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"Henry Ford's Own
Story"
5dhfty-tw6 years ago a few farm
er'? families near ureoniieiu, Micn
igniheard that there was another
bahyj jit the Fords' a boy. Mother
and Son were doing well. They
weiiq going to name the boy Henry.
iJfiCwenty-six years later a little
nelgliborhood on the edge of De
troit was amirsed to hear .that the
mftn; Ford who had just built the
litf-io! ;whito house on the corner had
a $iot)on that ho could lnvont some
thing. Ho was always puttering
awdyjjin the old shed back of tho
ho,us,d Sometimes ho worked all
nightUhero. Tho neighbors saw tho
light burning through the' cracks.
Twelve years ago half a-. dozen
mefljn Detroit were actually driving
tlfbv Ford automobile about tho
streets. Ford had started a small
faclQfy, with a dozen mechanics'
arm' was buying material. It wa"s
freely predicted that tho venture
would never como to much.
y, January, 1914
America was startled byt Jthe an
nouncement from the Fortr factory
iltat ton million 'dollars would be
divided among the eighteen thou
sand employees as their share of the
company's profits. Henry Ford was
a multimillionaire and America re
warded him with awe."
. The abovo Is an extract from the
foreword of a notable book, entitled
"Henry Ford's Own Story," by Hose
Wilder Lane. In these few words
the author sketches a brief outline
of tho remarkable career of a re
markablo man. Henry Ford's life,
trom farmer boy to the world's
largest automobile manufacturer, is
a story of hard knocks,, indomitable
will, dramatic situations, and startl
ing achievements. The author has
succeeded admirably In adapting the
book to tho subject, and, instead of
writing an ordinary Diogratfhy has
skillfully woven the facts, incidents,
trials, tribulations and triumphB of
a busy life into an intensely inter
esting and thrilling tale; Tho result
is a book that grips the attention of
the reader from beginning to end
like a fascinating novel. -
Th story of Henry Ford's life is
not. a story of the sordid accumula
tion of money at the expeneof "jiis"
fellow men. The author has noT
failed to give a true insight into the
character and motives of the man
who, by his ideals' and methods, has
.done so much to revolutionize the
industrial standards of the nation.
He has accomplished the almost un
precedented feat of accumulating a
tremendous fortune and at the same
time endearing himself to the great
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failing interest in the problems and
work of the masses of the common
Itedple.
Henry Ford's work in , creating
within his immense organization
new standards of efficiency and liv
ing among his employees will have
its influence in bettering "conditions
of workers' everywhere. He has'
made a practical demonstration that
the human unit is the vital factor in
business, arid that the( conservation
of human energy pays big dividends,
During his" life Henry Ford nas
found time to interest himself in
the larger concerns o liis. fellow
men. His 'work in . behalf -o't the
licace movement will, hot be forgot
ten," although the old world was in
no' mdod to listen to the voice from
th'e west. The author hs done fui
justice jtotheJifG 0f this genius,
vajid readerswiU not fail to find in
"tuts book the message of insplratron
that it contains. It is a story full of
human interest and will, appeal to
every red-blooded 'American.
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THE TEARS- AND THE VOTM
"Woman's first vote in the Amer
ican congress was bathed in tears.
And almost suggestive of a pecu
liar coincidence, or a decree of Fate,
it was cast upon thev one issu6 most
near the maternal heUrt of ..woman:
The issue of war or peace!
Men furnish the' money for war;
but women, the spjas who do the
fightings and' 'the dyirfg! '.,,
Naturally, then quite . naturally
it is the woman's heart hat is'
touched closest by war.
. And when Miss Rankins name
w.as called in theliotfse" v'oftng in the
small hfours of Friday morning.the
"lady from Montana," put to the fire
of casting ber,mai,Qte7in con
gress, arose in her' -placfe andvsaid
through sobs:
"I want to. stand by .my country,
but I can not vote for war!"'
Of course, Miss Rankin cried And
why shouldn't she have done so! '
The fact that she shed tears when
she cast her first vote as the first
woman who ever sat in congress,
with the eyes of the whole house
and the whole republic upon hr, at
the end of an extraordinarily long
and strenuous sitting, a nerve-racking
ordeal, and such a stupendous
question at, issue the fact that she
wept does not prove her weak.
Indeed, the ordeal was enouch to
make a strong man weep. It simply
proved her womanly!
After all, behind those tears was
a woman's heart!
Back of them was the sacred ma
ternal instinct: the womanlv HAntu
ment; the inherent feminine love of
peace, tranquility and the devotion
ito the fireside.
Some good day, somewhere; some
how, the very sentiment .'back of
those tears and which T)ronrbteA thpnv
Hs-goihg to control the: vorlji.! -And
When it-does, there witt be an "end
to war; there will be nccanore blood
shed on the battlefield;1 bh,' more
calling of mpthers' sons to Wo down
into ' blood-soaked trenchs an$ en
gage in the 'death grapple with- other
mothers' sons!
Unfortunately, up to this time the
world civilization has not reanhPfl
women an, g0,g to Ue,
w1shsurcT0
the worldat a time wh?n n of al1
demand that th IcZrtZ ?l
fore their, "war lords'' tthS"
sons from their bosoms. elr
And whnn flmf i.. .
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