My Life and Work (Henry Ford (with Samuel Crowther), 1922) Index generated by IndexStudio from the archive.org scan (https://archive.org/details/mylifework00ford), unedited. Page numbers refer to the printed pages of that edition. 1907 Panic, 59 81 Park Place, 37, 47 Absenteeism, 112 Accidents, 109, 114 Adirondacks, 240 Advertising, 37, 54 Africa, 243 Agricultural Production, 1, 3, 25, 200 Agriculture, 6, 185, 191, 205, 232 Air Cooling, 31 Alexander Winton, 37 Alleghanies, 240 Allies, 195 Almsgiving, 206 American Strength, 5 American Workingman, 261 Americanism, 256 Americans, 221 Anarchism, 255 Anti-Semitism, 250 Apprenticeship, 277 Armistice, 247 Artificial Leather, 150 Artificial Lighting, 114 Artisans, 189 Assembly Line, 52, 58, 80–83, 150, 202 assembly, 52 Assembly Lines, 81–82 Atlantic City, 234 Australia, 75 Authority, 93 Automation, 55, 89, 115 Automobiles, 21, 23, 30–33, 36, 38, 41–42, 45, 51, 54–55, 61, 66–68, 72, 79, 90, 162, 201, 237, 271 Axe Handles, 75 Banking, 8, 38, 156, 160, 169, 172, 176–177, 180, 182 industry, 181 Barney Oldfield, 51 Battle Creek, 23, 170 Ben Nevis, 76 Benefit Funds, 263 Benz Car, 34 Benzol, 152 Better Advantage Notice, 112 Biblical Knowledge, 248 Bicycles, 29 Big Business, 263 Birds, 236–237 Blast Furnaces, 86, 151 Blind Bosses, 256 Blind Workers, 109, 209 Board of Agriculture, 196 Bolshevism, 5, 9, 255, 261 Bolts, 150 Bonds, 39, 156, 223 Bookkeeping, 156 Borrowing, 157, 169 Branch Houses, 71 British Authorities, 199 British Cabinet, 198 British Government, 195 British Market, 75 British Ministry, 198 British Pound Sterling, 182 Building Trades, 188 Bureaucracy, 91 Business, 2, 7–8, 20, 37, 41–43, 46, 60, 118, 137–138, 140, 158–160, 264, 270, 272, 280 Business Capital, 157 Business Cycles, 131, 171 Buying Ahead, 144 Cadillac Company, 36 Campaign of Education, 166 Canadian Plant, 35 Canals, 229 Canton, Ohio, 66 Capital, 10, 39, 117, 139, 158, 177, 190, 193–194, 254, 261, 274 Capitalist Press, 254 Cash, 59, 156 Cash Reserves, 64, 164 Casting, 87 Central Power Stations, 193 Centralization, 230 Chain of Command, 91 Charity, 107, 206–208, 210 Charles Ainsley, 33 Charles E. Sorensen, 198 Cheap Power, 193 Chemistry, 212, 281 Chicago, 174 Chicago Packers, 81 China, 243 Chisel, 18 Christianity, 251 Cities, 192 City Infrastructure, 193 Civil War, 242 Class Relations, 178, 253, 256, 265 Classified Work, 106 Cleveland, 37 Closed Hospitals, 217 Closed Shops, 253 Clothing, 13 Clutches, 31 Coal, 151, 232, 281 Cockshutt Plough, 196 Coddling, 221 Coke By-Products, 151–152, 174 Columbus, 174 Commerce, 244 Common Purpose, 265 Common Sense, 3, 6 Communal Ownership, 124 Communism, 142 Community, 6, 137, 163 Competition, 20, 44, 244, 264 disregard, 273 Congress, 237 Constitution of the United States, 8 Consumers, 47–48, 124, 135, 148, 164, 268, 273 Consumption, 12, 19, 48, 116, 142–143 Convalescence, 109 Convict Labor, 209 Cooperation, 140 Cork Factory, 197 Cork, Ireland, 150 Corn, 275 Corn Products, 