Word: forde
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ford's Example...
Since reading in TIME, Dec. 2, of Henry Ford's announcement that, far from reducing wages, he was ordering a general wage increase throughout his factories, I have been watching for news of other potent manufacturers following suit...
...Ford's move, although made somewhat theatrically, is undoubtedly an effective means of maintaining prosperity. Have no other manufacturers since followed...
...Material. Biggest quest: Rubber. Blocked in the Philippines by adverse land laws, Harvey Firestone is pushing forward with new plantations in Liberia; Henry Ford has six thousand square miles for rubber production in Brazil; the U. S. Rubber Co.'s plantations in Sumatra and Malaya have grown from 14,000 acres to 135,000 acres in 18 years of production...
...Ford and Citroen have made marvelous machines at very reasonable prices,'' said a Ministry of Agriculture statistician, "but until they invent a traction engine that can be eaten when it is past its usefulness, our good peasants will stick to their horses...