Show 1 I CAR A ND TRUCK PRICES WILL NOT CHANGE I I. I Detroit Jan IS Tho The automobile I makers take tho the lead b by proclaiming that Fear did not win the war nn and vo wo shall proceed to our duty ut as buM buM- em ers entire entirely without It Never In tho tim history of ot this country country coun coun- tr try was there thero such an opportunity to I reap so great a harvest est of oC good bood will from all the people as the present I Whether wo we proceed alon along a. a happy happ constructive course courso or hea head into a whirlwind of or discontent and In waste de depends do- do pen pernis s on our OUI general understanding of ot each other Is tho the answer of one ono of tho the leading men in jn tho In Industry when asked 1 what he lie thought o of the threatened labor disturbances Detroit is 15 entering tho the now new era ern on tho the basis that people oC of tho the United States are holders of oC Liberty bonds An And nd they aro are vastly moro more in interested In- In In the general welfare f of ot this countr country than titan the they were two years ears ago Tho The American Amp people aro are t far lr re removed removed te- te moved mOYer from rom a n. rating in tho the class with the l Bolshevists When the oc occasion oe- oe casion presents Itself Itsel where public opinion must weigh tho the Issue a a. well- well directed campaign of newspaper advertising advertising ad ad- containing a frank Crank an and honest honest honest hon hon- est discussion o of tho the subject will be bethe betho betho tho the policy Automobile manufacturers of oC MichIgan Michigan Mich lIch igan know where their product will bo be placed for tor the comin Corning coming year Clr nn and every ery Industry l identified with the trade will run Its factory actor to ca capacity on all cars and trucks with one OliO or two exceptions will remain the same at least until tho the 1st of or July Jub Th Tha scale of ot wa wages for foi- high grade c machine and tool work draughtsmen export expert mechanics and petty pett officials will grade downward For common labor the tendency will be bo about the same s with Inclination upward Ford officials have havo announced a a. horizontal raise ralso of at Jl U a day a which will mako make the scale at nt the Ford factory 6 G Instead of ot 5 sa and will vill affect men This o of course has bias the effect of confusing contusing th thI the subject of an equitable adjustment o of I tho the minimum scale However Mr Ir For Ford is but hut one of or the elements in the I Problem which h under the tho plans adopted adopt adopt- ed Cd b by the automobile ma makers ers will soon oon I find It Its level le In the current of ot in uJ- uJ trial affairs I Intensive military training in tho tim arm army and nay navy l has bias as developed de beyond any point o of speculation thousands ot of young men who are arc presenting credentials creden creden- en- en worthy worth of oC attention and rc respect with applications for or positions which one year car ago the they ha had no hope of ot ever or rca reaching c 11 ing nOs nO's who el eighteen months a ago o did not know lenow the multiplication table and were satisfied with bench Jobs arc re returning re- re turning to their employers today proud o of the fact act that they can cnn pick up a pad and pencil and figure I ure out a gear pear train or or Iring chart a as quickly as ns an expert These men nien present a a. real ole ole- mont In lii the industrial fabric which ha hl ban 5 I existed heretofore anI only in the minds minus of ot efficient theorists It is the caus cause causi of ot tho the reverse in iii the scale scalo of or wages whore skilled labor goes down own and common labor rises The Tho one big thing hr which stands out in bold Lold relief reller la is tho tue fact that there has actually been hoen established etab- etab I Imbued a a. base of confidence upon which the employer and are arc la laying good foundations I Tho rile writer visited with more than 00 during tho tile past ten days lit days In the tho factory on factory on the street streetcars cars cars lit In the home home and and in fn the lodges 10 Not ten men of ot the thc entire number would cast tho the deciding vote ote to strike I if tho the subject were left to his individual indi vidual Judgment and apart from Crom evil e I Influences n flue n Thon Though h the tho workmen f believe Inor they hato hate the noonda noonday sale gate orator as cordially as does docs the boss It Is the e educated loafer who creates conditions on In shops which lead men to follow ollow tho the trend of or disorder rather than vote oto their conscience and subject themselves to Jeers from th their h mat mates malts about being traitors to the tho cause calise Tho The American workman wants w to work Ho IIo wants wn the highest wages ha he can n get When hen ho lie can bo be convinced con that there thero Is a place paco on the scales of ci trade where his compensation for tor a days day's work worle creates a f false value alue h hit he i I will re respond pond to tho the condition as cheerfully cheer cheer- fully as his brother with better under standing |