Show TO 4 3 I JV l.- l. f R A AT T TES S E I r r I Henry Henry F Ford ord Reviews Plan to 1 R Revolutionize uti nize Railroad Railroad- t ing M Methods tho s CI r T V By RICHARD ICHARD LEE Linh Universal Service Staff Correspond ent V V S Copyright 1921 by Universal Service DETROIT Mich Au Ails Ails' 20 o. Henry j k Ford Ford In his hla first Interview as pres- pres I Ident of the tho Detroit Toledo SL Ironton I I railroad today unfolded the plan for tor forc c implication of revolutionary engineer engineer- V ng ng ideas tempered with plain business bustness bust busi ness horse c to do do for railroading railroad railroad- in ing that he has done for automobile 5 manufacturing V. V D Despite our of oC our ourselves I IOn on n the fancied progress in railroad engineering the plain cold fact tact Is I that HiM in railroad i en engineering toda today nobody has ever made a g good od st start rt paid ald th the D T T. I. I president We Ve Wel l intend to do It it CHEAPER CHEAPER RATES Locomotives weighing third one th the present money mane eaters caters and doln doing Just I Its m much ch work with a fraction n of the the- fuel co consumption are aro a part of the theFord theFord theFord Ford vision of oC the railroad o of the fu fu- fu u-I u t ture e. rc Likewise he will have cars similarly elm aim Ul r reduced in weight at resent present day tonna tonnage e at cheaper rates under supervision of better paid workmen work work- menThe men The ton locomotive 6 of ot today cannot be justified in an any way except except except ex ex- ex- ex as aa another means for tor the bankIng banking bank- bank Ing gentry in their exploitation rather han 7 the tho development of the tho trans trans- s system stem h ho added They only serve to wear year au out t steel rails Such rails should last a hundred years though tho steel trust wouldn't like that Is the ton 75 l locomotive of or un un- undiminished diminished j power an aT engineering possibility pos pos- ho he was wag asked A possibility he ha came camo back I r Itell ItelI tell telI you ou that we are arc going to produce V it 1 t. t That statement came from the tho rail rail- iad iad president with the same samo force torce c employed plo d b by the automobile n manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer manu manu- some years ago in his discussion dis dis- of plans for tor development ofa of oC a 0 motorcar within the reach of t common cornmon com corn mon plon folks talks Today he is organized to assemble such automobiles per day ay Half the Half the thc p people who ride in automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles s no now Ild iklo rIdO in our cars carli he auto I ex explained ex- ex That is because the car is light made of ot good material and is put together with the Oc accuracy BO so es essential essential es- es I to good service If It the ac- ac I cus-acy cus were not there we would not not- jl assemble emble th them m with the speed we do PRINCIPLES V Well Vell the same sarno s general her l' l principles will put tho the people behrnd the tho lighter I find clOd more efficient locomotive in the future he ho added Furthermore we wo will put an end to to the tho day when storms are able to paralyze railroads b by interference with the tho lines of communication We Ve will do tie our train dispatching b by wireless wire wire- less lees ess telephones and snap our tin fingers ers ersal at al storms and maintenance charges In all his discussion of oC railroads he hewn was wn dealing with the future of at the theD theD D T T. 1 I. I and not the tho past For I six- six months that torm former r Joke in the I railroad family ha has hos' b been cn under under- active j 1 Ford management and in that brief p period the nation was brought to j I realize that the tho business of railroad railroad- railroad railroad-I 1 I i ing wail waa due or r such an an ov Ha tie he ho gave automobile manufacturing Th That t was was done without j Jn h lion n of at r a rev ol I idea Ide I In engineering such as s' s are aie Vr In Inthe Inthe rs r's mind the the automobile manufacturers manufacturer's felt Ui the tho fut future That r road W waa f turned a paying Institution I t lon VIt b ly overnight l b by the thet well Ford F Ford id formulae c calling fOr tor increased pay re reduced lUc d waste in Jabor labor ap and n 11 materials te I and anti more more r. Ice at nt Jessco less Jess co cost t all Increasing the volume of Qt bus iness ne H HAS S' S STUDIED PROBLEM V Do bo bonot not get the uie idea that iha t wo we know n w anything t about the transportation business ho Insisted whenever the interview t threatened reat n d to touch on his I successful operation of tho the D D. T. T I I. but we do know something of ot the failure of ot railroads to Re servo serve 1 10 0 the pu pub lie lic Were We're a a. part of ot the tho tho public However Ho he could not deny th that t moving his products about the factor constituted transportation In a crude form Corm and that h t as a manufacturer of automobiles he has kept kep approximately approximate approximate- Jy ly freight cars cars V of pr 1 existing rolling stock busy stock busy every I ye-R ye year r. r Whatever SUC succors success wo WR have had Inthe Inthe inthe In In- the operation of the D. D D- D T. T I. I is due to the fact that we vve found ourselves ourselves our our- selves PA with it on hands and wo we jump Jumped d In Inand and ran It Just as na we wc would any Rny business he hr stated We leno know that that railroads railroads were designed s n d to keep cars