One of the industrial giants who
changed American society was Henry Ford horn on a farm in Michigan in 1863, and
he grew up to bring forth some of the most revolutionary improvements in
automotive technology in the early 20th century. His outstanding mechanical
ability led him to become interested in the new automobiles in the early 1900s.
Though be did not invent the automobile, he improved upon everyone else’s
designs. He was a person who believed in inexpensive, efficient production, so
he established standards for his plants and workers. He also standardized and
produced many new auto parts for his Ford Motor Company cars. Then he studied
the workers’ problems and thousands of automobiles per year. In fact, his plants
had produced 15 million Model TS by 1927. Ford’s personality was not all thrift
(节俭), efficiency and inventiveness, however. He was a man who was cold and who
could not keep pace with the competition due to his own rigidity (严格). His
company suffered because of his desire to maintain the existing state instead of
meeting and beating the competition by changing his products. Finally, he saw
that he must change or fail, therefore, he introduced a newtype engine and once
again took over the automobile market. Ford left a legacy of millions of
dollars, millions of jobs for American workers, and millions of satisfied
customers.
It is Henry Ford’s belief that （）
A．products should be made with less cost but higher efficiency
B．products should be sold at low prices in large quantity
C．products should be sold at high prices in large quantity
D．standards must be established in his plants
