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Fordlandia , henry fords rubber failure
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04-06-2018, 03:49 PM
He was a pretty interesting character . The first Ford factories making the model T had a 300% employee turnover rate per year even though he paid them twice the average wage of the time . The noise and smell was almost unbearable inside the massive buildings making the first cars . His workers were mostly fresh off the boat from europe , I wonder how many illegals ?
Around 1928 and in need of massive rubber supplies Henry would send some of his detroit managers down to south america to oversee the new rubber tree plantation . They would force the wives to go along also because it kept their men from drugs and prostitutes . Everybody had to take Quinine daily unless you enjoy malaria . Imagine no air conditioning and bugs galore ...imagine jonestown ! So people lasted a few months and would be feeling uber depressed and begged to be returned to detroit . |
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