AMERICA PRESIDENCY.

Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15885, 25 July 1923, Page 3

AMERICA PRESIDENCY.

HENRY FORD UNPOPULAR WITH POLITICIANS. Henry Ford is believed to have more than an even chance of capturing the Democratic nomination for President in 1924 if he seeks it. If Ford goes in it will be Ford against the field and Ford will have more popular backing than any other one candidate.

He will be bitterly fought by most of the leading Democratic professional politicians, who do not like him because he is not a professional politician. They regard him as an interloper, and declare he is not a good Democrat any more than he is a good

Republican. He is not a party man at all in the sense that to him the man and not the party is the thing, and' the politicians hate him for that.

But they are confronted with the fact that Ford not only could carry the Democratic South, but that he would poll a big popular vote in the middle and far west. His strength in the industrial east among the working men would be considerable, the politicians admit, though they say he could not carry any northern State east of the Alleghenies. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Bad Starch spoils good ironing. Try Sylvia Starch. —Advt. Good soap is half the battle on house-cleaning day, Try Taniwha, —• Advt. COMMON HAPPENING IN N.Z. Many householders throughout the Dominion have hit on the splendid idea of illuminating their homes with Golden Ray Candles. They give a clear mellow light, much easier on the eyes than gas or electric light. “Golden Rays’* are specially hardened. They keep erect and burn steadily even m intense heat. Splendid for chandeliers. Packet always full weight. If Golden Ray Candles are unobtainable from your grocer, apply to Auckland Merchants for name of supplier. I