"It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages."
--Henry Ford
Based on the quote, what conclusion can be made about the United States during the 1900s?

Question

"It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages." 
--Henry Ford 
Based on the quote, what conclusion can be made about the United States during the 1900s?

kizma99 · Answer

The employers of the period were known to pay their workers an inadequate salary.
       The economic boom of the period would have been impossible without consumers to buy the goods.
        The consumers of the period scrutinized goods carefully before making a decision to purchase a product.
        The employees of the period had to learn how to entice consumers in order to run a successful business.

sasabina123 · Answer

What do you think Ford was trying to say with this quote?

kizma99 · Answer

My answer was B but I'm not too sure

sasabina123 · Answer

So I think that basically Ford was saying that his workers couldn't blame him for not paying them an adequate salary, it was the customers fault right? So if the customers weren't paying enough it wasn't his fault. Do you agree?

kizma99 · Answer

Yeah, that makes sense since he can only pay them based on how much he sold

sasabina123 · Answer

So if he was trying to push the blame onto the customers instead of himself, you know that he probably wasn't paying them an adequate salary or they wouldn't be blaming him.

kizma99 · Answer

that makes sense thank you

sasabina123 · Answer

So, I'm pretty sure that answer A would make the most sense. No problem