The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-19
FORD STILL IS
AN DEALIST
Believes Nations Should Set
tie Disputes in Court as
individuals.
NO NEED FOR WARS.
Some Day Farmers Will Tear
Down the Fences and Farm
On Co. Operative Plan.
INV LAppN pEIITI lNGERA
NO NEED FOR WARS,

a billion, and a man with half q
buck"
Perhaps the figures were not 2 :
actly accurate. Henry Ford's WEI :
may be somewhat more or less :
the sum mentioned and the co
pondent who trudges along wit 4
through the rutted country roa IS
probably had more than four in
his possession. But the phr : vas
relatively true. :
After heat, of the big LEI attic
which has kept him on thy I'D all
week, the chief figure in Ford
Tribune 100000 libel / sought
relaxation. .tf
Tets stroll" he suggested as he
touched the shoulder of the CORE
spondent in the lobby OF the Motel
from which, for the time being, Mr..
Ford is directing all his immense in
terests. He was hatless and clad in
thin gray suit of modest cut and
material. So the pair started off.
First mile: The correspondent
ventured something about the peace
fulness of the main street of the
town.
ut is peaceful" Mr.. Ford agreed.
'HThe whole world should be peace
full. l don't mean the whole world
should be as quiet as this. We have
to have cities and we have to have
noise. But the whole world might as
well have as much peace as this par
ticuiar place seems to have.
World Wants Peace.
''Is there any one who, after what
the world has gone through recently,
wants anything but peace? There
may be some--those who profited
from the war; who will profit from
any war, but the people of the world,
the men who fought and those who
remained behind and grieved, those
who saw the awful waste of human
life and of natural materials. Do
they want another war? don't be-
lieye so. But unless there is a stable,
easily available means of settling
differences, fear there will be more
wars and that the lesson of this one
will be wasted"
what method of settling differ
ences would You .suggestT the cor
respondent inquired.
"a league of nations, by all means"
Mr.. Ford replied IF this property
owner whose house we are passing,
has a dispute over that fence right
over there, with his neighbor, does
he 20 out and hire gang OF gun
men to shoot up the neighbour OF
course he doesn't. He goes down there
10 the red bricks courthouse, and a
indre ana jury settles the matter
and he and his neighbor are good
friends again.
"a couple OF states may differ Do
thew arm their citizens and 80
whooping into war? They do not.
They send their representatives
down to Washington and the high
ana learned supreme court adjusts
their differences without loss of life
or a DAVIS productiveness.
What's the Difference,
Now what's the difference. I'd like TO
know. between these two neighbors nav
ing dispute two states having oli,
ficulty and two nations of the world
having a auarrei?s And II the neighbors
and the states can have their af1airs
settled by a county court or supreme
court. why can't two nations have their
difficulties adjudicated by court OF the
world?
II think the man that opposes
league of nations and court OF the
world is all wrong.
Second Mile.
The pair OF pedestrians turned on
into a by-road, At a fence was
farm hand who had just put up his
horses and was having pipe In the
darkness before turning in.
81 look to see in few years" Ford
continued, groups of farmers taking
down their fences. throwing all their
operative basis, each man putting in his
labor and taking out his reward ac-
cording to the amount of acreage he
originally held. look to see farming
corporations organized and shares in
them issued just as is now the case In
manufacturing concerns, These men
will market their products without
middleman. and down will come the
cost of food, since there will be no
exploitation OF it. The farmer will
make more money and the consumer
will pay less for what he eats
Third Mile.
Heading back toward the lights of
the city, Ford began to talk of money
making and money itself.
Everybody should have plenty OF
money" was his encouraging state
ment. Il mean everyone should have
enough money to live comfortably, to
have a decent home. good clothes. suf-
ficient good food to eat, a motor car,
If he wants one, means to travel occa-
sionally and get to understand his fell
lowmen, in other states and countries.
Can such conditions be brought
about?" inquired the correspondent.
ut can, and some day 1t WILL" was
Ford's earnest reply.
Increased production of the things
people want and need-more people
working, to the effect that increased
production instead of idling or wasting
efforts as they do ni,w-will go a long
way toward bringing about the condi-
ton where each individual will have
means to be far more comfortable than
he now is. NgtE
Employers must learn one great
lesson, and that is the more money
they give to their workers in return
for their production the more produce
ton there will be and the more money
will return to the employer himself. .
II have proved that by paying men
liberal wages and giving them easy
hours of toll they have worked bettei
and harder and they have turned out
the finished product in increased vol
ume. and the have made money for us |
as well as for themselves.
''Will there be a shorter working day |
than eight hours?' Ford was asked.
There willard II will result in equal |
DR. even greater production he replied.
The mixers were now back at their,
1otel,.
'I'tink some OF the things over"
smilingly suggested Mr.. Ford. I'm not |
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