The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18


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DETROIT, Nov. 1S.-Henry Ford
foreseeS the coming of real pros
perity"-not "feverish, speculative
false prosperity, but real prosperity
such as you can keep"
In his opinion, as expressed to the
United Press in an exclusive inter-
view, 1T will be such as ito make
all previous prosperity look small"
He does not look for recovery"
out for something better, and ne
hopes I'VE don't recover the old sys-
tenn" with a bigger and better
panic in, say, 1870"
Incidentally, he expressed the view
that business men would be better
off, if there were no tariffs any
where
We have quit looking for Santa
Claus, he says.
We have quit waiting for miracles.
We are ready to go to work.
And we are making progress.
IF we quit waiting for miracles
20 happen-and 1 think we have
quit-that is long step forward
he asserted.
Always Is Painful
I am sure we are making progress
and progress always is painful. If
you want my opinion, ten years from
now there will be much real pros
perity-I do not mean feverish.
speculative, false prosperity, but real
prosperity such as you can keep.
such as to make all previous pros
perity look small"
What is the outlook" he asked
repeating my question.
ct depends whether YOU mean
tomorrow or next year. Things will
go along. Millions of people have
steady work. There are parts of the
country where they haven't heard
of the depression"
We've learned something-no one
now believes that we ever can
avoid work.
There is no Santa Claus. The
stock market is no substitute for
daily labor. No one gets rich spec
ulatlng in stocks. 1 know there is
belief that there were some lucky
oneS-but there wern't.
Use 1t or Lose It
"Hoarding there is another
thing We have learned something
about. We should have known bet
ter than ever to attempt it, with the
example Of Germany and other
countries before us. There is a law
of nature which says, use or lose.
If you don't use your arm, you
finally lose the use of it. It is the
same with money. The American
dollar is as sound as nut now. but
II would not continue to be sound if
everybody hid it away"
Ford feels that the average
American has lost his independence.
Our old American self reliance has
become flabby. And don't mean
Workingmen only. Business men.
too, have fallen into the habit of
having things done for them. That's
what a tariff does.
Business men would be better
OF II there wasn't a tariff left any,
where in the world. Business would
stand on its own feet"
What about the man who can't
find a joh?" I asked.
Work for Everybody
There is work in this country for
everybody" Ford answered. "The
work is here. The trouble is To
connect it with payment. I believe
there is a law that if a man does
the work that he sees needs doing
he will not lack for support. All
work is paid for in one way or an
other.
But man must be a self-starter.
The trouble is that so many are
waiting to be cranked. There is a
sense In which wages may become
a dole, if they weaken a mans in
itiative.
The cities attracted many people
who now are going back to the land
1t is good sign. On the land Won
do things yourself. You don't wait
Tor some one to hire you to do them
1t is that spirit Of individual initia-
tive that we need"
refuse to indulge in the baIly-
moo about boom times around the
corner. Things will improve as soon
as We improve. People do seem tn
be feeling more hopeful. I think one
reason is that they have quit look
ing for Santa Claus. They know
that everything is all right with the
world except our human system of
distribution, and the Improvement
OF that is in human hands. Every.