The Detroit times., 1914-02-23
Michigan Newspaper Men Much
Impressed by Visit to Giant
Auto Factory
A. ID. GALLERY HEADS
NEW ORGANIZATION
Caro- Man Is Chosen President
of the Press and Printers
Federation

Press 4 Printers federation. after the
visiting organization had been con.
Quoted through the Ford factories,
Saturday. He was speaking Of the
machinery. Rcams and reams Of pa
per have been used in describing the
Ford factory and similar institutions
from nearly every viewpoint, bur this
man had secured new one.
The members OF the party caught
the spirit OF the thing and from q me-
chanical inspection 1t became q wan.
dering through q new world OF living
things.
You have no idea how much more
interesting q machine can be II you
put soul into It. The characteristics
Of humanity start TO crop out at once.
Pay heed, now, and see this thing 40
the editor from the north saw II.
As the visitors stepped from the
marble and mahogany once into the
first great room OF whirring things,
they faced q vast forest OF belts and
fussy little machines that went clat-
ter-clatter-clatter az fast and rs furi-
ously as possible. 1t was o socialistio
room with every atom working for
the good Of every other atom and all
a. happy as possible. They hummed
cheerily and clattered happily. They
had a duty to perform and no time
to 60 fishing Every eRee IN while
one OF the wheels would get q pain
and shrek or wall and q man would
come and doctor 1t with medicine
from long-nosed oil can, and tho
pain would 60 away and the wheel
would buzz and never say 4 word
about past symptoms, thereby estab-
fishing its right to little more than
mere humaness.
Most Of these machines were nor
NAL, but one or two were insane.
They wiggled and ducked and had
queer epileptic frenzies and jerked In
q most unseemly way. While the
others were delivering nice new shiny
bolts and nuts and bits Of steel these
machines we're apparently doing moth
ing but making noise and fuss.
Just like my foreman at press
time" said an editor with great In
terest.
The crowd passed on into a great
smoky room, where the heat az OF
the internal regions swept In waves
and the men at labor looked like sooty
gnomes from the land Of Nod. Here
great machines 40 ponderous - {
fat jurist, growled and grunted ant
opened vast Jaws with 0roanings. bu
snapped them shut with snaps like {
legal decision. They were tsrr1bl<
important these great machines, and
proud and arrogant. Even the pres
ence OF the press In no wise disturbed
them. "Clomp-clomp" they thundered
biting at metal sheets In q vicious
way. "u.r-rr.rv they added and drop
ped the metal sheets now all turned
and twisted and contorted. Once q
bit Of mstal tried to avoid the ponder
Gus Jaws and the machine made 4 ter
rible fuss, ratified and banged and
shook the ground and Quivered to the
depths Of Its iron soul. Contempt Of
court" said an old man. Bet tina,
sheet IL disbarred from practice
Sure enough 1t was, and they carried
It out like q corpse and It was tossed
on . scrap heap.
After this they found some esthstiS
machines. Dear, dear. They were
and higher education. They did things
swoops and they hummed In A minor
q delicate little cAdsnxa with q quick
movement and flourish at the end
We've got one In our town." said q
ssd.syed editor, "ouly We call It Mrs
Jones, leader Of the social activities
! In one corner they found q Dixie
colonel machine. 1t was tall and thin
and dignihed-at times. 1t drank
green liquids mixed with yellow that
the guide said was oils, but which
the press men said was mint julips
and this machine had drawl except
rat times when IT grew ungry and then
II was q fire-eater and spat sparks In
every direction.
| In another corner, all alone and sad
was q little orphan machine. 1t wept
oil tears and moaned for Ito sins and
it, loneliness. At times It would
open . weak little mouth and q red
headed boy would stun bits of steel
In until the poor little things "tum
my" was very full and It hurt. Then
II would weep more tears and wall
harder than ever. They said II was
An experiment. and was being tested
but lady press person said It was 9
martyr and was being vivisected.
And 90 II went all along the line
Each machine had human traits and
q soul II you wanted to find It. The
wonders OF the place were increased
rather than decreased by this method
Of looking at things and the visitors
had a great aud wonderful time.
They were taken up on the tor
floor of the ONCE building and fed and
had speeches made at them. and were
told figures about Ford and Ford ma
chimes that were mighty interesting
but hard TO remember. Take II all In
all they had the time Of their Detroit
visit, and the tales they will tell
when they get home. will be worth
the hearing.
A. ID. Gallery. OF Caro-. was elected
president OF the Michigan Press and
Printers federation. Saturday. OtheI
oficcrs chosen are: Vice President
Fred Cage, Battle Creek; secretary
J. b. Haskins. Howard City: treasur
er. f.. j. Mccall. Ithaca. A resolution
was adopted to boost for Michigan
Al the banquet. Saturday night. Ia
the Griswold house. given by Fred
Postal, congressman Cramton appeal
ed to the newspaper men TO assist II
bringing about a federal inquiry int
the Pere Marquette's affairs. A. &
Carton, OF the public domain commits
sion. talked on conservation. John
lCibson. of the Western Michigan De
4 yfsupment bureau. told Of Tire 1900.
600 acres OF undeveloped land In Mich
liEan. Charles +. Schermerhorn. man
Iagins editor Of The Detroit Times
told OF Michigan's resources a. relates
II - III. 90 q ne