The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-09
MAKING MEN
COMMENTED IS
CREED OF FORD
I'm Not a Church Member"
Says Auto king-EmplOyes'
Comfort Only Religion
WILL NOT LEAVE
FORTUNE TO RELATIVES
Declares They Would Not Know
How TO Use Vast Accumula-
tons

NEW YORK. Jan 9-DeclarIng
that bis only religion was in making
the men who are doing The work con
tented" and endorsing the doctrine
OF Andrew Carnegie that IL Is a dis
grace TO die rich, Henry Ford. the De-
troit manufacturer, VINO recently an
nounced $l0,000.000 proilt-sharing
plan for the employees OF his plant,
today freely discussed with the Unit
cd Press his personal beliefs and
habits.
N Il think it is a disgrace TO die
rich," said Ford. use money while
you have ii. am enjoying my mon
ey and | am going TO get all out OF
il that ] can while l live. do not
expect 10 leave any vast fortune to
|. my relatives because | do not believe
n they would know how 10 use 1t. If
they did they would have IL.
u With Ford here is his son. Edsell,
n 20. and Mrs. Ford. The son is high
. school graduate, but instead OF enter
n ing college he went 10 his fathers
Y factory and Is now one OF his right
hand men.
a Ford Is moderate IN all his habits.
q He said he had never smoked or
Il drank in his life. He drank hot water
Tor breakfast today. lie is great
y admirer OF Thomas Edison and John
Il Burroughs, the naturalist Burroughs
= caued Upon him at the hotel today
4 and after leaving here sunday Ford
a VIII visit Edison at East Orange, n. j..
n II think Edison is the biggest man
\ IN the world today" said Ford,
4, even live on Edison-aye in Detroit.
4 am building house on my 2,000-acre
n farm eight miles from the city, how
n ever, and Will make my home there
a soon.
a IL am not Il church member" con-
n tinued Ford The only religion
4 have is in making men who are doing
Y the work contented There Is no If
n attached to the plan for the sharing
4 OF profits with the employees in the
q Ford plants The plan Is 10 be car
y ried out without notification TO the
n men other than they have received
N from the newspapers They viii sim
4 ply get the money"
d Ford denied a report that he had
4 $40. zoo, 900 in different banks He
a said he now had only between s., 900
y 600 and 100000 in cash in Detroit,
a Chicago and New York banks. He
4 also denied report that he had ex-
n perienced some trouble in finding
banks willing TO take his deposits, be-
cause or his heavy checking habit.
"On the contrary they are running
N after me to get the money Ford said.
Walters in the Belmont who ex-
pected Ford TO order an expensive
4 breakfast were disappointed today
He ate just two pieces OF bacon, one
q corn muffin and portion OF another
n and drank a pot OF hot water. no cot
fee. Ford gave the waiter a 60-cent
tip, but explained afterward that he
y Gid not believe in tipping. Such EN-
. ployes should be paid so that tipping
n would not be necessary. he said.
n Just think of II, | carried that
guys grip up 10 his room and didn't
know who he was" said q bell boy
Fl at the Belmont hotel today rs he
X went about calling loudly for Mr.
Ford Mr. Ford"
n The doormen, bell boys, walters
N and others at the Belmont did not
y suspect the modest unassuming man
d who arrived there yesterday OF being
4 Henry Ford OF Detroit. who recently
"A announced a $4,000. 900 profit-sharing
a plan for the employees of his manu-
n featuring plant Today scores were
i seeking Ford at the hotel. the bell
! hops and the rest have learned who
4 he is and they all want Jobs with his
Il concern.
q Ford received no more attention
81 about the hotel yesterday than any
i other visitor IN New York, but now
y that the employees know who he Is,
Z nothing Is too good for the Detroit
n manufacturer During yesterday he
= gained the reputation OF being good
\ Upper, but today tho only tip desired
/. by those who called to his room, Is
4 Job.
Business men and manufacturers
4 we're plying Ford with questions to-
2 day. All were answered. When
\ asked as to his theory for the estaD-
4 lishment OF s. a day minimum wage
including such employees as sweepers,
Ford replied:
Our theory that the man VINO
4 sweeps the floor is worth 50 for eight
I hours work is not only sound ousl'
ness, but 1t is social justice.
1T costs just as much To feed the
1 babies. OF floor sweeper as IL does
i to feed the babies of motor con-
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