Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-22
Says Justice Not Charity Is
What American Work
men Require
COULD MAKE CITIZENS
OF Sing SING INMATES
No Man In FOrd's Employ Re-
CeiveS Less Than Five
Dollars Per Day
By John Edwin Nevin.


New York, Jan. 22.-'f Justice and
not charity is what the American
workmen require"
This was the declaration here today
Of Henry Ford, multi.millionaire auto
mobile manufacturer Of Detroit, while
testifying before the federal indus
trial relations commissions investiga-
tion Of the Rockefeller, Sage and
Carnegie foundations. Ford made an
imp essive witness. He said the meth
ods in vogue in his factory would per-
nit the taking over Of the entire
population Of Sing Sing prison and
making good citizens Of the inmates.
GAN my employees have been
revolptionized by our profit sharing
PLAN" Ford said. "I have little use
for charities or philanthropies, as such.
My idea is to aid the men to help
themselves. Nearly all are willing to
work for an adequate reward.
owe have all kinds OF cripples in
our employ, They are making good,
too. We also have many employees who
haze served prison terms. They, too,
arc making good, And II also may bc
rosnoot orJ 4, .tron,tk - phosa.to,. b
% For5 o~nlainaS "nn ~ h3s H. ~ nroS;t shas;n.
Ma, ~ tonath ia saia tho ,,oooa na;5
nv bis concern vero TX nnr cont higher
tbon tboao oF ntbar antomohiie nlsnte
onJ ,hot IN ,ddition thosa oSicihIs
were participating in the profits.
"Not one Of my employees is re-
doy 1soid Ford
Tbe Man was established he said.
IN iustien N ria workers. without whom
he would moi have Accommodated ony-
tbng noGv obsentoos from the nlont-
be said bad docrossed From len ner
cant 10 three tenths of one nor cent
since tbe nrofit sharing plan had been
In nractice.
nFear and worry in the struggle for
livelihood and the dread Of what
might happen if they lost their jobs
has been practically eliminated among
our workmen,' said Ford As a re-
suit, the efficiency Of our employees
has increased at least 90 per cent. No
one is discharged at our plant without
great cause ~
Ford said the bank accounts or ms
employees increased 1870 por cent tho
first six months after the plan was
established. life insurance 80 per cent
and the value Of homes owned outright
by employees 81 per cent.
0fEieht thousand families have
moved from squalid homes to healthful
and sanitary quarters" Ford said.
tcA Ford employee Is rarely ever ar
rested Hard drinking too, hns almost
entirely disappeared Tho companyg
school attendance has increased from
200 TO approximately 1,i00h
Ford admitted that despite his prof
it.sharing plan. his profits last yenr
were either b25,OOO0 900 or S2s.00O,000.
IIIe nid the concern was n close cor
poration. cnpitnlized M sg 100000 and
o,ynod and controllod by eight neoplc.
Tbo ,,jlnrss drciarod he dil not
tbnr NAM couid hiring mn n family in
bis ou.r homo on rs, ordinary nlc NJ
,'aoos a o" tpo T soi1 bc aia md think mon
,yoro wer oiIo 10 do GOOD mental ond
nbya,coi yorl for mara ibon 4 honrs
p"1o," 3an 80 ' w
Wrf oycrcopiinlit,d corporatione. :,
! soid rord itnpsf onprosa labor 10
s",h i = U'J honimr + hniiovo n wonld be
h.t,o ,JIe h ,,ilor "a moio many men
oornSor,ahio uoo,G, hi ,ban to mike n eow rieh -
George w perIdns. recallcd 10 com