The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-30
THREAT BY FORD
IS NOT A BLUFF
But Report That En-
ployes Are tofBe Strike
breakers Is Denied
IHERBERT RAPS HENRY
Hoover Says Boost in Price of
Coal Would Only Hike Cost
of Fords $1.50 Per Car

II, the Associated fresS.
DETROIT, Aug. 29.--Reiteration
bst Henry Ford was mot bluffing"
=, his decision to shut down his big
op,omobile plants here .on septem-
nor Is. as part Of a fight against
ub,t he terms a "holdup" on the
80. nj coal brokers and denial OF
,1ri,us reports that other than the
.,si shortage were responsible for
tIs action, we're made today at the
D,trot manufacturer offices.
report from Louisville that
,,beu the $4,000 Ford workers In the
-, district were released on
ss5\nber I6, Ford would advise
mem to take employment with the
.silroads in an effort to break the
,allraad strike, was denied emphat-
ir,uy The statement was termed
r,dIrulous. There may be indi-
ydual cases OF Ford workers an
,icipating the lack of employment
making application for work with
,he railroads" 1t was stated, but
Ford certainly Is not going To advise
,ha men TO attempt to break the
rail strike
Business Best Ever.
Another report that met emphatic
derlal was that lack OF buainess fig
urad in the decision to close the
plants Figures were cited TO refute
i Vyheu the decision TO close the
rlants was reached" 1t was stated,
1--WE we're four weeks behind I'm or
asrs for Ford cars and three weeks
beys1d in orders for Lincoln cars.
Nxhad only Just caught up on or
ders for tractors"
The decision to suspend opera
tlons came, it was reiterated, at
time when the Ford company was
doing The greatest business In its
history. Production figures showed
ElOO cars being turned out daily
against orders for $500 a day. 1t
Was pointed out.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.--Present
coal prices would only adds $3.50 to
ffhe price Of Ford cars, Secretary
Hoover declared today in expressing
the hope .hlt the Detroit automobile
manufacturer would not find 1t nee
esary to close his plants because Of
the price OF fuel.
Hoover said he noted that Ford
considered $3.50 a ton "a reasonable
price for coal, and that the Detroit
manufacturer could obtain it now at
$3.50. Figuring on the basis of
$500 tons OF coal used a day, Hoover
estimated that even under present
prices the increase per Ford car
could be only about $3.50.
legislation now pending. Hoover
aAdaA nrab a hi,, xupn1l rrnyfJa nriga
control machinery that could go into
operation within a few days OF Sep
tembsr Is. the date set by Ford for
shutting down his plants.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 2s,-The
statement of Secretary Hoover that
present coal prices would add >but
$3.50 10 the price OF Ford cars was
chaacterized at the Ford offices
here today as "a trivial and playful
statement for the head OF a govern
ment department to make in a stu
alton as serious as the present one"
II IL quite in keeping with ev-
tryihing that has been going on at
Washington In the present situa-
ton 1t was added.
1 Does Hoover think we should
iurl over 10 the profiteers from 81
100000 to $1O,OOO,OOO that would
be represented in the increased cost
Of coal?" was asked.
The normal daily consumption OF
coal by the Ford plants here ranges
from $500 TO 4,600 tons day.
Unless the Ford company receives
Goa! from an unexpected source, II
Will close all its manufacturing de-
nrtments in the district September
Is.