Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1919 — CUTS FAT MELON. [ARTICLE]

CUTS FAT MELON.

The Ford Motor" Co., in addition to the raising of the wages of the men m the institution from $5.00 to $6.00 per day, declared a 200 per cent dividend. SOME MELON, for a firm supposed to be working solely for patriotism and doing government work at actual cost. The large part of the juicy melon goes to the Fords. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford and son, Edsel (not of military fame) owning 58% per cent of the two million capital stock. A $4,000,000.00 dividend is sure a mighty fine sliowing. Henry Ford has retired as the president of the Ford Motor Co. and he has been succeeded by his son Edsel at the moderate, self-sacrificing salary, a mere pittance, being the insignificant sum of only $150,000.00 per year.