Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-08-24
(From the Philadelphia Public Ledger

('rom the Philadelphia Public LEDGER
\ corporation officer suggests there lesson OF pro-
found importance the American business in what
Henry Ford has done with the Detroit Toledo and ronton
railroad He catalogues Mr. Fords achievements in this
instance under FIVE headings
First Turned deficit into surplus during the hard
period OF the first six months OF 1921.
Second. Reduced the train schedule two hours.
Third Took private away from operating officials
Fourth. Handled maximum OF LEO cars in twelve
hours whereas the maximum had been 200 in twenty four
hours
Fifth Rejected union labor working conditions and
pay and established better working conditions and
higher Fay OF his without recognition OF the
CLOSED shop
The corporation official is right There is impress
iveesson in what Ford has done with this railroad There
also great in what he has done other instances
But with the evidence the Detroit furnishes the
American business inclined to consider him some
what OF freak Clever Yes: extraordinarily clever but
whose methods could not be applied generally 70 the
infinite variety o. industries in this country.
Men are inclined believe their successful flows
have been favord with luck circumstances. They may
say Ford lucky in hitting a type OF that met
wide public favor But it something other than luck
that kept him OF Wall street where all the others Ct his
line landed and something than luck that has
kept him the head OF OF the major industries Tor fiji
years.
More than money is requisite succeedThc greatest
banking house in america embarked elaborate farm
ing enterprise That unusual adventure for
princes and much expected OF it Little nothing
has been heard OF for the last and the
that the disappointing the baniers.
Fords in the railroad field well as the auto
mobile field may be ascribed plain and
earnest attention business He isn't genius. y Mus
does make money
Look the facts. There just much traffic
possible for the Detroit Toledo and ronton obtain be
Ford bought the TODAY In there
But the road did not get the traffic because it did
go after it Five OF the gentlemen who conroll
ed the road lived in New York and dominated the pro ery
Absentee landordslip isn't the best business.
Why, il those "on the job, couldn't they
have done what Ford has done The road is the
rails and ties and and locomotives year
two years ago.
Ford gives all the traffic he controls but ii the
road OF great to him today its managers they
keen, could have made it OF to him ago and
manded his freight Under its old management it lost
from LOCO to $1,000 day and the verge Of nan
ca collapse when Ford took it Now has an oper-
atng profit of approximately 5000 day 1t is
Ford put lot OF money into the property improve it's
physical condition. But the revolutionary thing Of
all his OF establishing the higher wage
scale and a minimum wage OF So day. That,
railroad operators would appear be folly But in this
case has increased the service production of the men
remarkably.
1t is far important for improve their bust
ness than improve their golf
They might do both
Of the two it would be preferable first to study Ford
lie typfes simple, comn,on-sense methods
And those methods apply to golf
lhe wastes in American business especially in distri-
oution are great They have be corrected Ford is
marvel in eliminating Laugh at him if YOU will but
study him. There few like him in the world II would
be well if there many,
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