Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-21
MUSCLE. BRAINS AND CAPITAL.

The Socialists are very fond Of saying that the
worker is entitled to the full value Ct all that he pro-
duces. That is a correct theory; but the Socialists so
farther. Declaring their policy in this sentence. they
elaborate it to the point where. if their demands were
met, those whom they call the workers would receive
not only the value of all that they produce but the value
of all that others produce, together with the accumulat-
81 NET all that has been produced before their time.
ssens impossible to disabuse some minds Of the
Il H2S a that only those who labor do so with their hands.
ElaApr is useful, necessary, and highly important
AN6asa share in the production Of everything Of
- ffAHss AA6.ts entitled to its due recompense. But with
III EEuxhAr tabor, that of a manual character would pro-
HadE M8MSTy little. Back Of all of the great enterprises that
aA1es~HWfId has seen. there is not only the power OF muscle,
out the power of brains. The latter power lacking, the
5fr1ner would be almost helpless. And there is still
mother element which has been found necessary in the
dvancement Of the worlds progress; namely, that of
enital.
Capital is in other words the accumulation Of sur
us produced by labor, both of hand and brain, which
made available for still further production. A striking
1ustration of the work of these three elements Is found
i the career of Henry Ford. Mr.. Ford was a mechanic.
APPARENTLY a very capable one in a small way. Pre-
:aarnably, he was able to do As good a days work as the
1t man. He was faithful and ind strious. He seems
.oshave had no habits which interfered with his enec-
ivencss as a manual worker. Had he been all of this,
nd nothing more, there would have been no Ford su-
grnobile. Hundreds OF Thousands Of people would have
cen denied the use OF that very democratic and service
able vehicle. Henry Ford, the mechanic, could not have
snrodueed it. Ford had a vision. 1t was q vision of a
better engine for certain purposes than had yet been
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distribution according to the most modern system. Into
the work of developing that vision into a reality, he put
not his hands but his brains. and ont Of his thought
came the conception Of his great automobile industry.
With these two factors, the work was not yet &C
conplished. Ford himself had not the material with
which to build factories, to assemble metals and ma.
terial Of all kinds, and to command the services Of de-
stgners, experimenters, and artisans. For all Of this,
it was necessary for him to draw upon the Accumulation
of the past; in other words. he had to have money. He
was successful In making his vision appeal to men who
had money and were willing to risk it. He enlisted
some Of these in his infant enterprise. He and those
whom he associated with him, by the exercise Of their
brain power. made the small enterprise grow into a
larger one. Still more capital was needed and was OBJ
etained. So, through the years, capital, brain work, and
sths skill OF the hand combined to produce q result
which has been highly beneficial In very many ways to
the entire nation.
II the, doctrine Of the Socialist, who demands that
the manual worker ahal receive the entire product upon
which he works, were true, there would have been no
Ford car. Mr.. Ford 10 making millions Of dollars .
ysas. According to some theories, he ought TO be in
the penitentiary for doing %. The tact Is that he 10
Saccsnanlatins capital which may be used later in the
fuEthlr promotion Of the industry which he himself has
esahnshsd, or IN realtxns the vision Of some other man:
ara a eithAr Gaze. the world viii be benefited.