The Washington times., 1923-03-26
.NO THER WAR
LOOMS, FORD
ASSERTS
Necessary ito Get Things Set
tied" He says-HeaIthy In
dustry Will Follow.

BY GRAHAM CAMPBELL.
Special Correspondent of international
News Service.
Copyright. 1928, by international
News Service.)
DETROIT, Mich, March &c.
Another war is coming-it is
bound to come" was the grim
prophecy made by Henry Ford,
manufacturer and Americas best
known pacifist, in his interview
with the writer. But after the
''next war;" Ford said, America
is going to have healthy industry.
Was Bound to Como.
Ford declared big business" must
be careful in its public dealings in
the future. 1t must have the people
with it; not against it.
II am pacifist," said the manu-
facturer. Everyone knows that, I
guess. am pacifist, because I
loathe war and everything connect
ed with war. But another war Is
coming. 1t is bound to come.
"It has to come-to get things
After that war we shall have peace.
At least, peace with some under
standing. The people-and not the
politicians-will rule. The last war
was not finished. The wrong
people were fighting each other.
War is not something we make, 1t
is a Judgment and destiny thrust
upon US. We are nearly through
that phase. The last sands Of war
are running out.
And what has this to do with
what is industry coming tor
After that war we shall have
healthy business-big business on
such a scale that the world has
not seen. These things are facts.
sound, basic facts. The trend of
the times proves them.
100000 On Payroll.
Think back twenty years and the
concern which employed a thousand
men was a tremendously big or.
ganization. The concern which fur
Eishes employment to a thousand
men today is not unusual. The con-
Germ that furnishes employment to
one hundred thousand men, twenty
years hence, will not be q rarity.
do not know what our employ
ment figures are. That is. do
not know exactly. Somewhere
around 100000 on our payroll. 1t
hardly matters because they are
numbers that don't mean much in
the, general scheme Of things.
THE successful manufactures
must have men. The successful
manufacturer must have satisfied
men. The successful manufactures
must do the right thing for his en-
I'loyes. The day has passed when
the employer 10 a law unto him.
SELF That fact is generally recog.
nized now There must be co.
operation all the way down 1the
line.
1 do not. OF course, mean to enlist
the belief that twenty years hence
Will find business at it's goal But
y do mean that there will be greater
changes in the coming twenty years
than there have been in the twenty
years that have gone. We are liv.
ing In an era Of development. We
are simply laying the foundation
for things that are to come in in.
dustry.
big business must be careful in
Its public dealings. It must have
the people with 1t, not against it.
The people will be with it so long
as 1t serves properly. When Il
ceases to function as it should-well,
when that occurs some business
that does function properly viii
take its place.
Equation Turned Around.
Management includes many things.
It is just as essential that the pro-
Queer satisfy his customers as it
Is that Ire satisfy himself. It Is prob
ably more SO. because If he first
satisfies the people he Is sure to
satisfy himself. That equation is
turned around just as the problem
Of good roads was turned around.
The automobile had to come before
we got decent highways.
THE people will always be with
the producer who is right.
THE people will always be against
the producer who is wrong.
That Is what industry is coming
to. When that condition comes
about and prevails, there is no tell.
Ing, no guessing, how far indus
tries will reach-or how many
persons will be employed, how many
nations will ho aoV.uo6 hour ,,oar1,