Show Labor as Capital I L ENRY FORDS FORD'S understanding of human uman c nature is one of the marvels of the age Whenever he bf comes In contact with workmen he wins their support and makes more money Ford has yet to experience his first labor r r. edible uble When he took over a railroad a at a amle Ime irne when strikes were threatened from all eons of the country by the rail t Inot not only raised all wages but made the ig conditions of his so much muche e eter Jet er than ever before he soon had hac too joo per net 1 cent loyalty And fie he made money out f the foe venture Ford recently entered S into the coal S op opera oper- oper ra r- r a mg ng fi field ld The public is well aware of the relations between the miner and the operator r in this thi's industry During a recent inspection of his holdings in eastern Kentucky 7 Ford Fod announced a wholesale slash of prices at I commissary stores which supply the workers This his immediately won the people of Pond Greek his newly acquired coal coalfield field It was treatment they had had- before never been ac- ac S When asked by a skeptic whether he was I t t afraid of going broke I on the Pond I greek G ek investment Ford replied If I do I have a Q million men working p or me and there is not on one who wouldn't tend rid d me me a dollar and Id I'd be a millionaire lorrow n i In short Ford makes ca capital pHal of his workers Ford Ford is understood to be negotiating for vast coal territory in southeastern Kentucky His 1 experts rare are now completing a a. survey f- f ft t Will Vill Ford methods lead the thee way to peace in Ithe the coal indu industry try One thing is certain Ford I I will hat ts' ts coal oal workers need and give it to theme them them before b fore he Is confronted by a committee demanding them This seems to tobe tobe tobe be the secret of his success |