2 OCTOBER 1926, Page 3

Mr. Henry Ford has made the interesting announcement that in

future only five days a week will be worked in his factories. Thus every wage-earner will have, two clear days' holiday a week, and Mr. Ford explains in his Shrewd way that this will be as advantageous to him as to the workers because more holiday-making will eause a greater demand for the goods he produces. More than this, however, probably lies behind the announcement. It is Well known in America that the 'Ford- business is -meeting with more -competition than ever before, and this at a time when the number of motor-cars owned per head of the population is mounting at a progressively slower rate, if it is not indeed already approaching' the stopping point.