The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-05-02
Some a tie Har Activities Of The
FORD Motor Company.

Without goIng into particulars. The
following Items will give some idea
OF the value the Ford Motor Com
pany xaz 70 The Government OF The
United States IN IL call for the sineHa
OF war:
/ More than 2.o00 900 steel helmets.
Order Tor Zoo 12-eylinder Liberty
Motors. Over | 100 had been de-
liyered when The armistioe was sign
ed. and they we're just striking their
producing capacity.
10000 GaIzH0nH. mainly for lbb nm.
guns Something over 5000 delivered.
Order Tor - Eagle" boats. 2o0
feet long. = feet beam. Something
like q delivered. when the order saH
reduced 10 g. The balance VIII b
finished b 1ha 1at Of August.
More than 5000 trucks. More Than
$4,000 regular Ford cars. More than
6.000 amhnlanaea.
100000 Cylinders for Liberty No
tora. Because Of the superiority Of
the work IN this article. the Govern
ment placed The order with the ford
Motor Company 10 mako all the Cyl
inders for ii The Liberty Motors
made IN America. Tho original order
was practically completed when the
armistice - signed. and a new or
der for 100000 had Just been entered.
100000 Hearings for the Liberty
Motor Here again the Government
recognized he superior quality OF The
bearings made ~ this Company, and
placed The order with them for all the
= - u 4
made IN the United States. On tn
order over 100000 bearings had been
delivered.
100000 Cylinder Forgings Tor
Liberty Motors. Once again the
Government recognized the superior
fly OF Ford work. and placed orders
with The Company for all the cylinder
forgInga f0r all the Liberty Motors
made In America Over 400 600 had
been delivered.
; A large volume OF experimental
work W. done IN building three ton
military tanks and the Government
had Just placed orders for 900 O
the email. 10 man. military tanks.
and 1000 d he SIX ton. military
tanks. Cancellation came before
more than : dozen OF so tanks had
been delivered. But the foundations
had been laid and the auper-struoture
almost completed for an enormous
building n which they intended MAX
ing tanks alone. OF course. this
building comes IN mighty useful IN
the enlargement Of business.
Motion picture reels In behalf Of
Liberty Loans. He'd Cross and Pa
triotie Fund work we're made BY the
Company md supplied TO The Govern
ment IN sufficient quantities TO serve
the entire United statog 30 Motion
Pictures. Motion picture reels in vol
ume sufficient 70 serve the armies n
the United sIalea In France. Ilaly
and Palestine were furnished by The
Motion Picture Department of the
Ford Motor Company
More ihAn zl.011 900 OF work W.
also done IN the production d
special devices for the Naval Depart
ment Of the British Government
The Government was also furnished
with 20 skilled mechanics for work
in France.
They also. thrf 4Kh their Chemical
Laboratory. eooperated with The
manufacturers Of gas masks for the
United States Army.
An average Of $4,000 men and
women we're employed by the min
factory nj Highland Park. $500 men
at the Snip Building Plant on the
River Rouge. 100 men employed n
the new Blast Furnace in course Of
construction IN the Rouge; $50 men
employed At he Garburetor Plant, or
an average Of 1900 employees. prae=
tically al On 40 per cent Govern
ment work. under 4 standard eight
hour day and q minimum wage Of 5
q day.