The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-08-07
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s Aux Gi am not irVlnr tn hursiti4fr
( ma Wifoae- I'm making h stryc the
I public
That IS the hoit ia -dnwu answer
Horny Fosd ea,a when } asked HIM
to 'cH his magic for nula' Tor curing
Amcrioa's railroad his
Giving two hours ont Of his vac
caiion in tho West Virginia noun
nns with ~ S. fircstonc and Thorn 3
p Edison hu told iuv how after pUg-
chase he rchahiiitntcd me n.TN T. rails
o.id And ht declared chat apphea-
tinn 40 thr Same methods would make
al siek" railroad we'll
We cHl freight and passenger ratea
2N u0r cent ana wD boosted wages p,
solid Ford. AND 80 WON'T take long to
reduce the rltoa 30 pan cont
ALL COULD CUT.
"NH railroads could Gus their rafca
u r No have shown them how
$500 IN niIall thvy WON'T 30 H.
untcr Wan street management tho
uuit eay Tbs, know 10 make msney is
flth,i railroad rafrF--which h. the
poorest way in the world % get husi-
Ford said ho wasn't magician
$3.50 t'duf Wieie maggie wand This
h's recipe
Nacp thc railroad busy ana the
qgWntcut busy and all tho nen ON b.
'irsN
Ou thc H. n g. l. so are rettne
lihpa nne--making nonew whore The
lad never made money before miR-
nr h bsrIu.c the men eve busy and
holr hearts are lu thclr wofk.
We eliminated vusfU and dead
wood All railroads ctr--and Hhould
600 iho Same thine
Furl DECLARED he found enough sftap
( alons Nhc n.. 4 a 90 pas fol Hs
1 purchase.
What IS tho efai thius you would
q, if SOU were given all the railroad
f0 rnne asked him
slash rates boost wapra W D.
d i0t of the men go' q, reulici. "i'd
.oi aomc of ihr men go bnck % tho
farm temporarily They'd Doe OF more
( as, tnore
THINKERS NEEDED.
There are too many men running
4 the railroads who lat somebody elise do
I their thinlinp Ton thcm We want
,n"r who cam thiuk ton themselves
"rhats why made my son. i.dsoi
president OF lho Ford Motor company.
/ HE thinks ior himself
Another thing Is that too many
men lnt titles spoil them. That's why
1 made myself president of the ~.
/ r. a J.
I'm glad 10 say the title OF prcsi-
don't didn't spoil Edsel
j As railroad president Ford re-
ocivos season nassca from other rail-
roads. But be doesn't use them They
Z offer 10 haul hiH private ear free. ne
alwuys pas for a.
"As long as money b. the mollaiu
~ exchange" ho said heliovc d.
ought 10 be used u ! haven't got thc
money 90 buy 10 ought not buy 49,
/ Too bad everybody doesn't follow that
plnn
ono Of Ford'H reforms ON The -
q & ] was to take able men out uf
big motor car industry and let them
run the railroad.
TOO MUCH TRADITION.
I "a iot 81 railroads would o., better
off if they adopted pot along that
lime ho said There e. too much
I tradition ~ the railroads--doing
I fhings I'm old fashioned ways
What did We ever know about rail-
foads-eNcopt To ride ON EN- Yet
WoNo Eot our read organized 40 that
inside ot ya Il ls making mon ~
ANY railroad could bc put on ~ feet
in that time
The oid-iashionod method Ia rum
nins railroads--pnd In lots OF other
bt sinesscs--is to DO as little aH you
c,n and get the most money as fitst as
poasihip
II see a new era dawnine with this
creed TO as much as you can. eci
mall returns, ana serve tho most
i,ople-aud the money viii come in so
fasi you Won't know whore its eommg
nnm---it viii uudnto you
TOO MUCH MANIPULATION.
asked Ford whit ne Thought waa
thc matter with American railroads
gro much stackhuldor o., replied
promptly. - mean too much Wall
street manipuiation-and too much
weight So the rolling stock.
Fundamental principles must pol
changed Designs must hc made fof
hsltci ipllinp stoch
dom believe u government own
ishir brcauHc what la every budy
haiuDst 90 nohodys husmcss Thurc
should be O private coordination of ana
fhc uihQad systems.
Railroads have been managed s.,
stockholders who onS feutv how
much thcy c.n SGT uut 90 thcm ior tho
moment uot what they can du iu tic
nllYU
$50 am uet asaina, q great maas
sd stu holuers ID they arl The riaht
tind The rlght hind of stockholdor