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The Green Forest tribune., 1915-06-04
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Henry Shahan and wife made a business trip to Berryville Fri day.
 John Snyder visited his grand mother near Maberry Saturday night.
 Felix Snyder got pretty badly hurt last week while cutting sprouts, he was stopped over picking up sprouts and one of the boys struck him on the head with an axe cutting gash about three inches log. At last report he was recovering nicely.
 Little King White is recover Inicely from the effects of a snake bite.
 Misses Clyde Morris and Vim nie Younblood spent Saturday night with Miss Kizzie Sneed.
 The Black Box" gets more interesting with every issue.
 The young folks surprised Bennie Youngblood with party Saturday night in honor of his 22 birthday.
 A girl arrived at the home of MT. and Mrs. Robert Young blood May 29.
 Ode Riddle and family of Sycamore spent Saturday night and Sunday at Harve Riddles.
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ma! productions checked and their
abilities turned TO the benefit Of them
selves n the community.
But here is another way that these
people work for the good Of their en-
ployees. The men working in the fac
tory represent fifty n~ationalities and
countries and races as follows: Amer
lean, English. Scotch. German. IRISH.
Canadian. Slavonic, Rumanian. Hun
garian, Polish, Italian, Russian. Aus
trian, bulgarian, Lithuanian. syrian.
Jewish. Armenian. Turkish, Greek.
Swedish. Croatian. Bohemian. Dutch.
French, Arabian, Danish. Servian.
Spanish, Persian, Mexican. Norwegian.
Albanian. Maltese, Sicilian. Egyptian.
Cuban, Finnish. negro. Swiss. Welsh.
Hindu. Japanese, Australian. Belgian,
indian, ltuthenian. And. besides.
there are los men there who cannot
te.. the countries in which they wtr,
born. Many, very many, of these for
.!gncrs caunOt speak the English
language. If they live in communities
Of their own people they might newer,
under ordinary conditions, learn to
speak English; and the inability to
understand and use the language is 4
serious handicap to their Progress.
To teach these foreigners to speak
English class rooms were provided,
each capable of accommodating about
forty men, sitting ON benches about
long ,ablcS. Fifty classes are con-
Quoted in these rooms. one giving
qlacc tn the other as the men come
of OH tacir various shifts. Whether
-. ,..t t1, ,,A.,, al .t.t..tas "a Ii Ay..r
tunity to learn English may he
gathered from the number attending
No registry of mems names is kept
and no record of their attendance, but
the aggregate number turned in by
the teachers as attending regularly
amounts to loo.
Nobody Is required to go 20 this
school. no time off - given for Il, no
lad mark is made for no~n-attondancs
and no good mark is awarded for
either attendance or achievements.
The whole thing is simply and abSn-
lutely up to the men themselves, No
teachers are engaged for the work,
ether, but there are always plenty ~
volunteers for the work, men from IN"
shops who take their classes regularly
twice a week. Some of the classes
gather about 3 o'clock in the after
noon, soon after the first shift goes
off. From that hour they assemble" IT
different times up to . o'clock IN the
morning. The midnight pupils are,
of course. the men who work At ni-h'
The Berlitz method of ~instructing IS
used since the men must he treated as
the youngest of young pups some OF
them know no more about the AN
guagc when they begin than "A paby'
Simple words are taken nrst ana
Illustrated with common objects such
as the men see and use every day or
their lives. 1t seems strange to see
a teacher, face freshly washed as he
came from his work in the factory.
standing before 4 lot OF grown men
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His Sociological Department, Costing
$4,000 a Month, Cares for $4,000
Men Without Spying

Say" he said, edo you know what
they are telling me down in the shop?"
mo. What?'
THAT hat was the boss that shook
hands with me-the big boss that owns
the works. Was It?"
sure answered Mr.. Hawkins.
why not?"
"well,'' said Bill. as he slouched over
to q corner to hide a moisture in his
eyes, "if Henry Ford will walk into
his shop and shake hands with a man
like me. he can have all I've got. Any
body who wouldn't go straight for a
man like that Is a fool and deserves all
he gets"
All the office heads and some others
write letters to the hard cases who
have been brought to the factory
through their personal attention, but
never upon office stationery. They
are private and personal communica-
tons, and not in any sense official.
Here is a copy of the letter Mr.. Haw-
kins wrote to Bill on the first day he
came to work. 1t is a fair sample OF
many others written To such people:
My DEAR BILL: To-day I hope you will
begin your new Ford job with a fixed
determination to fill 1t every minute
from every standpoint, from bell tap to
bell tap, so that you will qualify quickly
for n permanent and substantial place
on the payroll of this great big organ
ization.
You have had a lot of ups and downs
and the greater portion of your life has
been misspent. although I have just
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partly. at least, the question. Can
Henry Ford make good?"
