The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-11-01
FORD The BUILDER
AN APPRECIATION
FORMER WOLF POINTER, NOW
OF DETROIT LAUDS INDUS
TRIAL WIZARD

1.-THE Herald received the follow
ing contribution from Frank Bliss.
recently of this city and a well known
railroad man,
Detroit, Oct. "a, 1928.
Next month in the State of Michi-
gan there will be a convention to
place Henry Ford's name on the bal
lot of the coming election for presi-
dent.
Who is Henry Ford? Only three
years ago, bounded and seemingly
driven to the wall by Wall Street,
Henry Ford today has $163, 900, 900
in the banks and the greatest and
biggest auto factories and other
plants in Detroit, and many in other
parts not only of America but the
world. Only rs years ago, seeming
ly a very ordinary citizen, Henry
Ford has multiplied his opportunities
and he is today possibly the richest
man in the world. In his great eff
fort and success he never used the
old way of graft and oppression, but
has come to the top taking with him
to a prosperous and proper means
of living, the many thousands of m
ployes that he has on his many pay
rolls.
Henry Ford's system is unique.
He bought a railroad here in Detroit
and literally paid for it out of the
scrap. Nothing ever goes to waste
in his many plants; he utilizes and
makes a profit out of what other con-
Germs throw away. When he start
ed r~ailroading he scrapped the pri-
vate car and demanded a fair days
work for a good days pay from all
alike. and that includes officials as
we'll as workers. Another wonderful
thing with Ford is that he starts his
reform from the bottom, and with
him the so-called unskilled labor has
met his paradise. In taking men in
to his employ all start at the same
pay. which is a great deal more than
common labor can get elsewhere but
less than the mechanics receive at
other places. For that reason many
of the unions damn the Ford system.
A conductor or an engineer on Ford's
trains in their leisure time is ex-
pected to keep his engine polished
and clean and the right of way clean
of weeds, or do any work that the
occasion may require. The minor
officials and superintendent are also
included in his demand for eight
hours work for eight hours pay and
if necessary are requested to push
a broom if there is no more digni-
fed work in sight. With Ford there
are no ornaments. In return he
will acquire a run down property,
paw all its debts. raise the wages, cut
the hours and proceed to make more
millions. Ford is a wizard, the man
America needs today. Only three !.
years ago, seemingly at the mercy of
Wall Street, he has today the neat
of one hundred and sixty-three
dollars as a working fund in {
the Detroit banks, and in winning f
this he has made of Detroit and the {
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ness, a workers paradise, in the {
sense that he gives to all in his en- I
ploy sufficient to live as Americans
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Henry Ford's cap will oon be in
the ring for president. There are t
many vital issues to be before the I
the next few years. Is not I
Ford the man to take the helm and c
rearrange things so that the old ship
IF state may weather the great I'M
-est and reach the goal that all hon
men aspire to-peace on earth a
and plenty and prosperity for all? t
Boost for Ford. His system is the Y
way. He is far from what n