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Herald" of North Dakota, feels.
The Herald says:
"If we had 10 other illustration Of
his peculiar mentality, his equipment
Of the famous peace ship and his send
ing Of that amazing company son it's
amazing errand would be sufficiently
convincing Of the fact that logic has
been left entirely out Of MS makeup.
Hence, it is not surprising TO find that
he adheres stubbornly TO his former
opinion that soldiers are murderers
and that he does not exclude even
Generals Pershing and Grant from this
category
"a millionaire tinker is what
THE Morning Oregonian,' of Port
land, Ore, calls Henry Ford. This
paper says:
Henry Ford's appearance as wit
ness in his libel suit against The Chi
cago Tribune has torn the glamour of
romance from him and exposed his ex-
ILt4I4tA- IaIlOH AlLlIlAl4OUS 10 IQc puD-
lie view. He has read quite a little
history and regards it as bunk, yet he
presumes TO have opinions on peace
war and preparedness, though we'll di-
gested opinions on those subjects can
not be formed without knowledge OF
history and without reasoning from its
teaching. He is too busy making auto.
mobiles to formulate the expression Of
his so-called opiniona. so hires man tc
DO it for him, ana he biindly sign.
whatever this man writes and as blind
ly accepts esponsibility for it. Hs re-
CARDS music, and art as bunk but is
beginning to have little appreciation
of them, and in music has progressed
80 far as to like the banjo. He con
fssses ignorance Of many thinsa
though he has ma6e a great success, al
making automobiles"
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Is History "Runk''?

That Mr.. Ford is not without
notable support in his opinion that
history is bunk" is the subject Of
an editorial in "The Chicago Even
ing Post" This paper, however,
after citing few quotations from
Napoleon and Lord Chesterfield, goes
on to say:
And yet, history is not to be rele-
gated 50 easily to the attic Of futility
Il Napoleon were here to-day, he
might be willing to revise his verdict
The fate that has befallen his successor
in world conquering ambition suggests
tina. Wilhelm might have studied the
fable Of Napoleon to better advan-
tase than he did.
"History must be distinguished from
nistories' There are too many of the
latter that merit the Fordian adjcctive
But history itself, as it Is found in
-Ae contemporary records Of events,
in the journals of the inconspicuous as
we'll az Of the great, in state papers
and in the private documents that note
the everyday transactions Of everyday
people, in the words Of Lamartine,
teaches everything. even the future.
eve are dependent, it ia true, upon
the intelligence and fidelity to fact Of
those who do the work Of research and
report their findings; and we can profit
from the results Of their efforts, how
ever excellent, only to the measure of
our own capacity for understanding and
application. But this ia largely true
of any other branch Of knowledge.
"To-day there are thousands Of men
and women engaged IN historical re-
scarch-men and women who have pre-
pared themselves for it as a lifework
oy years Of study 1t is less easy TO
falsify history than when scholarship
was restricted to the few Too many
vigilant eyes are busy; too many minds,
Jealous Of Clos reputation. are dig
ging In the musty data that, IN spite Of
their mustiness, preserve the spirit Of
the past. Whatever may have been the
defects Of the history available to
Johnson or Walpole or Chesterfield, we
are not to-day without sources of
knowledge upon which we can rely
with confidence and from which we may
derive wisdom invaluable for our
guidance.
Judgment based upon history Is not
infaliblc, but judgment that has no
historic basis limps badly and will
stumble into many pitfalls"
That Mr.. For3a's devotion to his
regular business is the chief cause
for his apparent ignorance upon
many subjects which an ordinary
school child has a certain familiar
ity with is the opinion Of "The New
York Times" This paper also points
out that this ailnent is not uncom-
mon among very successful business
men. Says "The Times:
Mr.. Ford's ailment is not uncom-
mon among very successfui business
men. 1t IL not so much vanity as 1t
/ is assumption. The victim Of the dis
ease comes TO believe tina. having ac-
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Candidate for Senate