moving BO so se we ve V did ju Just t that The Ford Motor company learned lout about railroading from the shippers shippers' rR side and arid we conceived the Idea that If It shippers were to be served served- trains had to be started and kept moving mo until the they arrived somewhere Neither the railroads nor the shippers were wre benefited by trains lying idle In the yards ards or upon sidetracks I Imagine all RIl the tho tho freight cars cors of ot the tho nation moving on an a average of or 15 IS miles mUes each twenty four tour hours as s they did luring during the war Why two goodmen goodmen good goodmen men could push a load loaded cd car that distance In that time We Vc hn haye e Increased in increased In- In creased the D D. T T. I. I average from 17 to There is no good reason rca rea rea-I rea son why the they shouldn't move miles In twenty four tour hours TAKING UP SLACK V done It It ask How have o we you OU Just by up the slack or elimInation elimination nation of ot the thelo loafing Cing you ou might call can it We have havo ended the loafing of or lo- lo es the loafing of or cars cars and the loafing of ot men men Any manufacturer r who allowed his goods to loaf loar in the tte factory a as things are allowed to loaf JoaC on sidetracks and aM n u railroad shops would run into ruin quick the the matter with V railroad organization lion 1 he he was was asked his Exploitation exploitation was nas anSwer grasping tho the o opportunity p rt for tor Baying his respects to to the banking element which he holds responsible for tor most of ot tho the evils of ot our economic systems system All business has too man many stockholders stockholders stock stock- holders hoMers who never do co anything but Injure the business business' and draw down fown V dividends 1 he continued Railroads have hate not not been e ri n. n with a view to giving service They have ha been operated for tor forthe the tite purpose of exploitation tion and to deliver the percentage percenta e of gain which absentee stockholders must h have hc c Increased rates and Increased d fares how tares how much of ot that tha t cry we ve e hear hea from the tho carriers whom are rire all prompted by by the Irrepressible love of gain aln The Tho poor simpletons do not know that the fundamental u in making monc money is to serve If It the they would d de decrease crease tho rates and Increase ase the service service service ser ser- vice they would make mone money But th thy do not see Ice that They pour in more money to perpetuate their thel bad methods method Money Ioney- T never ne made efficiency One thing n we arc learning today i is Js the failure of oC moncY money I as substitute for or common common sense sense and andI I concentrated ted work worle I I The D D. T. T I. I was was for many I years a dismal failure al c merely er h b be because cause causo It failed to serve sene When re- re I cam came camo one after ater another re-I re t they e pointed m to its running from some remote spot on the Ohio river to a spot near D Detroit through un unProductive unproductive un- un un- un productive territory with no cities to feed teed it Well Wen the tha same D D. T. T 1 1 Is succeed ng nov now Why hy h Because It serves REGULAR SCHEDULE Its trains which never before knew a schedule le are arc now moving regularly re with the goods of ot the shipper We WeNC to re d delivering fr freight in some cases ahead of tho the hill bill of oC lading which Is rather novel for fort the railroad business bustness bustnes's bust busi ness nes's he added Just h how does that come como about 1 he was asked You tire ore so o far tar at least the toad foad with the same elements the same sime lo- lo b the same rul ng stock and with human beings Just as before beCore Yf Yes human beings are Just the same samo young youns man but different human beings he responded the tho key to it all allIen Men Ien and women workIng workIng work- work Ing lag for the D D. T T. I I. I are working with a far fai different spirit than they worked for tor In the D D. T T. T I. I of ot yes jea- es Whether tb they are engineers trainmen mechanics or what not they ar are aro now doing the thing the welfare wel wel- fare arc aro of oC the D T T. I I. I requires A short shortt time ago o I was making a trip of oC inspection over the line ItIs ItIs It Itla Is la only 45 miles long lone In one ono section section sec see tion I 1 noticed a bundle of steel wire I mislaid and rapidly l deteriorating in aI a puddle of oC water Inquiry among I m members of oC the maintenance of oC way crews show showed erf that the wire had not notI I been picked up b because it fell within with with- I in UI the thc jurl jurisdiction of oC the thc new crew upI up the tho line That's no longer lonser the system on the D. D T. T I I. I Its It's simply pi a ques- ques IU Solem S- S I olem of or work work and work he hc said i done lone in the development develop develop- I m meal ment nt of or the automobile can be he done in the development of ot transportatIon I which la is another commodity the thep p must hive have There is no rea rca why like the automobile It should hould not be produced for Cor less cost while providing more employment and makIn making mak mak- In tog ing everyone C happy happ all around Sureh Surely Surely Sure Sure- ly h that's that a a. more object ct than th tha ruthless pursuit of ot gain which is responsible for tor the hankers bankers ton on of or the railroads while development development develop elop ment for Cor service has been carefully 0 avoided ed |