The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-23
EDISON PRAISES
F0RD'S AMBITION
SAYS Manufacturer viii
Accomplish Wonders
for Whole Nation
WILL INSPECT SHOALS
Inventor Will Render Opinion
on Huge Waterpower Pro-
lect and It's Future
Hv ALLAN +. BENSON.
IS. s. sat Correspondent
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ORANGE. ~. j.. Nov. Thomas
A. EU SON BE- sure that Henry Ford
will HH big thing for the south
and f.. the country .a tae Gcvolop.
wta' .' the Muscle Shoals water
project Muscle Shoals Will pro-
duca % million horsepower and rm-
ploy 20 million men, but Mr.. Edison
is rot sure the object lesson to the
nation ,lll not be the biggest thing
abolt
See. Striking Moral.
'Thr duyolopmout OF Muscle
shaaI-" said Mr. Edison ~ mo Iu
his laboratory today, should cause
othp.. tp devotion watcrpowor I'm
other parts Of the country. There
Is enormous power going to waste.
not only 300 the south but an over the
country y water power at work
isrpl. wealth Wheat Is not wealth.
We may uaisc two billion dollars
worth 0ls year and year hence il
will has, boon destroyed But a
water power goes on forever.
"Thnr" are no more Niagaras iu
the country but there are "a great
many small powers that, iu the ag-
grogatos are of great national i'm
porianoe.
iI''IF T. VI - lT INC lAISI man IN
the country who hes had sufficient
Imagination 70 see the opportunity
and take advantage of II.
Big Chance for Farmers.
Think OF the enormous increase
In the man power Of the country
that would result from the giving
10 fam'fs of an opportunity to
work 80 glye months a year instead
OF four Farmers now don't do
much except chores i'm the seasons
when they are not sowing or roam
ing They could Increase their earn
iDgl a great deal IT they were able
10 work in factories when they are
MT farming
The Development of the Industries
that Henry Ford purposes to estab-
lsh at Muscle shoals will not only
give employment 10 hundreds of
thousands OF mon, but 1t wiz in
crease the wages OF everybody else
IL the south
Thomas Admircs Henry.
~ never say anything like Ford's
Restless activity. ] told him when
J saw him Saturday that il there
were 500 men like him in this
country we should all have St. Vltus
dance. He's "A wonder. Hes that I
rare combination of natural mo .
chanic and business man.
What Ford sets out to do he will T.
90, lie permits nothing to stop
him
81 shall be very Interested in visit /
ing Muscle Shoals with Mr.. Ford. /
he told me the other day that he .
would be along with his private car
after Thanksgiving. shall be ready .
Whenever he comes"
Mr. Edison is going to Muscle /
ShoaIs for two purposcs--to give an .
expert opinion with regard to the .
cost OF completing the work on the .
project that the government has be- /
gun, and TO advise Mr. Ford with .
regard to the many electrical and .
chemical processes h. will employ.
, WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-No
recommendations will be made to
'oNsrcss I'm the present session CON
'erhing Henry Ford's offer to take
over the government nitrate plant
az Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Secre-
aty OF War Weeks announced.
no action viii be taken by the
ssG'ernmcnt the secretary said. uu-
Z" 'hi' ford mas made n trip OF
Inspection 10 Muscle Shoals and has
'ttuFh"d To- Washington for another
'ohierencc with the secretary of
Hover.