276 Corporate Control, 52 Corporations, 38 Cost Accounting, 146, 203 Cost of Living, 122, 233 Costs, 11, 98, 100, 113, 171, 174, 228 Cotton, 281 Creative Work, 104 Credit, 141, 177, 276 Credit Curtailment, 179 Crippled Workers, 209 Currency, 8, 141 Customer Dissatisfaction, 41, 257 Customer Service, 38, 41, 56, 72 Cutting Edge, 18 D. C. Collier, 54 Dealers, 60, 165 Dearborn, 15, 17, 22, 146, 199 Dearborn Independent, 202 Decentralization, 191, 232 manufacturing, 52 Defective Equipment accident causes, 114 Delayed Deliveries, 228 Democracy, 10, 253, 266 Department of Transportation, 83 Departmentalization, 83 Depreciation, 180, 203 Detroit, 22, 151, 173 Detroit Automobile Company, 36 Detroit Edison Company, 35, 234 Detroit Electric Company, 30 Detroit General Hospital, 214 Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway, 151, 175, 191, 224, 229 Diamond Manufacturing Company, 167 Die Sinking, 110 Disability, 107 Distribution, 10, 270 Diversification, 276 Division of Labor, 75, 80, 189 Dollar, 180 Draft Animals, 196 Dress Reform, 14 Driving Wheels, 201 Dry-Battery Ignition, 70 Drydock Engine Works, 24 Durability, 149 Eagle Boats, 246 Eagle Iron Works, 28 Economy, 7, 9, 123, 133, 138, 158, 178, 186, 219, 228, 242, 258, 267–268, 270, 274–275, 277 Edsel Ford, 52, 173 Education, 211–212, 248–249 Educational Department, 111 Efficiency, 147, 258 Eight-Hour Day, 106, 126, 147, 227 Electric Heaters, 236 Electrical Machinery, 35, 81 Electricity, 30, 35, 151, 193, 234–235, 281 Electrotyping, 202 Emerson, 239 Employment, 95, 109, 111, 130, 160, 164, 167, 260, 263, 277 responsibility, 264 Employment of Disabled Workers, 107, 208 Engineers, 5 Engines, 27–29, 37, 201, 234 England, 195 English Food Administration, 195 Enrico Caruso, 266 European Credits, 171 European Expansion, 59 Everyday-Use Automobile, 54 Executives, 159 Experimental Cars, 17 F. S. Courtney, 197 Factories, 1, 5, 16, 80, 83, 85, 98, 100, 108, 113–114, 212, 279 False Shortages, 138 Family Physicians, 217 Fear, 46, 219, 273 Federal Regulation of Railways, 224–225 Federal Reserve System, 177 Fertilizer, 152 Finance, 39–40, 42, 132, 143, 156, 160, 168, 170, 175–177, 180, 274, 276 Flat Rock, 191 Flour Mills, 205, 232 Food, 13, 195, 204–205 Ford Car, 11, 15, 17, 41, 79, 162, 166 Ford Dealers, 59 Ford Model a, 54, 69 Ford Model T, 68 Ford Models, 17, 21, 54, 57, 66, 68–69, 71, 87, 125 Ford Motor Company, 2, 21, 51, 59, 76, 79, 92, 112, 145–146, 157, 169, 173, 196, 198, 213–214, 228, 237, 246, 262, 271 Ford Motor Company Assets, 62 Ford Motor Company Policies, 64 Ford Transmission, 68 Fordson, 195, 199 Fordson Tractor, 203 Foreign Trade, 242 Forty-Eight-Hour Week, 126 Foundry, 87 France, 243 Freedom and Equality, 4–5, 10 Freight Transportation, 228 French Department of Commerce and Industry, 67 Frozen Credit, 172 Fuel Alcohol, 276 Fuel Economy, 68 Furnace Safety, 115 Gasoline, 33, 272 Gear Manufacturing, 101 Gears, 33 General Hospital No. 36, 214 General