Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-31
CAUSE FOR HAPPINESS

Surely if any man in the country has reason to be
happy on his Goth birthday Henry Ford is that man.
and thousands of his feow-ctizens will wish him con-
unued happiness and many BIRTHDAYS with
sincerity that should be of greatest delight to
any man.
The great Detroit manufacturer can look back
lew short years and see himself struggling mechan
c imbued with an idea in which he had supreme faith
and which he developed to of the marvellous
successes the world has That in itself should
be of happiness.
He can add to it the knowledge that he has shared
his with others He led the way in paving the
laborer decent living wage and giving him reason
able working hours, and proved that is not neces-
to conduct his business at profit
Greater than these however, is the happiness he
has brought to others. Thousands of Americans who
would have been unable to provide themselves with
tomobes have done the past two decades because
he gave them machine at price within their
The world has ioked at the product of his factory
for these two decades. We like to think it has been
mostly good-natured joke and that behind it the
joker could the untold pleasure the cheap has
made possible. The poor man dwelling in the city has
had the mountains the seashore the green fields and
all of Natures beauty brought within his reach be-
of it. His Woodworking wife has been able to
get little surcease from the humdrum existence that
formerly hers, because "fivver' part of the
family possessions. The youngsters, who in former
days used to think until maturity that sort of
gen produced milk to be delivered to them in glass
bottles, now have come to know the contented in
her native ballwlck, and along with this single item,
hundreds of other onetme mysteries have been unfold
ed to them.
The farmer and the dweIler in far-of places has
had the advantages which the city can offer him,
brought to his doors by the AS the city
enjoy the delights of the country so too
the country dweler avail himself and his family
of the attractions the city has to offer thereby afford
ing pleasant interruption in their otherwise drab
lives. The market for his products is also brought
close to him.
The joys and delights of the wealthy have been
placed within the reach of the of moderate means
and even he who might be considered poor And the
eminent Detroit manufacturer has the satisfaction of
knowing that for every dollar these people gave to
him they have received full value many times over the
infri riOSic of MIS-
He calls his last year most interesting one.
Well he might for it him at age when many men
think of retiring from active life taking step which
revoutonzed the entire business he had built up out
of his genius effort to give the people great
value for their money.
Many will say Mr.. Ford has made plenty of money
out of his business and certain make much more
That is true Yet had he followed the same procedure
that other manufacturers have in the past he would
have made still He has been the pioneer in the
lowprce in short working hours and higher wages
and he forced his competitors and manufacturers
gagged in other lines to follow his lead.
Rated the worlds first billionaire, he has, on
his Goth birthday the pleasure of knowing that he
made his enormous wealth, not by oppression but by
helping others; by clingng to old customs but by
holding fast to the courage of his convictions 1t is
wonder that he holds unique place not only in the
of his countrymen