The Baltimore News" takes a
somewhat different view of the
case, and points out thai Mr.. EorG
was the man whom President vii
son would have had represent the
State of Michigan in the United
States Senate. Says this paper:
'Mr. Ford - evidently q genius in
the matter oY quantity production Of
automobiles, but is there man who.
ir view of his exposure Of his lack
of knowledge Of history, Of govern
Tent, of the meaning Of ordinary
words, will say that he is fit to legis-
late for great nation? Yet the
President thought so; thought go so
strongly that ne went to almost un-
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complished great things In one prac-
tical line of life, he is qualified to give
an opinion on almost any subject. to
teach other men to do almost anything.
and to reform the world in somo par
ticular manner not at all related to
his own experience. If he fails, if he
makes himself ridiculous, II he wastes
his own money and other peoples time
he sighs that he was right, but that
the world in general was not bright
enough to take advantage OF the op-
portunity he offered"
To Mr. Ford's defence ''The New
York World rallies, declaring that
the test Of ignorance might easily
be reversed were the Detroit manu-
facturer to question the attorney
for THE Chicago Tribune" upon
matters relative to the automobile
business.
Mr. Stevenson questions Mr.
Ford on historical events that every
schoolboy forgets on examination
day" says "Thc World"
Upon mobile armies and other war
technicalitias that did TO. interest the
plaintiff in his pacids. days. Mr.. Ford
hardly shone in answering; but arc
there not many business men, and
even fat-foed professinrals. who would
hayo biundcrcd az badly?
suppose Mr.. Ford, turned qucs-
toner. were to aak Mr.. Stevenson
about ohms and amperes, ignition
sparks and injectors, vncuums and lu-
bricants. tensile and shcaring strains,
tho design differences OF combustion
engines for road work, farm tractors
and lumber hauling? II tho lawyer
runs his own autom obilo he might man
age for . while. but 10 would soon be-
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
His Youthful DAYS

AS has been said, Henry Ford
started with nothing. He was the
eldest Of a family Of six. His
father was an Irish immigrant oc-
cupying q farm in the town of
Dearborn about six miles out Of
Detroit. Hard work on the farm
and occasional visits to a common
school were the foundations oe
young Henry's experience. But even
IN his boyhood he had a distinct
bent for mechanics. He loved TO
experiment with bits Of machinery
There is still sto-y Of q wonder
full waterwheel invented and man
ufactured by Henry that excited the
admiration Of the Dearborn youth.
His school days were Interrupted
by working thrashing machine fer
a neighboring farmer.
Unlike many thrashing machine
operators, Ford evidently thought
Of thrashing machines while he ran
1t, for little later in MS life his
thoughts took the form Of a Ford
thrashing machine that the young
mechanic made and sold TO =
farmer. incidentally, his near-pre-
mier Of Ford contrivances had
drawbacks and it was scrapped as
junk. To-day at his farm on River
Rouge Henry Ford IS the possessor
Of nearly all the parts of the orig
lnal co1trlvances. he traced them
even as far as Pennsylvania anc
brought them back as relics.
While running a dynamo in the
Edison plant at Detroit, Ford spent
his leisure time in making a gaso-
lene engine. Probably his knowl-
edge gained By these experiments
gave han d place in concern called
the Detroit Auto Company, which
after manufacturing one car closed
its doors, but automobile reverse
never discouraged Henry Ford
Considered by many Of his asso.
ciates as simple, visionary
dreamer, he persisted in the idea
that he could make a cheap and
practical motor vehicle. His wife
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weeks and has given to
the country the best op-
portunity for character study it has
had fer long time His mental
processes are analysed at length by
the editorial writer's.
The consensus of opinion seems
to be that the Detroit manufacturer,
who is suing "The Chicago Tribune"
for 100000 for calling him an
anarchist. is, outside Of his own
business, an impulsive, warm
hearted, untutored child with an
active mind and wabbly judgment.
The editors point out that Mr. Ford
does not think consistently, and, not
Icing given to thinking about any
thing but the automobile business.
does not stop to think where he
places himself when ne permits a
literary hired man to flood the coun-
try with literature on Henry Ford's
views Of war and peace.
That he is a well-meaning man is
generally admitted, but outside of
lis peculiar groove the writers feel
tnat he is lost in the great world
C human beings.
And this is the superior wisdom
tat was trying to educate the peo-
lc of the United States" says The
buffalo Express" This paper ther
POINTS out that it is not always wise
Tor a great educator of public opin-
len to allow himself to be placed
lqon the witness stand. 1t says:
The appearance of Henry Ford ir
tis capacity brought revelations which
Ius, have been quite shocking to those
10 have looked upon him as q quail
ted leader and director Of the policies
the United States.
In tie circumstances one can hardly
/. surprised at Mr.. Ford's avowal that
hc IS now strong for preparedness anc
that he is mentally ready for more
var il the league Of nations IS not
adopted. How many others who hav;
been and still are most eager to leae
public opinion along the lines with
which Mr.. Fcrd has been identified
could make better showing if placed
lnder similar examination ~
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Henry Ford Takes the Stand-On Low
His Suit as the
NezUspapers Vie1u 1t

