Judge — September 23, 1922 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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Editors ot Ke Waldr JA William Morris H Oh, Henry! IFE in these United States, however hopelessly inhibited and standardized, will continue to have its great- mo- ments so long as Henry Ford lives. Among our Olympi- ans he is the enfant terrible, the unaccountable maverick whose next move can never be charted, though it may completely upset the apple cart of the gods. We refer, of course, to his latest collision with this vehicle—his announcement of a shut-down, in defiance of the coal brokers, while holding in leash 105,000 well paid recruits for the growing army of protest and discontent. (Incidentally, the settlement of the anthracite strike followed this gesture But there have been others equally Homeri aking rather closely.) a whole series.of them, beginning with the establishment of § day was a aday as the minimum wage in his plant, when $5 college professor's pay; down through his vo: in search of the golden ped gripped the national imagination, and including his dramatic reduction of Crash! in response to this bombshell, I fabric of automobile prices. the wreck-strewn . when war—and war profits prices on his cars. came the whole artific Through it all Lizzie ticks calmly along roadway, hitting on all four, and generating wealth for Henry with every revolution. It's really an amazing epic of American life that is thus unfolding before us. Henry Ford, “alone, as he is fond of saying, has be He has superbly afoot and across lots, ome one of the four richest men in the world. lisre- he has shown divine for the vehicle of finance, for the paved highway to profits, And he has demon- strated on a regal scale the soundness of his philosophy—that if you take care to render a service the profits will take care of garded all the smug rules for such success; contempt for the company of the clect, themselve JupGE cannot pretend to subscribe to all the vagaries of the Ford genius, but meanwhile he hopes that by the time these words are read, Henry will have brought the coal brokers to terms without so much as banking the fires under his flivver incubator. T staff, which is a most disgre Your friends here think as I do. your name to my club and to my in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales may know your id the unget y you treated the staff of this hotel.” Until all traveling Ame educated to meet the test of good usage involved in this episode we advise English headwaiters to provide against disappointment. An ution, after carefully estimating the wealth and position of each Ame 1 guest on his arrival, would be for the headwaiter to insure his expectation of income at Lloyds. Blacklisted HE following letter was written to the wife of one of our countrymen by the headwaiter of a hotel in England at which she and her husband had been stopping: our husband left without leaving any gratuities for my eful thing for a man of his standing. T fect itmy duty: to forward association so that every hotel erous Wi ans can be ful excellent pre¢ 13 Politician, Want a Cracker? HATEVER the origin of the sp worried this planet since the first flea bit the first dog, and like the dog and his fleas we take them for But every once in a while they withhold their politicians have W granted. meddling just long enough to give us a taste of the blessed relief their absence would bring. One such instance has apparently permitted the ratification of the Stinnes-Lubersac agreement If this simple, logical, business-like solution of a business problem for the rebuilding of the devastated areas in France. goes through, it will have done more to mend the European mess than all the conferences, ultimatums, treaties and other The 1 interference would have vastly doses and prescriptions of the political quacks combined. same immunity from politi benefited our own strike situation. Instead of passing an amendment to prohibit liquor, why didn’t we think of one to prohibit politicians? But perhaps that would have been just as silly, since the politician is as natural a product of human, as alcohol is of vegetable, ferment. ‘The trouble is he’s a lot more harmful to society. Livewiritis EARS ago when the New Republic was newer, and more it of a ran an editorial on the occasion Lincoln rammatic, birth typical, but a very exceptional, American, who liv exceptional life. The typical Americans of Lincoln's da explained, were “leading very ordinary lives with extraorc epig Lincoln's insisting that was not vd a very it inary have never encountered a better definition of “live They are still typical, ready to commit an assault upon any task whatever and to go as far as teeth gritting, fist clenching and main strength will carry them—still leading very ordinary lives with extraordinary energy. Some English ob- server has lately remarked that there couldn't be as much will power loose in the world as appeared in the jaws of the men who walked our streets. The reflective, whimsical Lincoln either was Robert E. Lee nor Wilbur Wright. very early in his career renounced all such ambition. not a live wire. Henry Ford John D. The list could be extended was Rockefeller never really conformed. indefinitely of Americans who personify the romance of our national history—the stars to whom we hitch our carts—who put their minds, not their shoulders, to their tasks; who used their imaginations, not their wills sn their Will Hayses. And yet we have had to wait for the Frenchman, Emil Coué, to confirm their choic JupGe hereby extends him a heartfelt invitation to come over and heal us of livewiritis. Industrial Note OST of our factories of higher learning are on full time ‘The raw material “note again after the seasonal shutdown. is plentiful—a bumper crop, in fact for the product was never brisker; so much so that some of the and the demand older, more popular concerns are afraid of falling hopelessly behind in their deliveries and have restricted their acceptances accordingly. The quality of the raw material, while good, leaves some- thing to be desired as usual. ‘This is evident from its tendeney unless the latter is geared more slowly This condition is inevit- to clog the machinery than the time allo’ nce warrants. able, however, until enough of the year’s process of manufac ture has been completed so that the sorting of grades can be accomplished intelligently. All danger of a general strike of operatives has been averted. The welfare work in their behalf will be continued as forme though on a reduced scale. ‘Their hours and wages will remain at the level established within the last two years but they will be called upon to produce a slightly higher average output per pound of brain pressure. The product should be ready for delivery in bulk by June of next year unless the Klassy Kut Kollege Klothiers fall down in their contract for wrappers. comicbooks.com