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The Rotunda Times The Rotunda Times Volume 7 No. 6 The Official monthly Publication of the Ford & Mercury Restorer’s Club of America June 2017 rubber was at 76 lb. sterling per ton and in 1923 June Feature Article it went to 332 lb. per ton. Henry Ford wanted Fordlandia a stable market for rubber away from British colonies in Asia on the other side of the world. By Mark Sapienz Brazil was a logical and economical solution to Yes: it’s Ford to the Questions of January his problem. In 1928, the rubber plantation city named Fordlandia was started. It was located in the Amazon jungle on the Tapajois River. In a lease agreement with Brazil, Ford was given land to develop the plantation for 9% of the profits. FOMOCO sent 2 ships to the area and cleared out the jungle for the plantation. Prefabricated houses from Michigan were shipped and a town was born. Hospital, school, library. cafeteria, homes, swimming pool, tennis court, and a golf course were all constructed. The town was envisioned for up to 10,000 people. It was alcohol and tobacco free. Only wives and children of workers were allowed to inhabit. Ford bosses inspected workers homes for cleanliness. Ford tried to control the day to day life of the people with dances at night in While researching Fordlandia online, one sees Fordlandia and the cafeteria. All food served was American Failure frequently in the same sentence. Most articles claim no rubber dishes shipped in. The Brazilian workers were was ever used on a Ford Car. They say Henry Ford’s utopian city in the expected to work all day, but the jungle heat jungle nicknamed “Dearborn in the Amazon” was a social engineering suited morning and evening shifts with rest disaster. Ford’s creation of the perfect prefabricated industrial town during midday. The Culture clashes of work was a 20 million dollar waste. Was it? To Begin, the invention of the motor car created a demand for natural rubber produced by rubber trees in the jungle areas of the world near the equator. The rubber tree was native to South America and planted around the world by the British empire. The British monopoly of nature rubber produced around the world saw rubber prices fluctuate widely. 1910, 964 pound sterling per ton of rubber was the highest. Ford needed rubber for the tires, belts, and hoses on his vehicles. By 1922, Cont. Page 9 TheTheThe RotundaRotunda Times Times The Rotunda Times TheThe Rotunda Rotunda Times Times ThePublishedPublished Rotunda by: by: Times FMRCOA FordFord and and Mercury MercuryPublished Restores Restorers Club by:Club of Americaof America FORDFMRCOA AND MERCURY RESTORERS P.O.Ford P.O. Boxand Box 2938 Mercury 2938 Dearborn, Dearborn, Restorers Michigan Michigan Club 48123 of 48123 America FORD ANDFMRCOA MERCURYCLUB of AMERICARESTORERS FORD AND MERCURY RESTORERS P.O. Box 2938www.fmrcoa.org • Dearborn, Michigan 48123 P.O.CLUB Box 2938of AMERICA • Dearborn, MI 48123 www.fmrcoa.org CLUB of AMERICA www.fmrcoa.org P.O. Box 2938 • Dearborn, MI 48123 Newsletter StaffNewsletter Staff P.O. Box 2938 2011• Dearborn, OFFICERS MI 48123 President Art Cervi 248.553.8897 Editor Temporary Editor 20172012 [email protected] OFFICERS Steve Rohde 734.717.5444 [email protected] Beth Marschner Newsletter Staff Vice President Bob Guetschow 248.328.9113 2955 Bateson Ct., Ann Arbor, MI. 48105 President Jim Crawford 734.259.8079 248.231.4892 [email protected] President Bob Guetschow [email protected] 248.328.9113 17445Newsletter Norborne, Editor Redford, MI 48240 [email protected]@wowway.com Display TimAd PusiloEditor 313.278.325 Secretary Phil Lyon 734.578.6223 Bob DisplayGuetschow Ad Editor [email protected] [email protected] Vice President Tim Pusilo [email protected] 313.278.1325 313.278.1325 Treasurer [email protected] Steve [email protected] 734.717.5444 16291Bob WordenNewsletter Guetschow Rd., Holly, Advertisements MI. 48442 Editor [email protected] [email protected] 248.328.9113Bob Guetschow [email protected] Secretary MarkBeth MarschnerSapienz 734.676.5379 248.231.4892 Staff 16291Contributors Worden Rd., Holly,[email protected] MI 48442 Director [email protected] Brian [email protected] 248.486.8851 Bill Gipperich 586.826.881316291 Worden Rd., Holly, [email protected] MI 48442 [email protected] Staff Contributors Treasurer StanDale MillerLevasseur 734.464.3978 248.807.2821 Louis Ironside 810.798.8803 [email protected] Director Hank Dawson 810.231.3184 Bill Gipperich 586.826.8813 [email protected] [email protected]@sbcglobal.net Membership (The Roving Classified Reporter) Ads Editor Brian KutaLouisMark Ironside Sapienz 734.753.3788810.798.8803 734.676.5379 [email protected] [email protected] Director Director GeraldMark Koehler TimMurphy Pusilo 734.323.8378 734.699.6900313.278.1325 [email protected] [email protected] Phil Lyon 734.578.6223(The [email protected] Reporter) [email protected] [email protected] Bill Timoszyk 734.421.2076 [email protected] Brian Kuta 734.753.3788 [email protected] DirectorThe Ford & MercuryColeRob MartoiaGrandy Restorers Club810.735.1671 is a hobby734.837.1891 organization whose Terry Worful Staff Contributors 313.271.2017 [email protected] purpose is to [email protected] and [email protected] the acquisition, preservation and RoxanneDebraLouis Fontana Levasseur Ironside 248.926.0160 810.798.8803 [email protected] use of all Ford vehicles, 25 years of age and older. 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