Especially with men who have been
criminals does the sociological DEPART
ment concern itself: not necessarily
because it desires to. and never unless
actual need arises. But almost daily
some special activity Of this kind is
made necessary. Here is one case that
occurred while / was in the factory.
A woman telephoncd that she wished
10 speak to this department. Over
the wire she told the executive to
whom she was directed that the wife
of one of the workmen had asked her
to inform the factory that her hus-
band, who had been employed In the
works for several months. was giving
indications Of losing his hold. She
wanted the Ford people to see If they
could not help him.
That night an inspector called upon
the man and found him apparently
yielding to the temptations of his
former companions. The CHEEKY word.
the pat on the back, the encouraging
smile OF this inspector, AL given with
out the slightest suggestion of pat
ronage. seemed to nave the desired
effect and the man expressed a re-
newed determination to take a
stronger grip than ever and keep
straight for what there was in it for
him and his family.
Another case, one that had gone a
little further. approached a conclu-
sion ct the same time. A man now
"a years old had taken a girl away
from her home and fled to Indiana.
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MN Wno WIT NOT eEHAXE.

rs that so? Well. what will you
do if I don't give you n job?"
"Ill get mine. I've a wife to sup
port and In going to get some money
for her and me" The man unfastened
a suspendor button and pulled a black
jack from inside his trousers. 81 live
at No. - street" mentioning a
very tough neighborhood. and I'll use
this on somebody before ! get home.
II I can't get money honestly I'll get
it dishonesty"
Put that thing away" said Mr..
Hawkins. "and come and see me in the
morning. But dom bring the black
jack with you, If you have to go hum
cry between now and then go hungry,
just TO see how much YOU mean by
saying that you wan to get money
honestly. l won give you any and if I
hear of a holdup tonight between here
and where you live Ill-we.l. III give
you such a talking to when you come
to my office tomorrow that you won't
forget it in "A long time
The man came in the morning and
got his job. lie is at work there still
and behaving himself excellently. He
is carrying "A bullet in his body that
Sergeant Mcdonald of the Detroit po-
lice fired into him after a daring bur-
glary. literally blowing him of the
o. of a three story house. That he
landed In a big snowdrift was all that
saved his LIE. He comes now to Mr..
Hawkins's office every once in a while
to talk with him. for anybody has ac-
cess to any man in the office build
ing any time he has need to see him,
Not long ago BIZ opened a bank ac-
count.
"The first time I ever went into a
bank" he told Mr.. Hawkins, except
to get the lay of it or to rob it,"
Recently Mr.. Hawkins, who says he
is not more interested in this ase
than in IA number of others. asked Mr..
Ford To go into the factory and shake
hands with this eX-burglar and strong
arm a They strolled about without
any apparent object until they came to
where Bin was working. Bin was
stopping over and Mr.. Hawkins hit
him a slap on the seat of his rousers
hard enough to make him straighten
up.
Hello. Bill" said Mr.. Hawkins. II
want you to shake hands with Mr..
Ford"
In the din Of the factory Bill did not
quite distinguish the name, but he
stuck out a black and grimy paw and
grlpped the hand OF Mr.. Hmwkins's
companion with a will. Nothing al
said about him or his life or his work,
n the men passed on, That after
noon after quitting time Bill came to
Mr., Hawkins's office,
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within a few days. Meantime The nan
was paroled to the Ford factory, on
~tinuing his work n supporting his
children and his wife, VIII is devoted
to him. Right living and fair work
manship seem to be all that counts
with these people.
Take one Of the many instances
shown by the records of the sociology
cal department. in which families have
been brought together and are living
N comfort and harmony. 1t was dis
covered that a man who a been at
work in the factory for n long time
had abandoned his wife and two Chi
Cren in Canada five years ago and set
up another domestic establishment in
Highland Park. The matter was dis
cussed with him, but he said he could
not and would not live with has welded
wife: he would give up his job first.
After several interviews he consented
to meet his abandoned wife and talk
the matter over.
At his expense the woman was sent
for. An inspector met h,r at Windsor,
just across the river on the Canadian
side, to conduct h.r To the interview.
u lhiliilSi dAAb IASi'AApl ltlNF'l "
allow her to enter this country be-
she had no means of support.
The mar was taken to Windsor, there
fore. to meet her. After "A long talk
he sad he would break up his present
establishment and take her back. Still,
the immigration inspector insisted that
the plan was hazardous and would not
allow her TO enter.
So the man took a house in Windsor
and is living there to-day with his
wife and children. Only "A few days
ago-and the reunion occurred nearly
a year ago-he came to one Of the
executives of the sociological depart
ment and thanked him for bringing
them together, saying that he was
happier and more contcnted and hat
his wife was al he formerly thought
she was not. More than fifty families
have been reunited in this way.