precedented steps in interfering IN the
selection Of q Senator; and to question
the infallibility Of his judgment on
men and measures has come to be re-
garded by some persons as within
what Mr.. Ford, at least, would desig-
nate as treason"
Mr.. Ford's haziness about school
book fundamentals cannot be fairly
regarded as part Of his supposed
equipment for the United States
Senate, The Milwaukee Sentinel
declares, and continues:
"As g Senator, Mr. Ford would bo an
excellent manufacturer Of cheap auto
mobiles and an amiable man. By HIS
own testimony, as above reported, that
might appear about to let him out.
And it is entirely fair to Mr.. Ford
10 say that he consented to run for the
Senate not of his own wish and Volt
ton, but because, as he intimated.
Wilson Wants Me'-most as badly, one
may suppose, as Wilson Wants
Davies
Over in Canada, where Mr.. Ford
has large motor car works, "The
Toronto Mail and Empire" is con-
siderably shocked at the manufact-
urer's Characterization Of profess
sional soldiers as 'murderers. 4"
This paper also takes exception to
the alleged remarks Of Mr.. Ford
about British and French officials
who came over to raise loans dur
ing the war. It says:
"Mr. Henry Ford is one Of the world
authorities on the manufacture of au-
tom obiles. He is man of gentle heart.
and perhaps one of the most popular
employers Of labor in the United States
For thirty years or so ne has concen-
trated his thoughts upon quantity pro-
duction, upon the improve Of his
various patents and upon the care OF
his workingmen.
Having in this time built Up one
Of the greatest manufacturing plants
IN the world, one may safely assurnc
that he has not had much time to dc
vote to matters outside Of his particu
lar business. Nor is assumption a.
ono has TO 30 on. When he makes ;
public address or appears, as he did .
day or so ago, in g witness box, hts w
familiarity with matters that are CON
monplaces to millions Of more obscu1s
people becomes apparent"
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gin to founder in the depths Of an In
nocent ignorance.
The fact Is, of course, that Mr.. Ford
has a vast fund OF useful knowledge,
first-hand, accurate and on tap. All
men are ignorant somewhere; even the
learned DR.. Johnson misdefned a
horses 'pastern' in his dictionary, and
gave ignorance, madam; pure igno-
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rance as the sufficient excuse. Most
Of Mr.. Ford's critics could easily be
tangled up themselves IN an examina-
tion directed by skilled counsel along
lines remote from their daily ex-
perience."
It would De useless to expect
anything in the nature of logic from
Henry Ford, "The Grand Forks
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oh'<a Simple Man

Vet with al the millions that
rolled into his Golfers from every
point in the United States and from
almost every corner Of the globe,
Henry Ford has remained simple
man. His pronouncements and ethi-
cal enterprises TO the contrary, ths
great multimillionaire Of Americas
quiet and urassumiy. &, dispensing
much charity and saying very lit.hs
about IL ,
For many years his house wss
small and simp'a. Unit a few y.srs
ago his serva, IS amounted In onyv
two in number In the very summit
Of his greatness 9drs. Ford once told
caller that she, had spent the en-
tire afternoon ia darning.
Light. aud Eth and in excellent
physical conditi0n, despite the ap-
proach Of sixty years. Henry Ford,
associates have sensed an iron firm
ness beneath his mild, nature-lovinp
disposition. They contend that tho
success of his enterprise is due
mainly 10 his stubborn, undaunted
enaratter and to disciplined tenacity.
he viii not be slietracked whsn
ne thinks lie is right" an intimate
IRE ad once said Of him. "and to this
fact IS larvclv due the success Of the
Foyd machine. Once he was ~
turning from trip to Duluth. and
While in the middle Of Lake Erie
something happened TO the engine On
the boat Nine expert engineers
worked Unsuccessfully for forty-fiys
minutes endeavoring to repair the
9amare- Ford stood silently watch
ing' and when it seemed as though
nothing else could be done but send
oot wireless call for help. Ford
stepped up. picked up two pieces a
pipe and IN fifteen minutes had sa,s
repairs made.
Well, by heck said the chise
engineer, IT'S stronger now than
when it was new"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

