THE MORNING OREGONIAN, 3IOXDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1922 .
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Factory Product Not Alone
of Henry's Mind.
BIG DEBT OWED AIDES
"LOVELIEST STOWAWAY," HERE SINCE JULY, FREED WITHOUT BOND.
Obligation Is One That Cannot
Be Wiped o'iit by Writing
Check, No Matter How Big.
BY S. S. MARQUIS, D. D.
(Copyright United States apd Great Brit
ain, 1922, North American Newspaper
ailiance. Also protected by copyright
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rights reserved.)
CHAPTER XIII.
Henry Ford has millions in re
serve, owes no man a dollar and is
hopelessly in debt.
It the Ford indebtedness were
such that jt could be met by writ
ing a check it would have been
paid in rull long ago. But it isn't
that kind of an obligation. There
are things connected with the for
mation of his executive scrap-heap
which leave the impression that
Henry Ford is more or less unfa
miliar with some of the finer ways
of expressing his appreciation of the
services rendered him.
It is unfortunate that he has left
the impression that the dollar is
his favorite standard of measure
when he comes to estimate the value
of human service. I do not mean
to say that he has never paid in any
other way. In many instances he
has shown friendly and generous
consideration beyond the payment
of a wage or salary to men in his
employ.
Other Men Rewarded.
Tn other instances men have been
rewarded in a way that has left
him in their debt. He has paid
them liberally, given bonuses, be
stowed costly gifts. They started
poor with him and ended rich. They
began in humble positions and were
advanced to places of honor and
responsibility and paid princely sal
aries. If they had gone into the
scrap-heap later, why should they
complain? "What more could he or
any other man do for them than
he has done? j
But there are things in human re
lations which some men prize above
money.
There are ways of throwing a man
on the scrap-heap which leave him
with a high regard and a friendly
feeling for the man who threw him
there. As a rule it is the landing
at the end of the; fall that hurts.
But in the method the Ford com
pany sometimes resorted to there
were painful and unnecessary
wounds inflicted by the petard with
which a man was hoisted. It wasn't
the end of the fall but the begin
ning of it that hurt.
A statement regarding Mr. Ford
has been put into print and copy
righted to this effect:
"He is as selfish a man as God
permits to breathe." I suppose I
should give credit to the author of
that statement in case I wished to
repeat it. But I do not care to
repeat it. It does not express the
truth as I see it. Mr. Ford is not
selfish according to his light. If
he knows, as a rule, but one way to
pay, it must be admitted that in
that way he pays generously.. The
pity is that he is blind to the value
of some higher things. This, as I
see it, is the most outstanding and
at the same time the most regret
able of the defects in a man ' In
whom there is So much to be ad
mired. Ford Owns and Control Company.
So far as I know his creditors do
not regard the debt due them with
anger and resentment, but , rather
with pity and regret. The opera
tion that removes the scales from
a man's eyes may hurt less than the
awakening to the fact that his il
lusions are gone and he must see
things as they are. -
The Ford Motor company ig owned
and controlled by Henry Ford. Ha
is at present its brains and the orig
inator of its policies.-
But the Ford Motor company as
it stands today is not the product
of a single mind far from it. Into
its development has gone the'
thought of some of the keenest
minds in the industrial world. Let
it be freely granted that Mr. Ford
gave to the organization an inven
tive genius, an insight into the .fu
ture of the automobile business, a
dom'nating will and personality,
yet it must be rememhered that
there were many things in the
game that he did not undtrstand
in the beginning.
It seems incredible that he, the
modern wizard of finance, ever could
have been so impracticable, so un
informed on things concerning
which he seems to be so well in
formed today as to urge the build
ing of a vault at the factory in
which to deposit the surplus earn
ings of the company. He learned a
number of things about the game as
he went along. By and by he made
a sensational touchdown, but there
were some rattling good players in
the wedge formation that put him
over the goal.
James Conxr-na One Star.
James Couzens was, and is, one
of the ail-American stars in the
financial game himself. A master
ful man, a little more masterful
than Mr. Ford cared to have about;
an organizer down to the last de
tail; a tireless worker who knows
how to get work out of others
something of a steam roller when
it comes to ironing out difficulties
and going through. He made a
wonderful captain of the team that
finally drove through the line with
Henry holding the ball. And when
the thing was done he took off h
hat and joined with the bleachers
in the chorus "Henry did it."
I any one doubted Cousens' abii
ity before he left the Ford Motor
company his career since leaving
should clear up any questions on
that point. He is a man with ideas
and a will of his own. He is given
to forceful expression both in word
and deed. It is a statement safely
ventured that if he did not origin
ate, he must have greatly modified
many of the policies of the com
pany during the time he was with
it.