Superintendent, 92 George B. Selden, 61 German Submarines, 195 Gilbert Greenall, 197 Gold, 182 Gold Standard, 178 Government, 7–8, 142, 169, 185 Graft, 7 Grain, 201, 231 Gray Iron Casting, 86 Greed, 19, 268 Grosse Point Track, 37, 51 Hardware Shops, 69, 136 Harvard, 95 Harvey S. Firestone, 240 Heat Treatment, 67, 102 Henry Alexander, 76 Henry Ford, 73 Henry Ford Trade School, 211 Henry Overman, 197 High-Pressure Steam, 26 Highland Park, 73, 82, 84, 151, 174, 199 Hiring Practices, 112 Horseless Carriage, 25, 200 Horsepower, 50, 204 Hospitals, 110, 215–216, 218–219 Hotel Pontchartrain, 236 Human Capital, 78 Human Relations, 113, 121, 139, 179, 267 Hydroelectric Power, 191 Industrial Organization, 84, 94, 111, 133, 139, 162, 184, 192, 279 Industrial Relations, 104, 256 Industry, 1, 9, 15, 104–105, 111, 114, 140, 185, 237, 253, 259, 263, 268–269 Innovation and Invention, 101, 235, 278, 281 Interchangeable Parts, 11, 57, 149, 191 Internal Waterways, 230 Internal-Combustion Engine, 28–29, 234 International Affairs, 172, 183, 241, 244 Interstate Commerce Commission, 230, 233 Inventory, 137, 144, 167, 172, 175 Japan, 243 Job Practices, 105, 108, 110, 126 John Burroughs, 236–239 John E. Cross, 197 John R. Street, 82 Joint Production, 75 Judge Hough, 62 Kerosene, 201 Labor, 4, 9, 93, 117, 119, 130, 139, 194, 209, 219, 254, 256–259, 274 Lanchester, 146 Law of Diminishing Returns, 53 Law of Equivalents, 259 Lelands, 36 Liberty Bonds, 175 Liberty Motors, 246 Lightweight Automobiles, 34, 68 Lines of Credit, 164 Literature, 250 Living Costs, 122 Lockouts, 118 London, 75, 182 London Air Raids, 198 Lord Milner, 198–199 Low-Price Production, 16 Machinery, 1, 23–24, 85, 102, 113, 115, 147 Machinists, 24, 79 Macy's, 34 Magneto, 70, 110 Management, 78, 93, 119, 155, 235, 259 Manchester, 76, 150, 197, 262 Manufacturing, 6, 16–17, 19–21, 47–50, 79, 84, 147, 165–166, 173, 175, 188, 273 Markets, 16, 47, 67, 141, 148, 275 Mass Production, 16, 47, 58, 202, 272 Materials, 14, 17, 90, 110, 274 Meat Industry, 231 Mechanical Drives, 31, 33 Mechanization, 75, 190 Merchandising, 19, 144, 166 Mexico, 242 Micrometer Work, 213 Ministry of Munitions, 198 Mississippi River, 185 Mississippi Valley, 185 Money, 2, 8, 12–13, 39, 131, 156, 169, 178–180, 183, 261, 269, 276 function, 179 social utility, 180 Monopoly, 11, 45, 61, 231, 275 Motor Cars, 3, 18, 30, 47, 81, 83, 154, 240, 272 Multiple-Disc Clutch, 70 Natural Resources, 280 Nature, 1, 238 New York, 57, 173, 182, 228 Nichols, Shepard & Company, 23 Northville, 190 Old-Age Support, 122, 124, 208 Organization of Society, 2 Organizational Structure, 91 Orphan Children, 207 Otto Engine, 27 Ownership and Dividends, 9, 53, 161 Pacifism, 245 Packard, 146 Packing Houses, 230 Patents, 61–63 Peace, 240, 245 People Mentioned, 198–199 Philadelphia, 228 Piquette Avenue Plant, 58, 85 Planned Obsolescence, 56, 148 Power, 1–2, 185–186, 195, 199, 201, 204, 280 Prices, 18, 48–49, 58, 136, 141–143, 146, 155, 171–172 Prisons, 