Clara Bryant, belieyed he could.
too, and Henry Ford always gives
her credit for his success. He al
ways consulted her about any Of
his new automobile plans. Thus,
about thirty years ago, when Of .
Sunday Ford expressed his wiah 70
design new motor car, Mrs. Ford
did not discourage him.
On the contrary, she brought him
a sheet of paper on which to draw
his plans, but II proved too small
and Henry Ford drew his modal
on the back of piece of sheet mu-
sic. That was seven years befcr 4
any auto was built, but the mo Az,
on the sheet of music paper ,>v.s
almost the exact picture * the
Ford as 1t stands IN the >oxe.ant
market. Since then salesff <sn have
come to him often with r.occc ,e;crs
Nfor more modern linz s. and Ford
has always listened .arefully. as he
listens TO all sugges .tions. However.
his final verdict almost invariab,e.
NO. stree. Bud" says Henry
ford' ther III be no fussinsss a.
tar as de gorations go on the Ford
car
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A Ford Dictionary -nnd Webster

Here are varoap definitions offered by Henry For
from the 7ceu k7aoOn family dictionary:
Henry Ford's Definition
A,o~os,x Anarchy opposing the government; throw
~&AAssS IA y ing bombs.
War: Wsr is murder
Mobile Army: Al 5p06s a army is large army 9b
History: History is bunk"
sTo.E,s An idealist who make people
A~AA'0~' and happy.
Monroe doctrine: Wessn as9rf emsphere ni1re 'e' the
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

II n ENRY FORD has been on
the witness stand for two
weeks and has given to
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from Poor Farmer B0v
To Third Richest Mar,

I WAS quite while ago that
Detroit first had troubles with
Il automobiles, long before it
gained the enviable reputation
OF possessing one automobile to
every eight Of its large and indus
trious population.
Twenty-three years back. in those
dim days when horses SHE'D even at
bicycles, who should be driving
along, in and out among the horse
drawn conveyances Of the Michigan
metropolis, but Henry Ford and his
wife for their evening airing?
Henry Ford was IN a buggy, too.
The only difference between his
and the other vehicles was that the
Fords had no horse, and the pedes-
TRANS who possessed a sense of
humor didn't advise them to get
horse either Automobiles were
still too new for that. Instead, the
usual number of sarcastic remarks
were exchanged regarding the motor
buggy that Henry Ford had invented
out IN the bicycle shop in his barn.
Somebody had called it Ford S
Folly" and the name stuck. Then
almost everybody in Detroit called
1t "Ford's Folly" But unlike some
efforts Of mechanical genius, Ford 5
first Ford was capable of motion.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

TIEN the Wod Flag" designed
NV the recently for "The
Mr. Ford aboutit
it, replied the manufacturer
small emblem possession
Marquis
said hoped there would flag war
"and that Il would all
wordd to md
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

the 1cjtness stand compared 1ph usual ones
Noah Webster's Definition
Absence Of government; society where there
law power.
A between nations and
An army capable of being moved fixed place
condition.
A systematic written account Of events
expectations.
policy that the United States will regard unriendy
extension of European systems to this continent
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His First auto accident

