The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-03
1@,S63 employees
AFFECYEDBY scale
EFFECTIVE AT once
increases Graduating on Basis
Of Five Cents an Hour
Given ll5,643
BOOST PAYROLL MILLIONS
Third Major Step Taken Since
First Increase IN 1914
Startled World

Detroit, Dec. 3. - IN - Wage IN
cresses that will add approximately
1000 900 = year to the payrol q
the Ford Motor company were an
nounced today by Edsel Ford. presi-
dent az the company. The minimum
ware Of 96 q day Is increased TO ~
! day and increases graduating on
the basis Of five cents an hour were
given employees already receiving oe-
tween 81 and SO q day.
The increase. which Is effective rs
Of Dec. l, Is confined to employees
within the United States. o. these:
rs 643 come In the classification OF
increases OF five cents an hour to oil
ennloyes who have been receiving -
or more per day.
Those whose minimum wage Will oe
,ncreased from So to 81 . day num-
ber at the present 24.32O.
The increase Is in line with the an-
nouncement recently made by Henry
Ford At washington during President
Hooyer's business conference.
Third Majoe Step
The yaRe increase from = maxi
mum Of s6 1 day to 81 Is third ma
lar step OF this kind taken BY the
company since January 1914. AZ that
time the company startled the indus
trial world by raising the scale iroua
an average Of 42.34 day to minimum
81 IS. This increase generally Vas
considered . radical Industrial move
Ana many economists contended u
could not be successfully accompnsn-
ed. -
duced the working day from nine
hours to eight hours. The increase
alone resulted In an increase OF $li.-
100000 . year for the workers con-
cerned while additions to the NUMBER
~ employees BY reason Of the shorter
rorkinu day caused an added wage
nayment throughout the Ford plants
Of 36.O0o.000 . year.
Again Boosted IN 1913
The second major increase was an
noinced on January l. 1919. when Inc
minimum scale was increased from y
to Is . day. 49,,
The formal announcement BY Edsel
Ford said:
.Ford employees Of every grade BE-
san working under an increased wage
scale Monday. The Ford minimum
vare vas increased from g day q
~. All employees whose wage rate
exceeded the minimum wage received
A increase In their hourly rate. Ine
probationary. Or hiring-in wage wnlcn
IS paid to apprentice employees for tne
first two months was raised from -
4 day TO Is. In addition TO those
vaee increases the salary roll VA
raised S per cent. Il = the third time
the Ford Motor company has raised
it, minimum wage.
.on the basis Of the October pay.
roll which registered l4l.oo0 employees
the monthly increase Win amount g
81. .62s s.A5l or slishtly in excess o.
slo.5o0 900 q year. All Ford branches
ana plants In the United States are
included.
Affects 2l,33o Emplsyes
Employees raised from - % -
day number 3l320 on the basis Of TIN
October payroll.
Employees to the number Of ll3.64z
have received increases which brine
their daily wage between e5.10 and
90 day. OF this number 9l.Al0 g
10 17.ao; 33,1oe nen 90 to 47.0o day
220J3 men 50 70 q . day and l9.31'
men 20 70 1o.lo . day. BetWeen THAI
rate and 80 : day. l719o men ars
affected"
Ia announcing the increase. Fdse
Ford said:
I'VE are able 70 make this Wage ln'
crease partly because u anticipated
economics and the great volume q
production which Ne have had osef
period of months and partly 6ecouol
81 cur excellent outlook for uext year
'sWaee increases cannot b collect
Cd from the public nor can they =
taken cut q tl3e quality q tho prod
uct: tlsey heve to be made up b. hee-
ter management q the work. Tha1
4 III MY - intend o justly TIT
incroooo."