New-York tribune., 1919-01-10
Only for Sentiments on
His Own Page Will He
Be Responsible, He Says
Contains No Advertising
First Issue of ''Dearborn In
depcndeni'' Gives Cause
of War as Selhshncss
Special CorrespoNdenco

"The Dearborn independents" Henry
Saturday morning 1t will be 16-
page publication, the size Of the sheets
il by 16 inches, and the outstanding
feature, from publishers point of
view, is the fact that it will contain
OF line of advertising matter Just
solid reading, with an occasional half
tone or cartoon.
Mr.. Ford's object in printing the
weekly paper, as outlined in the first
issue, is to point out to it's readers the
opportunities that lie everywhere
about them, and advise how they may
be used to their best advantage. 1t
seeks to stir ambition and encourage
Independent thinking.
One page, to be known as "Mr Ford's
Own Page will endeavor to explain
these opportunities, and his first article
is along these lines. He also pays his
respects to present day industries and
Speculative capitalists" and has not
forgotten to mention what, to his way
of thinking. started the great war-the
world was simply infested with selfish
ness, we were piling up mountains of
munitions, great mountains of man.
killing tools. And then it happened
ut was as if the Almighty grew tired
of it and swept it all away" said Mr..
Ford.
tractor Offices upstairs, and some pom
derous machinery back a bit, room has
been made for the Office, composing
room and press of THE Dearborn Inde-
pendent in the tractor plant. News
papers and farm tractors viii be turned
out Simultaneously from the same
room, the noise of the printing press
and the tractor machinery blending
into continuous hum. On the office
wall hangs n blackboard covered with
figures, subject to change with every
incoming mail. 1t sohws the subscrip-
tion list to number just $4,000, all
paid up.
BE it understood" says Mr.. Ford,
"l wish to be held responsible only for
the views expressed on my own page
Other writer's will bear their own re
sponsibility.'
The paper SAYS:
"Successful persons often say that
opportunities arc just as plentiful as
they ever were - but they don't tell
you what they are, where to find
them or how to use them. Therefore,
the object of this paper, and espe-
clally TINS page, is to go straight to
the point and not deal in glttering
generalities that mean nothing.
For example: If young man
were starting life to-day without dol
lar. and the ideas on which present sue
ccssful organizations are built were
developed by other men, would it mean
tnat there were no opportunities left? !?
Not at all.
"However much we have been able
to do, there is still so much to be done,
so many new opportunities to be devel-
chancc to do something worth while.
Opportunities Plentiful
There are thousands of new start
ing places waiting to be discovered.
There are thousands of needs waiting
to be filled. There is great reward
waiting for any one who has ewes to
see lhe need and ability to meet it.
"Opportunity? Why, opportunity is
the cheapest and most plentiful Of all
our treasures. Like rich virgin soil, it
only waits to be found and used.
ms paper exists to spread ideas,
the best that can be found. 1t aims
to furnish food for thought. 1t desires
to STIR ambition and encourage indie
pcHuenC tnlnKlng.
"You will find here various writings
from IRON week to week. You may not agree
with them all. I may not agree With
them all. But they will probably heln
us to think. Personally. wish to be
held responsible only for the views
expressed on this page. Other writers
VIII bear their own responsibility.
nave never pretended to be a
writer or an editor, but can talk with
pialn Americans in way that we can
understand each other.
1--WE are in great need of new de-
velopments in industry TODAY for
found many leaks in our industrial
system. We found many businesses
"nlch the government described as
non essential
Labor Being Wasted
hey were wasting good labor and
material in producing things we should
have been better off without.
"lt is a bad thing to make bns;-
ness by making articles that serve no
use. eA'o ~
uaato 10 vast waste material is as bad as to
waste food. 1t is even worse, for we
ra'sc 1000 every year. But who can
create IRON or coal? And it takes n
generation to develop forest.
-" ell, we finally placed many of tho
hoh-cssentlals' under control. Some
"L 'r them ought never to come back
ne only way to prevent it is to crc-
a'e so many new and useful industries
'ha, the other kind will have no place
"A business that makes nothing but
money is poor kind of business
EVcry business ought to contribute to
the daily progress OF the world
II would rather hear that n,.n
made million blows than that ho
made million dollars.
hen money ceases to be tho s;pn
Oh mans usefulness to his fellow men
or the promise of still greater useful
ness to come there is mighty littlo
shtis1act'on in it, no matter how LARGO
the amount may be. 81
Money Unmasks Character
money never makes men. Il does
not even make them over. But il lcaves
mem Tree to reveal what thew roallv
ure' 10 unmask their character W.
sometimes hear it said that mans
money has made a fool Of him. No. if
only gave him opportunity to nrove
'hal nc always had the folly in hin,
=. Inc great essential is to do sore-
Ihing useful. A thing is a 'non-esson-
tar when ii is useless. The onnortnn;
.ies '. thls paper will point out are alonr
the lines OF usefulness. 's
but don't imagine that the world
90 30 gong 10 write out an order to Won
telling what it wants. S'u
"ferhans that is why people are slow
10 PICK up the opportunities. They
m m l.. Il.