Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-03-26
Henry NJ. Leland, builder of Liberty
a slipshOd job? Famed by the abnO
By Len G. Shaw.

BY Len u. Shaw.
IF out of the world war there
comes to the young men of America
the lesson of the necessity of lnltIa-
tive and thoroughness in everyday al
fairs, lust as there was IN whipping
the Huns, then there will be another
reason why the struggle overseas and
the sacrifices It involved will not have
been in vain, so far as this country
is directly concerned"
That is the conclusion reached by
Henry NJ Leland, of Detroit, veteran
manufacturer, militant patriot and
student of men and affairs.
My hope is that we are to enjoy a
lasting awakening from the careless
states into which we as . nation had
fallen"
Mr.. Leland Is not the pessImist one
might Judge him to be from the fore
going. On the contrary, he is an OPP
timist of the positive type, who, with
three-quarters of q century Of actlvi-
" behind him, looks out on the world
through kindly eyes.
Mr. Leland has for man years
been a large employer of labor. His
interest in even the humblest of his
employees and particularly the yOun-
7 ger generation, has been unfiagging.
/ As the head of the Cadillac Motor Car
/ Company he was an inspiration for
every ambitious man in the institu-
ton.
As president of the Lincoln Motor
! Company, which position he occupies
today, he was an inspiring figure in
the activities that followed our entry
into the world war, and the record
that concern established under his di-
rection promises TO stand for a long
time.
All Of which is set down here as
proof that Mr.. Leland is not an arm
chair theorist, but a militant captain
of big industry.
The fact that for more than half q
century from the very early days OF
his apprenticeship as a machinist, Mr.
Leland has followed a straight course
which has given him a worldwide
reputation, adds weight TO his mes.
sage TO the young men Of America.
Back in ante bellum days, when as
a mere boy he began work in a ma.
chine shop in a Massachusetts town, &
foreman picked up a piece of steel or
which the youth thought he had spent
all the time necessary. Holding il il
front Of him, where the budding me
NAAaAlAE. AOpE4AA u a "OTU OF com
mendatlOn, could see the operation
re ran a finger along one edge. anc
: withdrawing II displayed a cut. from
which blood trickled.
Henry" he remarked quietly. and
the apprentice whose hope Of prais,
was thus rudely shattered recalled af
terwarG that there was no trace o,
anger IN his tones, "a machine lob /.
J never finished when YOU can cut
yourself on il"
Then he passed on. and as far as h,
was concerned the incident was clos
ed.
Not 50 the young apprentice.
? That admonition lodged In the bacl
Of MS head, and he determined ther
and there that no one should eve
again nave occasion 10 crIticise M
! work
- The records show that he nor,
tnan made good on this resolve.
( 1t 5 fact greatly 10 be regrette,
l that for years We have been sim
ping went OF the veteran. II sar
tins n all charity, for my faith +
: mankind Is Just as strong TODAY a.
{ ever.
This decline has been due IsrgaI,
. me changed conditions IN every In,
which the passing time has wrought
y Is human nature 10 work alon,
Z the line Of least resistance. tbereFgr.
"nE take pains when y0u could eet 81
with a slIpshod job
This spirit. famed BIZ the ab7o-
illa- prosperity We haze IN igvas -,
EsAfs' has lad hold Of CIR young men