209 Product Costs, 109 Production, 5, 10, 46, 65, 74, 77, 90, 98, 117, 122, 140, 166, 172, 174, 176, 184, 201, 208, 247, 257, 263, 270 Products, 16–17, 57, 69 Professional Etiquette, 216 Professional Integrity, 270 Profit, 11, 20, 118, 121, 143, 155, 161, 164, 188, 260, 273 Progress, 1, 181 Prohibition, 275 Proletariat, 266 Promotion, 97 Prosperity, 3, 7, 12, 14, 134, 183, 188, 206, 273 definition, 184 Public Affairs, 44, 260–261, 272 Purchasing Power, 49, 78, 141 Quality, 12, 48, 68, 136, 145 R. N. Greaves, 197 Radiators, 89, 149, 167 Railroads, 24, 94, 153, 222–223, 225–230, 233, 272 Ralph Waldo Emerson, 239 Rapid Turnover, 167 Raw Materials, 141, 152, 167, 232, 281 Rear Axle Assembly, 89 Red Tape, 91 Reformers, 3, 5–6, 269 Repairs, 42, 60, 69, 203 Responsibility, 92, 226–227 Right to Strike, 255 River Rouge Plant, 74, 84, 86, 98, 151, 191, 202, 246 Road Vehicles, 11, 22, 25, 58, 145 Robert W. Hobbs, 197 Royal Agricultural Society of England, 196 Rural Communities, 192 Russia, 4–5, 182, 243 Science, 235, 248 Scientific Management, 38, 77, 81, 203 Seasonal Work, 159, 165, 188–189 Selden Patent, 45, 60 Self-Supporting Hospitals, 215 Service, 2, 11, 19, 46, 49, 56, 140, 185, 253, 271, 273 Shoe Machinery, 153 Shop Methods, 43 Single-Model Strategy, 56, 72 Skilled Labor, 5, 77, 104, 112, 208 Slavery, 5 Social Justice, 120, 266 Socialism, 142, 184, 255 Sovietism, 4 Special Machinery, 90 Speculation, 7, 20, 36, 40, 138, 141, 170, 182, 219, 260, 273 Standardization, 48–49, 84, 148 State Regulations, 224 Steam Tractors, 25, 27, 200 Steel Industry, 66, 154 Strikes, 118, 259–260 Submarines, 246 Taxicabs, 153 Telephone, 229 Territorial Sales, 60 Threshing, 201 Time and Motion Study, 88 Time Studies, 125 Toolmaking, 78–79, 102, 106, 110, 211 Touring Car, 171 Track Repairing, 227 Tractors, 3, 147, 196–197, 199–201, 203, 272 Trade Schools, 210 Transfer Department, 109 Transmissions, 150 Transportation, 6, 14, 143, 188 Trucks, 154 Tubercular Employees, 110 Unemployment, 153, 165, 171, 258, 277 United States, 8, 243, 251 United States Government, 215, 246 Universal Car, 65 Universal Training, 219 Unsafe Clothing, 115 Unskilled Labor, 79 Urban Poverty, 192 Urbanization, 192 Usury, 182 Values and Prices, 12 Vanadium Steel, 18, 66 Vertical Integration, 18, 152 Vocational Education, 87, 210, 214 Wages, 9, 44, 74, 78, 106–107, 116, 119, 123–125, 136, 147, 163, 171, 188, 194, 227, 259, 279 Wall Street, 157, 169–170 War, 183, 240 War Production, 134 War Profiteering, 240 War Propaganda, 241 War Shortages, 142 War Work, 173 Waste, 2, 15, 19, 147, 187 Wasted Motion, 77 Water Power, 133, 281 Wealth, 182, 269, 274 Winter Sales, 166 Winton Car, 37 Women Workers, 108, 123, 195 Work, 3, 10, 120 Work Organization, 44 Workers, 100, 190, 251 Workers with Disabilities, 109 Working Conditions, 103–106, 108, 163, 189, 279 Working Hours, 46, 259 Workingmen, 261 Workmen, 43 Workmen’s Bonus, 169 Workplace Housekeeping, 115 World War I, 241–242, 246