Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-05-12
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Selection Of Jury Will Con-
sumo Little Time Be-
cause Of Counsels'
Agreement.
WHAT TRIBUNE SAID
scathing Charges Made
Against Millionaire
Manufactures.
WHAT TRIBUNE SAID
(By The Associated Press. J

(By The Associated Press.)
Mount Clemens, Mich, May 1o.--Se
lection eof jury to try the 81 ,OOO, OOl
/, libel suit of Henry Ford against the
Tribune Company, publishers Of the
Chicago Daily Tribune, was expected
to consume comparatively little time
it was said when the trial opened here
today before Judge James G. Tucker
in the circuit court of Macomb county
This expectation was based on. a slip
ulation entered into by respective
counsel some time ago whereby q
struck, Or special, jury, was agreed up
son. BY this plan the judge himself
strikes "a names for the panel of 4s
called. Twelve more are eliminated by
the parties at issue. This leaves Il
men in the box for examination and
acceptance or rejection in the usual
manner. II all Of these are not ac.
ceptable to both sides, the judge sum
mons others whom he deems likely to
be fitted for the task. f &
The alleged libel was published in
the form of an editorial in the Tribune
on June %, 1916, when the subject for
preparedness for war, by reason Of
American troubles on the Mexican
border, and the widespread belief that
the United States would be drawn into
the European conflict, was being dis.
cussed by public speakers and in the
newspapers.
What Tribune Said.
The editorial, which was headed
"Ford Is An Anarchist follows:
! Inquiry at the Henry Ford Offices
in Detroit discloses the fact that en-.
ployes of Ford who are members of OF
recruits ~ the national guard will lose
their places. No provision will be
made for any one. dependent on them
Their wages will stop, their families
may get along m any fashion possible,
their positions will be filled, and if they
come back safely and apply for their
jobs again they, will be on the Same
footing as any other applicants. This
is the rule for Ford employees every
where a.
Conformation was refused as to the
number of American soldiers unfortu-
mate enough to have Henry Ford as an
employer at this time, but at the De
troit recruiting offices it was said that
about seventy-fve men will pay this
price for their services to their couil-
try.
Ford Indifferent.
"Mr. Ford thus proves that he does
not believe in service to the nation In
the fashion soldier must serve it.
If his factory were OH the southern
and not the northern border we pre-
sumo. lie would feel the same way. We
do not know precisely what he. would
do il Villa band decided that the
Ford strong boxes were worth opening
and that it would be pleasant to- see
the Ford factories burn. 1t is evident
that it is possible for millionaire
just south Iof the Canadian border to
be Indifferent to what happens just
north of the Mexican border.
IF Ford allows this rule of his
shops to stand he will reveal himself
not as merely an ignorant idealist but
as an anarchisfic enemy Of the nation
which protects him in his wealth.
Scathing Charge.
"A man so ignorant as Henry Ford
may not understand the fundamentals
of the government under which he
lives That government is permitted
to take Henry Ford himself and com
mand his services as soldier if ne
cessary. 1t can tax his money for war
purposes and will. 1t can compel him
to devote himself to national purposes.
The reason it did not take the person
of Henry Ford years ago and put 1t in
uniform is, first, that 1t has not had
the common sense to make its theoreti-
cal universal service practical, and, sec
ond, because there have been young
men to volunteer for the service which
has protected Henry Ford, for which
service he now penalties them.
s'IIe takes the men who stand be-
tween him and service. and Furnishes
them for the service which protects
him. The man is so incapable of
Thought that he cannot see the ignom-
my of his own performance.
'-1'he proper place for so deluded a
human being is region where no gov
efnmcnt exists except such as he fur
nishes. where no protection is afford
cd except suc! as he affords, where
nothing stands between him and the
rules of life except such defepses as
he puts there.
sSuch a place, we think, might be
found anywhere in the state of Chi
htahua, Mexico. Anywhere in Next
co would he good location for the
Ford factories.