South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-26
THE FORD RECIPE.


proposes for the successful operation Of the rail-
roads It IL worth more than passing notice.
viewed only as a new vagary dream OF this great
production master.
Il Is a huge chunk OF dynamite thrown at the very
foundations Of our present social order.
II Ford be right II his methods the correct
solution then there must radical change OF
viewpoint, only in regard to the transportation
question but for all industry all inheritance
laws
Finance Is a failure says Ford. The purpose Of
rairoadinz is to carry goods and passengers and
tremendous tolls are taken for bookkeeping, for
lawyers fees. and for dividends.
Ford declares that dividends the big burden
which the public bears that dividends must be
eliminated Instead he would have every worker
have a direct interest the a proprietary
interest In his working tools.
II has a familiar sound this remedy, but
before from the lips Of a master OF industry.
Let Mr.. Ford speak:
..of course IL such course were attempted
we could expect q great outcry for the protec-
ton OF invested capital. 1t would be said peO-
pie bought these stocks for the financial pro-
lection of their families, their children PrOtec-
ton from what? From the necessity of earning
their living. Their children would be better of
If they had to finance themselves"
In this statement he reaches to the very founda-
He denounces by Implication, all interest. all rent
ell dividends when he declares that the time honor
ed plea for the widows orphans dollars is
but an insurance against necessity of their
ing a living.
It means and means clearly that Ford believes
that every human being should his living
and that our present system of providing income
from stored up labor. the OF carital, is in
berenty wrong.
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dren would better off if they had finance them
selves.
The welfare of the and nation the govern
ing factors in all lzation-and be wrong for
children to be financed through railway stocks.
equally wrong for them to be financed through in
herited inherited factories. Inherited dollars in
any form.
: It that society must to Mr.. Ford that
the welfare of his son. Edse demands that the great
Ford fortune shall be returned to the state to
the workers his own plants to the entire auto
industry and Edsel left to look for himself.
It means that the caring of widows should become
a state affair and not matter of concern for the
who makes a will and dies happy in the thought
that his loved ones are provided for.
Garry it as much farther as you like along the
road which Mr.. Ford points the way to happi-
nees. road upon which Karl Marx Lenine and
Bill Haywood have left deep mprints as they passed
Tn Will be hearty approval of that part OF
Ford's remedy which demands that~railrOads be
riers not bookkeepers and lawyers
The public viii look with interest upon an eff
cheney Elan which reduces the OF transporta-
ton. whether it be by cutting out the Ioafers
offices. the loafers along the tracks, the loafers
on secret salary lists
The public viii welcome a scientific plan Of
, operation which Will reduce the elements of waste
and which viii hurry deliveries.
In those fields. where Ford has had experience.
he speaks authoriativey and the suggestions OF this
Industrial expert deserve attention.
When Mr.. Ford gets into the realms of economic
discussion It is very likely that he does not stop
20 analyze his own theories. If he has and knows
the fun effect of his declaration against dividends
on railways he must know that the logical end is
the repeal Of all inheritance laws. industrial
communism of all Industry the open and final ac-
complishment of socialism.
every man deserves the full product Of his lab
or Au capital is a burden upon labor" was the
slogan Bin Haywood before he abruptly left this
country Russia
Dividends are protection against children
Ing their living" but a hirnsy paraphrase and
it comes from a man who has uncounted millions
OF his
VIII he he ready to Try It Edsel? That Is
the fna, ties OF sincerity