The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-06

was camping with President
II. S. Firestone. mo. I'm NJ
pany. | haven't got a job at
Edsel is a quiet. serious-fac
lie is only %. He looks lii
sharply chiseled face, quite
smooth face. brown eyes and
hair brushed straight back.
He walks with n slight stoop
and long strides, like his
! father.
Father put me thru the
MILL" Edsel told me. Nov
I'm at the wheel. ] have been
president two and a half
years. II isn't an easy job.
n realize my responsibilities
now. and in the future. The hard
est part Ia finished. II Is easier TO
run something that has been
oranksd and started and Il running
In high gear.
/ The Ford interests have always
been one-man proposition. And
always will be.
That's why father stepped on.
pnd let me steer I'm playing his
came--doinE things myself when
want them done right
WANTS FORD PLANT
SEl.F.SufT1CIENT
/ Il viii not be satisfied untn our
plant 10 seifsufficient We make
nearly everything that goes into
our cars and tractors We viii pro-
duce everything ourselves except
tires We have good friends who
make tires'
Buying the Detroit. Toledo .
fronfon railroad was . step In that
direction. The railroad was an ad.
vcnfure--and it's beginning to be .
| profitable adventure.
| ITO get maximum efficiency Ne
VII make our own steel We have
our orr mines ana blsst furnaces
and coal mineA And we are going
into cotton
Ed~el sees IN evcn lower
priced cnr In the future. I asked
| him when reductions might
| come.
mot now he snId- but Just
wait . few yenrS. We haven't
goa notwithstanding down 10
tho sriencs We h0pe 70 have H.
| Tho bottom has not bern hit
ye4-
-Eeonomy In prcdurt1on y The
big thing. Thai mcssn do every.
thing yourseif. That's what
wv'rc doing.
$50 fnr We have made 6. 800 900
cars. And right now production II
ahead Of all records. I'm proud OF
thaf--as president Of the com
pany.
PLANT NOW PRODUCES
s.3ss CARS A DAY
This month We are making <.sso
cars q day. And we are doing II
with rs 900 fewer men than II re-
auired to turn out $500 cars day
last year. Then we had 5000 men. |
when We made out our schedule !
of what We wanted TO produce we
had that many men TO draw on. And
we foundry close application OF
economy and system--that we could
do the work with 10000 men,
mo. we are not speeding up the
men think the secret In that
everybody Is over the hysteria Of
abnormal prosperity. We all have
our hearts in our work.
I'VE are on a soundcr bars now. |
Everybody is. That's why we
weashered what many people |
thought was . storm. We got along
without wail Streets money--and
" Wall Street thinks VIC put one
over on them I'm glad OF IT,
BUILDING SPEED BOAT
WITH NEW METAL
The motor car isnr the only
thing that keeps me busy. There Ia
the tractor. And the gasoline troll. |
ley.
And a new speed boat ~ are
building. We are using dcraiurni- |
mum. the German metal. in the speed
power. II will be % feet long and
go so miles an hour.
we are experimenting a lot with |
deraiuminum now that we can make |
IL In this country under an arrange.
mcnt with the alien property custo. |
dian. 1t II lighter. and IL has the |
good qualities Of steel and iron.
though aluminium Is the basis.
Eventually It may solve motor car
problems.
Father hasn't given up the gaso- |
line trolley car. IT has been dor |
mant some time. but recently we
ran one down the D.. T. & I. TO |
Springfield We believe II will
solve many traction problems"
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