Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
Special Dispatch to The Star.

the scheme of things" for the imme-
diate interest which he then proceeded
TO outline envisioned the greatest IN
dustriai development the world ever mas
known.
Mr.. Ford had been asked to explain
in greater detail than heretofore his
reasons for supporting Mr.. Hoover.
From his office as he talked could be
seen, through glass partition, the vast
reaches of his experimental phantom
the right the sea Of drafting tables and
lathes where the new Ford recently was
born, and on the left an acre or more
of floor space devoted to research in
aviation.
Next year" he said, I'm going to
produce an average of 10000 autos a
day, and we'll sell them all If we could
produce 10000 day we could sell that
number just as easily. The top limit
in automobile output is a long way off. F."
And again:
"Orville Wright said IS years ago
that if he had an engine strong enough
and light enough he could fly around
the world on barn door, and he re-
peated the same thing to me a few
weeks ago as stating his idea of the
fundamental problem of aviation. The
engine is the whole thing, and that is
what we are devoting our time to now.
Exactly as motor efficiency increases
aviation will increase"
Talks on Prohibition.
Prohibition, Mr.. Ford said, would pro-
vide the froth in the present campaign
but very little of the substance.
The American people are not going
to go chasing off after barrel of beer"
he continued. Not only will the agita-
ton for revision of the eighteenth
amendment bring ruin to the politicians
who are sponsoring it, but you won't
hear much about prohibition after this
campaign is over. After next Novem-
Der it will be settled finally, and settled
right
Prohibition agitation has been the
fashion in recent years and fashions
change. The newspaper will get tired
of talking about prohibition and it will
pass into the realm of the forgotten. 1t
will wear out, like stale joke. It has
been hard work to keep it alive long
enough to play part in this campaign
Everybody knows, of course, that
there will be no material change in the
elected President A President is not
to defend and enforce it. 1t takes d
two-thirds vote of both houses of Con-
gress to submit a proposal for change
in the Constitution and the Legislatures
of three-fourths of the States to ratify
it. More than two-thirds Of Congress
and more than three -fourths of the
State Legislatures now are dry and
there is not the slightest prospect that
this condition will be materially
changed"
And then Mr. Ford launched into his
discussion of Americas economic future.
THE revolution in industry that has
taken place in the past few years is
only the beginning" he said. Some
people think that we are now in the
industrial age. No; we are just on the
threshold of what I would call the in
duStrial and comfortable age and Mr..
Hoover will be its first great Government
leader. He Is our first example of the
new type Of statesman.
Man of History.
"You know real craftsmanship Is the
business of cleaning the way for what
God Almighty is going to do. Some
thing new is here, and MIR. Hoover is
part of it. If you will look back in
history you'll find that each great crisis
in the world has produced its own man
to solve it. Sometimes the man seemed
slow in coming. and the solution was
delayed, but ultimately the man always
has appeared.
Mr.. Hoover, 1t seems to me, is just
the man we need today to clean the
way for what I believe will be the
greatest industrial development the
world has ever known. The old science
of government as practiced by politi-
clans is a thing of the past. The new
science of government calls for engi-
neers-social engineers.
American manufacturers and finan-
ciers are all set for the job. They need
leader-a referee who can understand
what they are talking about-and that
is the big job see for the next Presi-
dent of the United States. He must be
the go-between-the man between the
financier and the builder, between the
builder and his workers, between pro-
ducers and consumers-to see that no
one of these elements is crushed and
that each gets square deal.
what is this problem that is
ahead?' you ask. First of all is the fact
that an average of AZ inches of rain
falls on the surface of the earth every
year Most of that water is lost
wasted. It should be harnesSed and
put to work, and it is going to be. "A
group of power men in this country
have plans for developing American
water powers and the hooking of all
of them together into one great system
to serve the whole Nation with cheap
and abundant power. They need a
President who can understand this con-
ception and who will give it sympathetic
support while at the same time guard
ing the public interest.
Greater Comfort Ahead.
And to what end is this development
to be made? To the end of producing a
higher level of comfort for every man,
woman and child in the United States
development of the Nations water
power, coupled with the reduced cost of
transportation by cheaper power and
the opening of waterways, will enor-
mously stimulate the production of
every sort of labor-saving device. Elec-
trio cooking and lighting, mechanical
refrigeration, electric washing machines,
sweepers and churns, all sorts of farm
machinery driven by poWer-the list is
endlesS-and all, like the automobile,
the radio and the airplane, to the end
OF making life easier and comfort
greater.
You know prosperity, after all, goes
back to the pay envelope. No country
can rise higher than its wage level The
people are both the producers and con-
SumerS. Labor-Saving machinery does
not throw men out of jobs, but actually
increases the number of jobs, so that
the more men there are working with
labor-Saving machinery the more dol
lars there are for the purchase of
products of these same machines and
the produce of other lines of labor
THE farmers market develops
everybody's market developS-and the
farmer becomes a better customer for
those things that are produced in the
city.
you know when you say market you
mean buying power. Buying power Is
dependent on wages. That is why the
American idea is to increase and sta
Billie the economic prosperity of the