The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-28
WILSON'S FIGHT WITH INTERESTS
 WINS FORD VOTE
Refusal to Intervene At Bidding of "Unseen
 Hands" Approved.
BUSINESS BOOM ISN'T RESULT OF GREAT WAR
To Gamble With Prosperity, He Says, Vote For c. E.
 Hughes.

Detroit, Mich., Sept. 2S.-Henry Ford, Republican, will cast his vote for Woodrow Wilson, Democrat, in November, and yesterday he gave his | reasons in detail for doing so. "To begin with,' declared MT. Ford "Tm supporting Wilson because Wall Street is supporting the other man, or, rather, because Wall street is against Wilson,.
 I'm for Wilson because he is on to- the interests-the unseen hands that seek to control Government-and is holding them off. That he is on to- them and is holding them off is proved by his refusal to rush into war with Mexico. sacrificing the lives of thousands of young Americans to save the dollars that Wall street has invested in Mexico on a gamble.
 For this one reason alone the Ma tion is under an obligation to return Wilson to the White House.
 The Business Reasons
 "But for purely business reasons, which may appeal more directly 10 many men, the welfare of the coun- try demands Wilson's reelection. The Republicans are raising a great roar dDOuC the ILdW oilo AO" it will hamper business.
 'I say-and I speak from experi- ence, not from guesswork-that the Eight-Hour Law will help business.
 'The. employers of the country should be as enthusiastically behind Wilson in his advocacy of the eight hour day as the workers, and they would be if they knew their business. 1,n tn hn eight-hour day do not know their business.
 "We have had the eight-hour day in force in the Ford factory for three years, and we have made more money each succeeding year under it. It has proved it's own merit.
 Republicans are arguing that when the war ends all our prosperity will cease-unless we have a Republican in the White House.
 "I deny first that war is responsible for the present prosperity. The Ford Company has not taken a dollar of war contracts refused them time ater time-and yet our business has grown constantly and we are now 100000 cars behind orders.
 L Can't Stop Momentum.
 "The business of the United States today has momentum that no man or group of men can stop.
 "As for the tariff, which Republi- cans insist must be revised to help save our prosperity after the war, I want to say that the tariff is nothing but a hothouse remedy. It may make business sprout for little while, but its effect is artificial and it can never produce a hardy, permanent business plant. a'
 eff we cannot compete on even terms with any country on earth, then we ought to quit. There is abso- lutely no necessity for hard times. There is enough in this world to do for everybody, and this country al- ways will find enough to do if the interests and Wall Street will keep hands off and not rob the many to enrich the few.
 "I believe the President hit the nail on the head in recent speech when he said:
 The relations of capital and la bor must be regarded as a human re- must be regarded as part of the gen 
 going to make for the success of busi- ness men and business enterprises When we get somewhere near that basis the real causes of hard times will disappear. And I believe that Wilson as President will do more to bring an approach to those conditions than Hughes.
 'I know Hughes. Teddy and Wall Street are behind him.
 "Pm Republican, but I'm for Wilson. I'm a Republican for the same reason I have ears-I was born that way. But I'm for Wilson because I believe he can do more to enhance the prosperity and insure the peace of this Nation than any other candi- date. Any one who does not want peace, and who wants to gamble with prosperity, should vote against him." Two track men were killed at nydncoton function N T. hv A Penn-