HENRY FORD’S IDEAL

Patea Mail, Volume XLVI, 24 August 1923, Page 2

HENRY FORD’S IDEAL

Is Henry Ford simply a moneymaker or a practical idealist? One reason behind Henry Ford’s gigantic industrial activities is suggested in a recent interview with the famous manufacturer. “You know farm work is drudgery of the hardest sort,” he said. “From the time I left the front gate as a boy, until now, my only interest in a farm has been to lighten its labours. To take the load off the backs of men and put it on to metal has been my dream. ’ ’