Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
HOOVER FITS SCHEME OF THINGS
AND WILL WIN. FORD PROPHESIES
Magnate Outlines Gigantic Industrial De-
ve1opment in United States-Belittles
Prohibition Issue.

the beginning of the industrial and
comfortable age Less poverty because
more industry means more jobs, more
of the comforts of life
THE development of the past few
years makes some people think that we
are at the apex of the industrial age,
that we are even now in sight of the
end. But let me repeat, we have scarce
ly begun. We are still in the stage
coach age, comparatively speaking. The
fuller development of industry will be
something far more beautiful than any,
thing we have yet Seen-more human,
more just more satisfying to the real
life of men.
when we say industrial age we don't
mean the present spectacle. we mean
the real thing that is vet to come. Mr..
Hoover has caught sight of that
President Coolidge's job has been
primarily one of sterilization, and he
was peculiarly fitted for that He has
cleaned up the debris left by the war;
he has brought governmental expenses
back to normal, and he has reduced
taxes. This job of reconstruction now,
however, is about completed. The busi-
ness of the next President will be to
push ahead to new and better things,
and there is where Mr.. Hoover comes in
practical experience. He knows the
technique, and he is not afraid to look
big job in the face. The way he
tackled food relief in Europe and the
Mississippi flood are fair examples.
And he is too much of an engineer
to be satisfied with flood relief; what
he will work at now is flood prevention.
Understands Business.
HE understands the point of view
of the business man. His biggest work
in the Department of Commerce, to my
mind, has been in bringing the men
engaged in each industry closer to-
gether and teaching them that they
could cooperate one with the other and
still do more business all around. He
has visualiZed the Government as an
aid and not an obstruction to business.
At the same time, he has had in mind
at all times the welfare of the Ameri-
can family
And with all these things Mr. Hoover
is thoroughly experienced in the affairs
of Government. He knows not only our
| own Government but the other gov
ernments and peoples of the world.
How could you have a man more ideally
| fitted for the work that the next Presi-
dent will have to do2
II have talked with Mr. Coolidge
only three or four times in my life. ]
have never had favor to ask of him
I don't suppose I will see Mr. Hoover
any oftener or even as often, and the
Ford Motor Co has no favors to ask of
him. AS business man, however, I do
like to feel that we have President
who understands the part which Ameri-
can business has to play In serving the
American family. I think that Is the
point of view of most American bust
ness men.
Let me return a moment to prohi-
bition," Mr.. Ford went on. What Is
really needed there, as In every other
phase of governmental activity, Is an
executive, capable of making the ma
chinery of enforcement work and of
marshaling American public opinion In
its support.
Left Liquor Behind.
This country has definitely left
liquor behind. In the modern world the
drinking nations are going down and
the non drinking nations are coming to
the top. America is geared too high
today to even contemplate return to
the old conditions Think of the traffic
problem alone as 1t would be If we had
booze freely mixed with it,
Furthermore, there is no place in the
new American industry for the man
who drinks. And I haven't the slightest
notion that the electorate is at all
impressed by political promises of beer.
1t is all on too low plane to COM
mand the respect of Americans. Be-
SIDES. every woman who values her home
Is dead against it. You can't defeat
the women.
Detroit is rated as one of the worst
centers of bootlegging, yet liquor with
us has ceased to be a serious problem.
Now and then a bootlegger starts up
In the vicinity of our factories, but we
discover his presence from the breath
OF the first of his patrons that comes
through our gates and it isn't long
thereafter until he is routed out
Leave the law as it is. So long as
we have the law on our side. Industry
can enforce it."
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