Arizona republican., 1918-08-30
Where the People
 May Have Hearing
From One of the Family
Editor Republican:

| Editor Republican,
 Your editorial eXpatiating on the
 virtues and inconsistencies of one 1 Henry Ford together with the very
 unparalled actions of our president, with regard to him, was well timed, and should set men to thinking The Fords' sprang from an ancestry of Scotch English blood who came to New England among the early settlers
 and there being many brothers, all men of means, (and excepting my father), strict. stern, devout Method lsts, who believed in forcing all sinners into church lines, and massacreing or burning unbelievers and ''witches;"- they multiplied rapidly and from that center is distributed the branches now so numerous in the United States. In scripture we find where Jonah, after being spewed from the whales belly, was protected from the chill winds by a guard of mushroom which sprang | from earth at the command of the Lord. This man Ford seems to be, or | seeks to be, both a Jonah and a
 mushroom combined, and although
 possessing great merit, and great if
 nancial ability, has, like all human | family, great weaknesses. He does
 not seek glory and political fame"
 saith his worshipers, but lives like "Abou Ben Adem" to have his name enrolled on flames calendar, as loving l his fellow man. Blessed, exceptional
 man @ No one is infallible, neither | IS any one gifted, or capable to dictate
 the course and actions of the worlds | inhabitants. There were three names. | but a few short periods ago, who were | the adored of our national leader, and
 in print were daily heralded from pole
 to pole. Henry Ford, David Starr
 Jordan, Williams Jennings Bryan | President Wilson has apparently con- signed two of these to innocuous disue-
 tude, but the third, whose money,
 power and pelf," make him a force in
 the land, is gracously taken under the
 presidential wing, or with a ring en-
 circling his neck, is led where he
 thinks shall be found blissful peace and
 lasting glory.
 There are three "bulls," unpardon-
 able, which Henry Ford has made fWithin four years, which never should
 be condoned. He,' as was said of Me Clellan in civil war days. is god on the | retreat, but chestnut" in an ad- vance. He has covered his tracks fair
 ly well, and by lowing to presidential | favor. presents himself as an humble
 servitor Many do not know that the Dodge Brothers by their ingenuity
 brought him fortune through the Ford
 car devices, and that they, being Eng
 lishmen, when seeking to assist their
 country, were virtually forced from the
 partnership. How many recollect
 his strenuous effort to block our pro-
 tective measures. to dictate (with the
 help of those two men, whose names I
 mention). to our allies the course to pursue in a conflict where absolute
 self protection forced them to arms
 against an enemy who used 40 years for preparation? How many recollect his threat to break banks and cause what disaster he could to our monied systems. if we loaned money to our allies? Is that man fitted to make and adjust laws affecting the nation and the world, particularly at this time ? We are all a unit on one point. which
 is, that no personal malice or obstruc-
 tion should interfere with presidential plans. but are we to allow this ruler, free, and unlimited power to both die tate and select who should be chosen to assist. counsel, and work with him
 in congressional halls? The greatest curse ever befalling California was giving supreme power to governor to appoint committees and name mem-
 bership. This, in Arizona administra-
 tion has been our festered sore, so
 hard to eliminate. President Roose-
 welt, of all men. has sounded the
 alarm. and it is 10 be hoped. likewise
 sounded the death knell of this Wilson,