There are men bom with too much
initiative and independence to live
all their lives in a subordinate posi
tion, nowever honorable and lucra
tive it may be. unless there is given
mem practically luu per cent free
dom and a corresponding amount of
responsibility. :either Mr. Ford
nor Mr. Couzens is adapted to the
piaytng or a second fiddle. From
what I know of the two men I ven
ture the guess that they did not re
main in the same company for the
same reason that two locomotives
do not run side by side on the same
track not room tor both.
C. H. Will, Sort r Fallback.
IT. "Wills, a man of recognized
a.hllity. a master of shop meth
ods and production, with a thorough
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Secretary of War Advocates
More Money for Safety.
CONGRESS ASKED FOR AID
JEANNE BOXAR (LEFT) AND MRS. ROSE KNUTSEN.
Miss Jeanne Bonar, French "prettiest stowaway"; who since her arrival last July has been enjoying free
dom in the United States, was allowed to enter the country when Mrs. Rose Knutsen, wife of Captain Wal
dimir Knutsen, on whose ship, the Manitoba, Jeanne came to America, convinced Ellis island that Captain
Knutsen would go on her bond.
and practical knowledge o f
mechanics, an almost uncanny in
sight into the atomic structure of
iron and steel alloys, the developer
of the use of molybdenum, was a
sort of fullback on the team, the
giver and taker of much punish
ment. Wherever the - line was
weakest he gave it the support of
his weight and rush, wills was an
invaluable man to Henry Ford.
- Put Mr. Klingensmith and Mr.
Hawkins in the lineup where you
will halfbacks possibly Mr. Kling
ensmith. in addition to serving in
other important positions, selecting
and developing men tor Important
positions, filling the gaps in the of
fice organizations, handling . costs
and watching the financial affairs
of the company.
Mr. Hawkins sold Ford cars in
the days when they had to be sold,
before the time when people sat on
the front steps waiting for a car
to be finished so they could drive it
home. Mr. Hawkins organized a
sales organizations that proved so
efficient and got so far ahead of
production that It virtually changed
the nature of his job. The prob
lem came to be how to keep the
people who could not get cars in
a good humor till one could be
made for them.
And John R. Lee. the soul of the
under, dog the friend of the down
and out. the man to whom no one
ever looked in vain for justice and
a square deal. And every time any
one handed him a bouquet ror his
bigness of heart he tossed it 'over
to Henry and when there was no
one around explained to him what
it was all about. And Henry kept
the flowers.
Other Also in Unenp.
And there were Brownell and
Hartman and Bonner and Knudsen
and others in the lineup. A finer,
more capable and more loyai group
of men never backed a chief. They
are not with him now on the upper
levels of success," but a number of
them were with him when he was
making the climb. Granted that
he has shown that he no longer
needs" them he must admit, that
much of the momentum that makes
the going easier is the stored-up
energy of the men who put every
ounce Vf strength in them into the
tug of the . early days, lie may
not need them now, but there was
a time when he did". He has been
a very apt pupil. He is quick to
recognize the merit of another
man's idea and to appropriate it.
But such was the devotion to him
of the men about him that they
were glad to have him take the
credit for all achievements.
It is true that many men who
started with him in the early years
of the organization developed along
with him and shared generously in
his material success. It is true that
he gave them opportunities to do
much greater things than they
otherwise ever would have had the
opportunity for doing. And it is
just as true that they enabled him
to achieve a success that he other
wise never would have achieved.
It was team work that did it. In
all fairness the credit must be dis
tributed. It was a great team and
every member of it deserves great
praise.
At the time the Ford profit-shar-inf
plan went into effect an execu
tive asked Mr. Ford why he did it.
The answer was, "Well, let me put
it this way: There is nothing left
in life, when all is said and done,
but good fellowship and good will,
is there? Nothing more counts. I
would like to see folks who work
hard get their share. I would
lather give our boys a share of the
profits than do anything else."
Here is the conception of the ideal
state in industry a just return for
labor done, good fellowship and
good will. It is unfortunate that
it is not more frequently realized.
For "when the shadows lengthen
and the evening comes and the busy
world is hushed and the fever of
life is over and our work is done,"
then will our wealth be seen to be
the friends we have made and held,
for "there is nothing left in life,
when all is said and done, but good
fellowship and good will, is there?"
(To Be Continued.)
BORAH TALKS I'l BOSTON
RECOGNITION OF SOVIET
GOVERNMENT ASKED.
MILL OWNER IS HOME
Charles . K. Spaulding Returns
From Washington Trip.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.)
After having had the pleasure of
shaking hands with President Hard
ing and looking upon Clemenceau,
the French Tiger, Charles K. Spauld
ing, operator of a number of large
mills in the Willamette valley, re
turned to Salem today from Wash
ington. Mr. Spaulding represented
the Salem Chamber of Commerce at
the railroad merger hearing which
has been in progress before the in
terstate commerce commission for
the past two weeks.
