tn
fact he never asks one of his employe
to do something he wouldn't do. II
always is one of the first to arrive at tn
Office and the last to leave. He Ras
good organization is very popular wit
everybody and is out to make recor
this year.