L
1t was moving down the st
when it collided with bicycle. So
effective was the collision Tat it m
set the cyclist, and the motorized
buggy passed over him. and thus De-
trolt had it's first aa'tomobile acci-
dent. Something had gone wrong
with the Ford brakes, but right here
one Of the beauties of light con-
struction which still is a part of a
Ford car was manifest. The man
was unlnJured. He persisted. how
ever, in claiming damages for his
wheel. A long conference ensued
and finally Ford decided that all h
could manage to pay was $40
Only twenty-three years ago-anc
to-day Henry Ford is suing for dam
ages to the tune Of 81 100000.
In short twenty-three wears
Henry Ford, by means of his own
individual skill as an organizer and
Dy MS own resourceful genius, has
contrived to rise from the bicycle
shop IN his barn to manager of an
industrial plant which in the heyday
OF the war covered a larger extent
and employed more men than the
huge Krupp plants at Essen. Start
ing with no assets but his hands and
brain. Henry Ford succeeded after
only fifty years Of his life in amass-
ing such fortune that in 1915 he
was reputed to have the third larg
est income tax in the world. Such
are some of the astounding features
IN the career of the poor mechanic
IN whose brain developed motor
fed vehicle that was within the
reach Of all
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-10-25

The Hagenbeck Wallace Show
is the most wonderful circus or
ganization in the world. In reali
ty there are two separate shows
Carl Hagenbeck's collection of
trained animals and the Great
Wallace Circus. Several years
ago the two shows were combined,
yet one tickets admits to every
thing. The Hagenbeck- Wallace
circus will come to Lafayette
Thursday Oct. 30 for performances
at 2 and s p. m. The monster,
all new street pageant, will leave
the grounds at 10 O'Clock on the
day Of the exhibition.
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One of the sweet occupations of
old age is recalling the scenes and
occurrences of ones youth. So
try to store up as many pleasant
recollections as possible for a fu.
ture supply. Among the happiest
will be found those of the good we
did for others, and the innocent
fund we enjoyed.
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are 5000 white children OF educa.
BILE ago in the parish. The en-.
rollment In the schools at thu
close of last session was 1000 and
at the end of the first mouth this
session tho enrolment was 1922
Tho schools are now ovsrcrowdsd
and Cannot accommodate moro
children. What are we going to
do with the 5000 who arc now ont
OF schools? W. are educating
2 3 of our children; Is it fair. or
oven safe. in view Of tho present
alarming conditions of social uu.
rest In Other parts of tue country.
to allow 3 5 Of our children to 70.
main away from the schools?
Would We not be doing the Just
thing it We would provide place in
the schools for them? Hav. We
any right to turn them away from
tho doors of the schools and dsnv
them tue opportunity of becom.
ing better and useful citizens?
But the rural sections arc not tho
only soctious whsrs inadeq date
facilities are offered children. At
st. Martinville We arc using tho
basement for classrooms aud tho
other rooms are filled to such an
extent that it is both uncomforta.
bic ank unhsalthful. At Bresux
Bridge we have recently had to
call upon the Mayor Of the Town
to loan the school Board a small
building owned by the munlcips.
llty for school purposes. This
building, together with another
frame building arc now being
used to take care OF many of the
students who have applied for ad.
mission in the Breaux Bridge
school. These buildings wsre not
built for schoo! purposes aud
serve tho purpose very poorly in.
deed. The writer invites . care.
ful inspection of both of the High
school buildings in the parish a.
an evidence of the correctness of
the above statement.
The school tax and issue called
Tor Will amount to very little each
year, less, in fact. than the cigar
bill OF many of US. Tits the hope
Oh tho writer that the friends of
education will unite in an entbu.
'lastIc effort to carry this election
ma give tho children adeu usts
facilities tor training in tho
schools. The tax in school district
No. y at St. Martinvills expires
his year. \
W. G. PERRAULT, Supt.
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the word YES; to vote against it.
place a similar mark ~ the square In
mediately below thu word No.
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS.

Proposition to incur ,iebt aud
issue bonds Of the ST. MARTIN Pa
rish School District, Ct ST. Mar
tin Parish. Loui lana. IN The
amount Of Three Hundred Thou
sand Dollars (S300.000 00l, To run
thirty years. bearing Interest IL
the rate Of five per cent per an
mum. the interest being rayaLir
semi-annually; for tie puipnse #
constructing additional pub IT,
school houses. in the 50 Martin
Parish School District aud TO ac-
quire the sites which may he
needed for The er, ctiou il! the said
addstiOnal public sch''ol huu-es.
aud tbe title whereof shall rest in
the st. Martin Parish Sciluol Dis
trict.