"While in Washington Mr. Spauld
ing testified that it would be better
for this section of Oregon to have
the Southern Pacific and Central Pa
cific lines operated under a joint re
lationship. He opposed the unmerg
ing of the two lines. . j :
S. & H. green stamps for cash.
Holman Fuel Co., coal and wood.
Broadway 6353, 860-21. Adv.
Ex-VeteVan Nearly Mobbed for
Demanding Reason Flag Is
Not Displayed.
BOSTON, Dec. 3. Within two
years, owing to the near east situa
tion, there may be another great
war, Senator Borah of Idaho said in
an address here last night.
His subject was "The Recognition
of Russia," and he advocated that
step by the United States as a means
of averting another European con
flagration. At the close of the senator's ad
dress the police guard at the hall
was called on to prevent a riot when
a questioner, who said his name was
MacDonald and that he was a world
war .veteran, mounted the stage
Amid shouts of "put him out." Sen
ator Borah insisted that the ques
tioner be heard.
"Why is there no American flag
displayed-here?" MacDonald asked.
Turmoil broke out afresh and
many rushed for the stage to eject
the stranger. Police intervened to
protect him and the incident closed.
Senator Borah said, when peace
was restored, that wherever he ap
peared to speak there were "Ameri
can principles, if not the flag."
Calling for unqualified recognition
of the present government of Russia,
Senator Borah told the crowd that
the recognition of a government did
not necessarily carry approval of
that country's institutions.
"Just as we eliminate suspicion
and fear of other nations we shall
return to conditions of peace," Sena
tor Borah said.
More Officers and Liberal Fund
to Carry On Preparedness Is
Recommended in Report. -
WASHINGTON", D. C, Dec. 3
The present authorized regular army
strength of 12,000 officers and 125,
000 men is "inadequate" for national
safety, and further cuts would be
"inexcusable," Secretary Weeks de
clared today in his annual report
to congress.
"We should seize the first oppor
tunity to bring tne regular army
back to the proportions which are
required," he wrote. "We cannot
ever again make the mistake of ex
pecting good soldiers to rise over
night and good officers to be turned
out in quantities in three months'
periods.
"We are making progress, and any
progress is good progress. This
progress is. however, scant, and not
really enough Any further cuts
would force us to lose what we have
gained and would accordingly be
inexcusable.
"It has taken time and money to
build what we have. It has taken
blood and money to prove that we
have rot, even now, vhat we need.
We should, when practicable, add to
what we have and attain to the
progress called for in our defense
project under the terms of the law.
Officer Corps Backbone.
Declaring the officer corps "i
really the backbone of our military
system," Mr. Weeks said that se
curity for the future must rest
"upon the foundation of our leader
ship."
'I do not belittle the enlisted
man ours is the best in the world.
he continued "It is because I ap
preciate him that I emphasize the
need for officers to give the soldier
his best opportunity to fight for his
country and for his life.
"We must have officers sufficient
to handle the great army of the
United States, We have not these
officers now.
'Our reserve officers are the first
to complain that their present lack
of training is causing them to lose
the knowledge that they gained in
the war. Where is there any train
ing to come from? Only through
the regular officers.
In my last annual report I stated
that, with 18,000 officers authorized,
we would not have enough to do all
that might profitably be done. Now
I must state that we have abso
lutely not enough to do what is
necessary to our safety as an organ
ized state.
Financial Strega Appreciated.
"I appreciate tne urgency of our
financial situation that prevents us
from reaching our maximum re
quirements. I cannot believe, how
ever, that the importance of this
need is fully recognized by all who
do recognize the urgency of the
financial problems.
"I earnestly advocate a recon-
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Formerly Chef d,e Cuisine at the Benson Hotel and now, while await
ing the completion of the Hotel Sovereign, engaged by the Port
land Gas & Coke Co. to teach women the
Finesse of Cooking
Mr. Thiele does not spend his time showing how to make bread, boil
eggs or bake biscuits. That belongs in the primary grades. Mr.
Henry Thiele, who learned his business in Germany arid elsewhere,
assisted by Monsieur Lepiney, the future French chef of the Hotel
Sovereign, and Monsieur Siltz, Swiss pastry chef, form a
Combination Never Equaled
where women can get a College Course in the Finer Art of plan
ning, preparing and serving food.
Such experts as these three are never "out of work" and there
fore cannot be engaged for demonstrations. It was the fact that
the Sovereign isn't quite ready which enabled the Portland Gas &
Coke Co. to secure their services for the enlightenment of its cus-,
tomers. - -
"Standing room only" has been the rule after 2 P. M. and the
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