The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-22
Automobile Manufacturer Of
fers to Develop Higher Cher
acteristics In Every Convict
In Sing Sing.
JUSTICE INSTEAD OF
CHARITY is HIS IDEA
Minimum Wage Scale Of S. a
Day Installed At His Detroit
Factory Has Accomplished
Wonders He Asserts.

New York. Jan. z2.-Henry Ford
OF Detroit. millionaire manufacturer
Of automobiles. viii guarantee 10 lake
every convict out Of Sing Sing prison
ana make a man out OF him. He so
ste;ed today when he appeared to
testify before the United States COM
misrion on industrial relations which
l. investigating Ereat philan-
thropic foundation OF the country and
the cause fDr industrial uRrest.
The phianthropic foundations may
do some good said Mr.. Ford. but
they are not adequate. NY idea Is
5uftice and not charity. have 1T
tie use for phiianthropies az such. Ny
idea il TO aid men to help themselves.
Nearly all are willing 20 work for
adequate reward. We have all kinds
ef cripples IN our employment and
they are making good. We have a
sTent many who have been In prison
who are optcasts from society. Every
ohc cf them u making n good show
inR and II eaininH In sclf-respect and
strength OF character. We win guar
anten 10 take every convic out Of
slrg Sing and make a man out Of
him
air. Ford a year ago Installed Ia the
concern 81 which he is the head, n
system OF p~reht-shariug and a min
imum wage scale Of s. per day. The
plan. he asserted today, has done
wonders 30 more are his employees
arrested FOR infractlon OF the law. IN
stead OF spending their time az vicious
or Improbable pursuits. they spend
their time In their homes u at
their employment. There has been
an Increase OF $50 per cent IN the
bank accounts % employees IN the past
! year. SO great ls the Interest Of the
men In their work that the executive
heads OF The concern are constantly
having 20 hold them back In their ac-
tivity. he declared.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation OF Labor, tho
next witness, said be believed the
same laws should not govern bust
ness combinations and labor organ-
izations. Mr. GomperA then pro-
ducod q letter from a committee
which Ne had asked 20 investigate
conditions at Roosevelt. y. J., where
nineteen workers on strike were shot
recently by deputy sherins. In me
letter the committee asserted that
/, the causes OF the trouble was a cut
of four cents an hour ir pay. The
men. IL was said. we're led TO believe
that normal conditions would prevail
on or about January 1.
Employers did not live up 90 their
promise. u was said Ia the letter 80
the men went on strike.
An organizer was sent 10 the scene.
the lstter said. u further sotE forth
THAI the men injured were shot
down withou, the slightest proroca-
luonf'
Nj Gompers then tool up the sub
ioct of detectives.
He said "more than oight-tenths'
Of the activity Of detective aEencie'
nj present was confined 10 strike
breaking. spying upon labor Leaders
and provoking violence.
ar. Gompers asserted that boy
cots were legal according 70 th'
Clayton biz.
"How about the hatters' case O
man IN gallery yelled.
The man was put oct by tho SER
gcant az arms after o commotion.
A question regnrdinE the use OF
dynamite was branded hy Mr. Com
pefs as an intentional insult 10 him
Persons who use dynamite or om'
ploy violence should be- Jailed h'
added.
such action AZ was brought against
: tho hnttera nndes the sherman law
could not be brought again, Mr
a n...ur.. .annFfru