Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-12-17
THE COMING NEW
v FORD TRACTOR.
Many Questions Answered Regarding
its Manufacture and Other De-
tails Concerning 1t.

There exists a worldwide interest
in the tractor to be manufactured by
Henry Ford, as inquiries pour in to
US from every quarter, asking innum-
cradle question in regard to the trac-
tor, its possibilities, when it will be
ready for the market, how it will be
marketed, and asking for agency
rights to sell it.
To i've as wide circulation as pos
Ford's tractor we are pleased to say
that it is an accomplished success. 1t
has been thoroughly tested through
all the fields experimentation in
which farm tractor can possibly be
called upon for service, and has sat
isfactorily met every expectation.
We take from the local newspaper
of Dearborn, Michigan, "The indie
pendent" the following excerpts COW
ering the building of the tractor plant,
and also for the practical benefit of
those who will buy the tractors, pre-
saying a remarkable evolution in in
dustrial and commercial conditions.
"The Ford farm tractor will be
manufactured in Dearborn, Michigan.
Large factory buildings are being err
ected as rapidly as possible. The fac
tory will be completely equipped for
the construction of the new tractor
from the raw material to the finished
product, including foundry, engine
room, and the latest in iron-working
machinery. The greatest activity pre-
walls, the first of the two new build
ings has been completed, and machine
ry is being installed.
ain the new tractor plant there will
be no stockholders, no directors, no
absantee owners, no parasites, de-
clared Henry Ford the other day, in a
discussion Of modern industrialism.
There will be no incorporation. Every
man employed during the period Of
his employment will share in the prof
it's of the industry, but there will be
no dividends to stock, even at face
value.
"When the Ford Motor Company
startled the world by the announce
ment that it would share profits with
it's employees, and make $500 the min
imum wage for days work of eight
hours, Mr.. Ford had studied the plan
until he became satisfied it was prac-
ticable, and from the time of its in
auguration marvellous record of pro-
duction and efficiency has resulted.
"When the Ford Motor Company
later pledged itself to share profits
with the retail purchasers if 100000
cars were sold within the fiscal year,
to the amount Of from $40 to $50 on
each car and succeeded in selling 30S,-
213 cars and distributed among these
purchasers $15,410,650, it gave the
world another topic for discussion, al
though the object as business propo-
sition was more readily understood
The offer made every Fard owner
more earnest Ford Booster
"And now Henry Ford proposes an
other revolution, by which will be
eliminated every possible absorbent
of profit-save honest toll. He does
not forget the other end of the line,
either, for he will market the product
at the lowest safe margin of profit.
"After the inauguration of this new
step in the industrial development of
the American people, veritable rev.
olution takes place in that the en-
ployes and users of the tractor are
to be Henry Ford's partners in thte
tractor business"
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