Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
FORD GIVES BONUS
OF S1O,OOO,O0O TO
$4,000 EMPLOYEES
Workers Also May Buy Certifi
Gates Paying Interest Based
on Profits.
PLAN EFFECTIVE JAN.

Dc4roit Mich. Dee 3i.-Henrv
Ford. and his son, Edsel, president OF
the Ford Motor Company, today an
nounced n plan whereby between S.
100000 and Sl0000,000 viii lie dis
bursed in bonus money, and an oppoT-
tunity be presented 70 every Ford
worker TO purchase Ford Investment
certificates. These certificates are To be
issued n denominations OF Si00. 5000 and
81 900, and the employees VIII receive
interest based on the yearly earnings Of
the Ford Motor Company This will
affect approximately ai.00o Ford work
ers throughout the United states En-
ployes in the plants OF foreign countries
are excluded in this plan
The cash bonus OF virtually $4,000 600
will be PAYABLE beginning January I This
IS based on the daily income and length
Of continuous service with the company
before October l. toli The bonuses
will be distributed 10 employees or daily
wage scale and on salaries 9. less than 500
rser month.
Men hired pr,or TO Oct 1914: SN
dollar man gets . bonus of Sl5p So 10,
xI60; So. So. $40. 81 20 $3.50. - SO Slq0i
- s2DA 81 10. S210, s. Sl S220, 50 70.
$3.50. 50 90. $40, $40 $3.50. $40 4o $500.
S10s0, S270
Men hired prioT 70 ocf |. 1915 range
srom The s6 per day mcn, who received
Sl30 bonus. is the S10S0 man. who ne
rsIved $3.50
The intervening scales ore figured On
'he same basis a> the Two above
Men hired prior 70 oct 1916, Silo
~ $3.50
Men hired p7or . or i. 1917 500
Men hired pror 10 OF /. 1918, SO
Mon hired prior . oct !. 1879 $50 .
The distribution ot profits WITH wages
will continue as III the past, y accord
aucp with niar q .Tnci since January II.
'9f4
The rate q nag IN which a bonus i
based viii IN Ill eases X he rat, vhich
an ernploye II receiving i)cc 3l. 1910.
n case an ompiaye ha5 returned rs
thc conusrv after having iren om a,
hc service for ucriae of flm., fhc
'angth Nj service Nil IL reckoaed from
ht date IF I IS return, cNecpf in ,aSc
of euploVe> who have hcen n govern
'nent or abscnt for reasons tevond hsS
control
Hftlilttt4 tNt'ttist t1N tttF Gt 'fft ltf
lis Yscrs7na representatives ~ cash
niu- lnrereei d.ie thereon Ceu6ra.e-
-,2ndlnc tn Tim namc ST tHc deceased
mpl0se may ccn'. .a4e 81 TIE discretion
of The directors - draw interest ars
oavneut> far TIM hancf.t of h!~ depend
eurs tn, directors reserve II -iei-
10 take up at any time iar cash and ga
the terms stipulated alav, ans or aH
investment certificates heIl h> employees
IL no case vii money withdrawn I'm
enplovee from bank acconnt- I'M sc-
cgpted ID paymcnt, either ii whole ~
in nart, for invest tmcHt certificates
Certificates must IT, paid lar ov' II
hnnus any paw and no tWnloye viii ic
permitted to invest in amount - excess
Of one-th!rd 81 his yearly paE il addition
20 the 1ot;4 amount 90 t.s bonus
Speaking for The Ford organization
Charlie " Frovna0 n4bii-.ty manager
Of the ford Motor Csmnan. md
Within the 'as1 Eear 3enry ford
and hI~ son Fs1-ei acquired f.iI ami
compile ownership aua control af this
company Tn, e-d Vae ~asGaf pth
the purpose n nina of 81 erarfu1 tho
policy If tha company that the rneu in
is empiov m1v na-fI1,natf % a greater
extent than ever befGrt = is prosperity
1t ! believed That -.no.o eeononla
lustice demands hat 4 ETeater portion
ri The earrings should - n pert "a the
mp!oyes and n part toward enlarmnc
the induStr7 tbs policy carried o1t
vlll mean tnat more men Will be gwen
~ opportunity L. work With the com
psnv and - participate ID rs benefits,
and that those employees who remain
NTH the company VII share increasingly
II its earnings.
1T ha- been deelled "a p11 INTO e.
feet at once some of the p!sns which the
owners of she bas.n-s, hsve ha3 IN
mind All tbs. II Is proposed to do
c-nnot he doae - once Il Mas sIg-
eested ii yIew Il ths recent purchase II
re holdings . III minority >Ioekhoid.
ers and the groa. financial obligations
insured tke-rbE tha5 +. wouid III weI
~ postpone ipaugutaIn9 7he more lin
eral polc,. toward employees f3r another
rear. This slegastlaI. was me- vlth
statement We are eosns 10 Do some
;hDg NOS ae ean u.ahe start 4n3
then deyeloq and enlarge orr pianS 4.
conditions perm. and 50 . bennai0e
vi be mad o. January