Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-03-02
Visitors Come From Far and Near
to Hear Talks and See the Pic
tures Shown
FARMER MUST REDUCE
COST OF PRODUCTIOl
Prizes Furnished by Baraboo Mer-
chants Are Distributed at Close
of Program

The Fordson gathering at the Al
Ringing theater on Friday could MOI
| have been greater success. The
events of the day were arranged by
Orriel Philbrick and was a triumph
from everey angle. Friends of this
modern farm machine came from far
and near to hear the new points and
to see the pictures,
| Henry Ford Arrested
l There were three speakers to tell
of Henry Ford and his wonderful
machine The first was O. H. Per
kins of Milwaukee who TOLD how
| Henry Ford worked in early life on
his horseless carriage, as he called
| it, how he was arrested from bring
| ing the thing on the street, and how
an ordinance was passed in Detroit
to prevent him from driving his car
] except between the hours Of midnight
and four in the morning. He worked
and worked and had faith that he
would make it a success. He told
Mrs. Ford he hoped to make enough
money out of the device to purchase
the Stevens residence down the
street for a home, the place worth
about $4,000. That was Henry Ford s
! idea of success in his early married
life
At last the car would go, company
was organized to make the autOmo-
biIes, disappointments were faced be-
| cause the banks refused to make loans
on acccunt of uncertainties ais to
the patents, the inventor was often
Sdfseouraged to the point of abandon
ing the idea, but was enmeshed in
the business and must pull out. He
kept going and now has the largest
organization of the kind in the world.
There are 36 branches in the United
States and 10 in foreign lands. AL
though the cost and labor and material
is more yet Ford cuts the cost by
doing more and more OF the work
with machines.
Money has no value in itself.
Wealth is in the ground, in labor,
and in the minds Of men. Money is
of no value except as a medium of
exchange.
Ford had 81 models of tractors but
one that was satisfactory was reach
ed The experimenting cost about
million dollars. But Few changes
have been made since 1917; 1000 are
on Wisconsin farms.
G.. F. Brown stated it was Henry
Ford's idea to reduce the cost OF
production on the farm. Until fifty
years ago little advance had been
made in farm methods in all the centu-
cost. of production by making ma
chimes, do more; at one time all
goods were made by hand. Once the
farmer plowed with oxen, in the south
they use mules, in the north the
horse, and now the tractor must
displace this animal. The remedy for
the farmer is not to be found in con-
gress,, in farm experts, but in re-
duced cost of the work on the land.
Gerald Lynch, GAINESVILLE farmer,
spoke of the fine theatre in which the
meeting was held, of the 160 rich pri-
zes for the occasion, and Of the fine
spirit of cooperation that must exist
at Baraboo.
He said it was mistake to at
tempt to increase the price of farm
products by reducing the acreage.
The south tried this and the idea
was a failure. Farming is one Of the
Oldest arts in existence and one of
the slowest to progress. Fifty years
ago 70 per cent of the population was
on the farm today it is s29 per cent.
The farmers now must do about
three times as much work in order
TO keep the world supplied with food.
In order to accomplish this there
must be greater attention to the
business end, know what crops cost,
and reduce the cost. The speaker
declared the world would not go back
to war prices if it could Ford met
the situation by installing larger and
better machines in his factory, thus
reducing the pay roll 10000. The far
mer must let the horse and hired
man go, use mechanical power. If
he would realize profit 1t took Cy-
rps Mccormick 16 years to get the
farmer to throw away the cradle and
take the reaper; other advanced
methods are now at hand.
Wonderful Pictures
Wonderful pictures showing the