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Show FORD WOULD SHARE RAILWAY EARNINGS WASHINGTON, Nov IS Henry. Ford applied to the Interstate com-in com-in tree ornrnlKsion today for authority j I to put into effect on his railroad thej Detroit, Toledo & Ironton, a system of profit sharing somewhat similar to that effective In his manufacturing I ! plants. The commission was asked to ap-prove ap-prove an Issue of $1,000,000 In Investment In-vestment certificates, which would be, old to employes for cash in denominations denom-inations of $100. $500 and $1,000 These certificates will hear no fixcH rate of Interest, but the money received re-ceived from their sale will be Invest-1 ed In the railroad or in other enter- prises as the management may decide and at the end of each year an amount ranging up to a limit of 25 per cent of therallroad's net earnings will be distributed tn the employe holding investing in-vesting certificates. D. G. Llebold, vice president of the. railroad said, the road had 2225 em-l em-l loyes earning an aerage of $185 per . month 00 |