The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-10

his wife and son, Edsall r. Ford left
for Orange to have luncheon with Mr
Edison.
All during the afternoon there was
droning OF page hoys in the Belmont
corridors Mister Ford-Mis-ter Ford :"
BY the time the bearer OF the name re-
turned from Orange for late dinner
at the Belmont there was stack of
some zoo odd letters and kilograms walt
Ing for him at the desk. not counting the
notes and cards which had been left by
those who had called in person.
Most Callers Tired of waiting.
When he finally appeared at the hotel
last night most of the callers had become
discouraged and had left the hotel. so he
was able to eat his dinner in compare
tive secluson.
one of those who was undiscoursgcd
by the hours OF waiting buttonholed Mr..
Ford with real estate proposition as
soon as the automobile manufacturer
entered the lobby.
NO | didn't buy any real estate" Mr..
Ford said afterward. ~ wouldn't buy
the City Hall II they offered it to me for
a cent
The great majority OF those who sought
Mr.. Ford yesterday were men who felt
that their services were just what was
needed in a manufacturing plant which
is going To pay minimum of 50 "a day
for day laborers with proportionate in
creases for those In higher positions.
But there also were men and women who
had excellent schemes for the disposition
of surplus millions. and there were
others. like the caller who stayed
through. who had real estate to sell. Mr..
Ford did not quite understand why 1t
should have been understood that he was
in the market TO buy unlimited real es-
tate. hut he had opportunities To be-
come a very large holder OF New York
property yesterday.
Mr.. Ford and Mr.. Edison have been
friends for many years. The younger
man once worked for the Orange wizard.
When Mr.. Ford comes East he usually
drops in on Mr. Edison for a social call
but yesterdays meeting was chiefly a
matter of business.
Discussed New Electric Car.
The Ford Motor Company has been
making gasol"ne ear and has been ire
mendously successful through making
one model of a low priced car in enor-
nous quantities. The conference be-
tween Mr.. Ford and MIR, Edison yester-
day had to do with new Ford car, an
electric car. which. like the Easolene car
will be made in enormous quantities and
will sell at a low price.
Edsall Ford. the twenty-year-old son
| OF Henry Ford. who is his fathers secre-
tary and also n vice-president of the Ford
| company. is to be the head of the con-
Germ which will make and market this
| new electric.
Mr.. Ford said last night that Mr.. Edi-
son had been working ON the new storage
battery for some time and was enthusi-
| astc about II. Several cars with the Edi-
son storage battery have been built and
are now undergoing road tests II is
planned TO put the machine on the market
about a year from now.
1T will be a good electric car" said
| Mr.. Ford yesterday. 1T will sell at some
| where around 5000"
| Mr.. Ford. his wife and his son had
luncheon with Mr.. and Mrs Edison at
| Glenmon,. the Edison home at Llewellyn
| Park. and then went through the Edison
plants. After that Mr.. Edison and Mr.
| Ford had a three hour and a half talk
in Mr. Edison's library regarding the
new motor.
| Explains Wage Scale for Women.
| one OF the first questions put to Mr..
| Ford by the reporters last night had 10
/ do with the criticism OF his plan on the
lpart of women suffragists and others who
| thought that the announcements of the
company precluded women from the mini
mum wage Of 50 day.
! Mr.. Ford explained that the same pro-
portionate increase applied to the women
and girls in his plant as applied to the
| men and that already the women In
/ the Ford companys employ receive wages
| greater in proportion to the men than in
any other mechanical plant. The mini
| mum for women IL now 5000 week
| of ffty-four hours. An eight hour day
! goes into effect on Monday and the wages
| OF the women will be Jumped In the same
| ratio as the mems. This applies To all
| women in the factory. Where women are
the sole support OF a family. as Is pre-
| supposed In the case OF the men, the
| women are to receive a So minimum. the
| same as the men.
But why discriminate at all against
the women employees p some one asked.
We'll, we expect the women to gel
| married and let the men take care OF
them" replied Mr.. Ford.
The profit sharing plan OF the Ford
company was still the topic of CONVERSE
ton yesterday at the Belmont, Manhattan
| and other hotels where the visiting auto
mobile manufacturers are quartered, ant
Mr.. Ford's ears must have burned al
day. Remarks dropped In the hote
Hobbies indicated a feeling that Mr.. Fore
} had not helped an already somewhat din
cult labor market as regards the othe
| manufacturers.
Following the visit OF Mr.. Ford to tn,
Long Island City plant OF the compan.
} 1t was announced that plans will be file'
within a few days with the Building
Department for an eight story addition
somew hat more than doubling the com
} pany's present Long Island City plant
| The addition will front 325 feet on Jack
son avenue with "a depth of 225 feet. !
| will cost 100000.