Take another case. One evening last
summer "A rough and tough looking In
dividual rang the bell of the residence
of N. A. Hawkins, the Ford sales man
ager. Mr.. Hawkins answered it him
self and n conversation something like
this took place:
"Are you Hawkins of Ford's
works?"
81 am. What can I do for your"
"Give me a job, am a burglar and
a hOldup man and I've erved twenty
years in several prisons for my crimes.
I'm tired Of 1t all and want n Job; and
I'm going to get it or somebody is
going to suffer"
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enough confidence in human nature to
believe that If a fellow like YOU IS given
a fair chance. at reasonable pay, in
the right place and in the proper en-
vironment. the desire to do the honest.
truthful and straightforward things in
life is stimulated and strengthened to
such an extent that the past and its
regrets and its miserable associations
are soon forgotten and wiped out. and
PLANTED in their places is the cleaner
and healthier thought that there is only
one way after all. and that Is the right
not the wrong way.
II is really much easier to go straiGht
than crooked. and it's a thousand per
cent. more profitable from every stand
point.
Number - street is not the place
from which you can make the right
start. In my opinion your work will
he easier and your mind more At rest
II YOU will locate somewhere out in
Highland Park within easy walking
distance of the factory.
Dom think ] am trying to advise
YOU everything YOU ought to 10 all at
once. but please get this thought
help a fellow | GO clear through with
il. depending only upon the fellow him
self to help me all he can. so the job
of making a new man out of the old
one viii Ice we'll done.
Profit and loss in trade means profit
and loss in men, and the Ford spirit is
one of making men as we'll as making
automobiles,
So long, therefore. as you behave
yourself and do your work and try to
get yourself on the straight line you
needn't fear that any detrimental re-
ports from hlucCoits or brass buttons
will affect our place or standing with
US.
In my opinion 10 amount OF jail will
ever Civili2e brotherhood. And no
amount OF brotherhood will ever c,vilize
jail. a man is sent "uVcr the road"
because he is bad according to law, but
many a man is often bad according to
law and good according to life | am
willing to believe YOU are good inside
according to life and | am stalking my
position that you'l make good II given
the right chance.
Drop in the office and SCI me any Tina"
YOU want to talk about your work or
tell me how YOU are getting along. III
always find time TO see YOU.
Think over my suggestion about NOV
ing from -- street into n different
neighborhood and let's see if the road
isn't A whole lot smoother living in u
right environment than living where YOU
are looked upon with suspicion and dis
trust. Sincerely yours.
n. \. HAWKINS
That is a sample of the letters that
are going out all the time, though there
is no sample letter. There are many
of a similar kind. all written in the
same strain Of helpfulness and per-
sonal regard for the welfare of the
men to whom they are sent, always
privately and TO their homes.
Think of an ~eX-convict being em-
ployed as "A Waterman, where oppor-
unities for evil are manifold. There is
one Waterman in the factory drawing
his So a day for every working day In
the year who spent th!rty-four years
in the Jackson, Mich, prison. lie was
sent up for life for murder, but was
pardOned less than a year ago. At one
time his conduct as a convict was 50
reprehensible that he was condemned
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to solitary confinement in the dark
cell for the long period of thirteen
months.
one of the men wearing overalls in
the Ford shops had been employed
there before the organization of the
present system, but had left. He got
into financial difficulties, and to tide
them over issued n number Of bad
checks. Caught and convicted, he
wrote from the county Jail to the Ford
factory on the day before he was to be
sentenced to prison. asking help. He
was never sentenced, but he got a job
and has since paid back the people he
swindled by means of checks. and all
his other debts as well.
Here's a young mar who got into
bad company. A jewelry store was
entered and robbed. but only of $50
worth of goods. the burglars being
scared off. This fellow was arrested
and charged with the crime. He says
to-day. as he said then, that he had no
hand in IL, but Circumstantial evidence
was against him and he was sentenced
to two years in prison. The Ford peo-
pie were interested and the young man
was parolcd in their custody. The
jeweller made trouble and tried to get
him back to prison, but the Fords
stood by him. Little by little the fell
low paid back the $50 he says he did
not steal, and while / was there there
came to n of the executives of The
sociological department an invitation
to his wedding.
The whole country knows how a
young mar posed in Philadelphia as
Henry Ford, Jr.-there Is no such per-
son-and cashed a number Of bad
checks. He did not go to Jail. either,
for Mr.. Ford brought him to the fac
tory and set him at work. and he l.
doing well and living straight.
But why multiply instances in
which men are being helped to max,
themselves good and respectable mem
bers of the society from which they
elected themselves when they took the
crooked path? There are $50 cases of
criminals now at work in the plant.
