The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
FORD TOO BUSY
TO MAKE RACE
FOR PERIDENSY
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crises arise, the people so far seem
able to secure man to lead them
who is great enough to meet the
situation.
when a man comes to see me who
says that they will make this man
President and another states they
will make another man President,
begin to wonder who they are, and
when the people asked them to Sc
lect presidents.
Just as long as it doesn't matter
much, people let these fellows run
along, but once the folks make UP
their minds that the situation is Sc
rious. they get what they want.
My interest in politics was never
less than it is today. My job here
at the Ford works was never bigger
or more interesting. We now are
producing 1000 cars a day and by
next year we will be producing 1000
cars a day. l believe the prosperity
of this country is fundamentally
sound. OF course there will De some
pauses and perhaps some slight reac-
tons, but they will not be important
Getting Back to Work.
The people of the country are get
ting back to work, and that is re-
sponsible for present good times If
every man in the country worked six
hours each day, the prosperity of this
country will break all records.
Besides work here in the auto
mobile plant. we are planning an ex-
tension of the Detroit, Toledo and
lronton south of the Ohio riverto our
coal fields in eastern Kentucky and
west Virginia. an addition of about
sixty-five miles and Identification OF
the entire system. We hope to get
government permission to build a
large power dam across the Ohio
near Ironton. which will not only
provide road-bed for the road
across the river. but provide cleo
tric power and in no way interfere
with river navigation. Such road
would give Detroit direct connection
with the coal fields, and insure a GER
tain coal supply.
Jobs like these are worth while
ana are interesting. DO you wonder
that l smile when folks talk to me
about the presidency?
There are two big outstanding
problems before America today that
soon must be solved. One is control
OF the judiciary, the other is solution
of the railroad question.
Lose Confidence In Courts
THE people have lost confidence
in our courts, which have taken over
powers it was never intended they
should have. The railroad problem
is large part of the problem of the
farmer and manufacturer. The Amer
lean railroad systems must be CEN
tralized, possibly under government
control of some character. Rail rates
must be reduced and better service
rendered.
The day of Wall street control
of railroads is over. But as far as
that is concerned, the day of Wall
street control in any efficiently con-
Quoted American business is over
The Ford company never needed Wall
street. The Standard Oil does net
need Wall street. 1 have said harsh
things about Wall street, but there
may have been a time when Wall
street and Wall street banks were
necessary but that's no longer true
in a business that is run on sound
principles. and other business has no
right to exist. The day of Wall street
and the financial supremacy of New
York is about over anyway. The
middle west soon will be the finan-
cial and business center of this
country"