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with stick or three or whatever he found to do his 'stuff' on. After the heat of the day refreshed a sense of cooperation restored, the boys returned to the factory xxxxxx to work until late getting out a job as near to the time promised as possible. Sam's policy was "John Doe or Henry Ford you got your ship in the order in which it came on the delivery list and this principle was strictly adhered to, to the total surprise of all kinds of would be influences. [[strikethrough]] if [[/strikethrough]] Whether you were a poor "son-of-a-gun" with every last dollar sunk into your to-be-delivered ship or whether you rated high in Bradstreet's you turn came in its turn. There was no argument. Sam's word came to be recognized, wherever used, as guilt-adge security for any responsibilities assumed or indebtednesses to discharge, both business and personal. The cooperation in the factory was unusual. Ever so often Sam would realize like a father about to discipline a son of whom he was fond, that it was time to go through the factory, check up on this and that, clean up the ragged edges, weed out the futile prospects as workman and often. In this disciplining, shaping up of the morals and cooperation of the company Sam would feel that he had been too harsh with someone and possibly hire him back the next day. [[paragraph symbol]]The field on which the ships were set up and from which they were flown out, was so small that until it was seen, competitors in particular, refused to believe any aeroplane could be safely taken off in such a small area. Even one old-timer, a pilot long in the brine, felt skeptical after seeing a Waco 9(which was the number of the ship with which Sam showed the 'cock-eyed' world a good ship at a cheap price could be built and sold to a profit stepped-off. He decided that the boys could fly out "just  so many" and then they were going to lose one. This field was an actual testimonial to Waco's chief selling points of "quick-take off "and "of' slow landing speed." These two points were the biggest answer to making flying safe insamuch as the smaller the field in which a pilot could land and take-off the more places in which to make a forced landing and therefore, up went the safety degree of flying. [[paragraph symbol]]A bit later so as to be able to set up more than one ship at a time and thereby handle