The few mentioned here are sufficient
TO show the character and the method
Of the work that is being done In the
man factory. There are about $50
more good stories hat could he told
about men who were taken In TIM"
and had heir wicked. perhaps or.m.-
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FORD'S METHODS OF REMAKING HUMAN DERELICTS
Famous Philanthropist Applies Horse
Sense to ex-Convicts in His Man
Factory With Wonderful Results

become does not enter into considera.
ton, and this Is where Henry Ford's
system of employing men who have
not lived righteous lives differs from
any other. The only matter taken into
o is what the mar is to-0ay-
the frame of mind he is in at the
momen the inspector calls upon him.
He may have been a bank burglar oil
a holdup man. a forger or a murderer.
but IL he displays an inclination to do
right and to go to work. he may be
pretty sure that within a day or two
he will be wearing a Ford badge and
have a place in the factory. Past
records don't count and promises for
the future are not taken into consid-
GRAFTON, and there Is always room for
n more in this big plant.
But a successful applicant Is
watched. Nobody realizes more than
these people do hat promises Of re-
form are easily broken and that good
intentions nave their assigned place in
the Internal regions unless they are
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EMRIoX

find out what We have done. Then
you can judge for yourself. Words
never count for much in this world.
It's deeds"
So I went to Detroit and thence to
Highland Park unannounced. One Of
the first questions I asked was:
You say you can make men: what
do you call a mann"
The answer came quickly:
one who stands four quare to the
world in reference to the functions
that should be absolutely right with
regard to himself. those who are de-
pendent upon him and society in gen.
eral."
How do you make menu"
BY the application of horse sense"
+. G. Liebold, secretary to Mr.. Ford,
conducted me through uhe extensive
works-they cover sixty acres. ne said
during the first hour; and I spent
TWO days there, looking and ques-
tioning, mostly questioning. Every
once IN a while Mr.. Liebold would
explain to me something about how
a Particular part a being handled
and the relation Of part and handling
20 the mechanical system and the
fnisaed automobile. / told him that
the interest was not in automobiles
nor how they were made there; not
IN the efficiency Of Mr.. Ford's manu-
featuring plant, nor in anything else
that had to do with mechanics, ma
'hlhery or business economics, nor
even N MS proht sharing plan. but in
MS man factory: how they made men,
nut Low they made automobiles. II
ma Was anywhere about i wanted
% ma II. So he opened every depart
meht III the factory to me and gave
me every facility for investigating; as
va lHe o'her lieutenants of Henry
Foru as met them, one after another.
IN The Ford sociological department.
""teA has charge of the mar making.
'A'I" are records Of more than 500
men VINO were put to work in the fac
Tory solely because they needed the
upHIt OF work and good pay TO turn
'"e!n from ways of evil into ways Of
toou' But hat is more remarkable,
'neTe is no record Of a single man
among them who had to be dropped
utcau'e he returned to the kind of
"e ne formerly lived. Among them
are 400 men who have served terms
:" '"H."us prisons for crimes ranging
"""I murder To petty theft; the terms
'aHPed from thirty-four years behind
lhe bars to a few months. Most of
.u'N" e~N-convicts are counted among
we best and most faithful workmen
!" rae apartments and in the labor
" W''ch they are assigned.
lA' biological department employs
d ''''' Of eighty men, all under the
sure sion Of John r. Lee. who is
aSf'+''l as he puts 1t. by every man
~ 'u' factory, from Mr.. Ford to the
rN"'.'t worker about the shops.
ro''y ~ these men are inspectors;
.n' remainder are subordinate execu-
u''S 'on~oFraphers and clerks. The
M cost OF the sociological DEPART
mem ipproXimates $4,000 a month.
Wen there seems to be some good
reason Tor considering the acceptance
VI an APPLICATION for a job, the name
anu q ldieSs Of the applicant are given
W an Inspector, who jumps into m
" tht many automobiles kept for
JuSt such use and goes to the address
tI''h There he sees the applicant
anu hS family. II he has any, and ex-
a'''he~ The conditions under which he
"N'S The inspector gets a fairly
eoIhl'''" history Of the mans present
condition.
what he has been or what ne may
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~NN Henry Ford make good?
u.,. ,ho o,,omohifa mani,

~NN Henry Ford make good?
When the automobile manu-
~ facturer told the United States
Commission on Industrial Re-
,at.ous recently tnat he could take
.y.ry convict in Sing Sing and make
a man Of him, he invited an examina-
lion If his ability 20 do so. Every
thinking mind began to ask whether 1t
was simply a casual assertion or a
real expression of ability supported
BY an efficient plan, a working plant
and actual accomplishments.
If YOU can do that I said to him
lust after he had made his remarkable
sta. you must have a man fac
tory in Highland Park"
Il can do it," he replied, but / do
not claim to have a man factory. I
have an automobile factory where we
do something more than turn out
machines. The best thing for you
10 do is 70 come out to Detroit and
see exactly what we are doing and
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