New-York tribune., 1921-02-20

from MS nome 70 the factory. There
was nothing about him to indicate
anything more than an employee of
the works. It was Henry Ford, the
Dearborn mechanic.
Against Big Cities
In the lengthy talk which followed
in the Office there was nothing about
Ford which signifed his millions and
power. He first sat on a low radi-
ator, which was warm, and then in q
chair. The conversation was simple
and direct, but behind everything
was force, manifested by earnestness
Of tone and emphasized by lean
ing forward and talking directly at
the interviewer. Henry Ford's voice
is gentle.
One of his convictions is that mod
ern cities are unnatural centers of
congestion, where products and labor
are manipulated without regard for
much but gain by those who manipu-
late. Parasites" he calls them.
"Cities cause unnatural unrest in
mems minds" said Mr.. Ford. "They
have created an unnatural condition
which is robbing agriculture of its
man power, robbing both the worker
and the manufacturer of normal hu-
man conditions, and creating the
spectacle of the farmers products
having to be transported to these
great centers to be treated or milIed
or manipulated before they are
transported back again to the smaller
communities to be sold back to the
farmer. These conditions are arti-
ficiaI."
What is the answer?' asked.
Ford's answer was not the reply
Of man who dreams. It was that
his own company, at least, is al.
ready putting into effect the plan 70
relieve cities of congestion and get
industry. labor and transportation
back into the country-into direct
operation. It may make big cham.
hers of commerce shudder. He said:
''The Ford company plans to get
e large part of it's manufacturing
away from the great cities. We
plan, and are already putting thx
plan into operation, to utilize the
waterpower of small streams
throughout the country for making
various parts of our machinery. both
for tractor and car. During the next
few years we will enter many of the
smaller towns and even villages
where the townspeople and even the
farmer, if he cares to, may have ali
the work wanted. This work for
the farmer will come when he is not
busy on his farm and go will add to
his earnings.
THE food raising season is COM
paratively short and the farmer is
to-day slave 70 enforced idleness
and few cows in winter" "a
Easy 10 Make Milk
This brought the inventor TO q
pertinent question about cows. The
reply was equally direct.
'It Is simple matter" said Mr..
Ford, "to take the same cereals that
the cows eat and make them into
milk which is superior to the natural
article and much cleaner. The COW
IS the crudest machine in the world.
Our laboratories have already dem
onstrated that cows milk can be-
done away with, and the concentra-
ton of the elements of milk can De
manufactured into scientific food by
machines far cleaner than cows and
not subject to tuberculosis"
/ asked the inventor If the Ford
company planned to manufacture
this concentrated food, which, he
declared, could not only take
the place Of milk but Of beef.
He explained that no such plan was
contemplated, but reiterated his be-
lief that the day would come when
the farmer can make Ford parts in
q small town factory until the time
comes 70 till the fields. Cows. at
least, Mr.. Ford believes, should not
enslave him in the winter barnyard.
The Ford plan has been working
IN small Michigan town for nearly
two years, Ford disclosed. It will
extend to every part of the United
States in years to come by the ex-
penditure of millions of dollars, he
said Villages viii be aided by the
company in building the things that
villages need to become more livable.
The plan viii even be extended to
England and other countries.
Ffivver Villages Next?
Who knows but that Ford VII.
lagos" may dot The earth. as Ford
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