The Washington times., 1921-03-10
TRADE Revival
E,SAYSFORD
Volume Of Business Will Con.
tinue to Grow Until Normal,
He Predicts.

DETROIT, March 1O.-"Business
is picking up in the Middle West and
the rest of the country ought to fall
in line shortly" declared Henry
Ford today in his office at Dear
born, where he was working on plans
for his new power project and fac
tory at Green Island near Troy.
THINKS WORST OVER.
The worst is over" said Mr.. Ford.
with the country getting back to
work and people, beginning to buy II
Will not take long for the situation
TO better. or course. il will be differ
ent from the conditions before the
war. There will be more measures
of economy in every way, but the vol
ume of business will continually grow.
"Our factories are turning out at
present about 1900 automobiles and
200 tractors each day, which Is pretty
nearly the pre-war schedule even
with the smaller number of men en-
ployed. l expect the demand TO in
crease just as regularly as II did be-
fore 1917"
Estimates from a reliable source
place the number. of men at work in
the Highland Park Ford plant at
about 24,000 men and at the Rouge
plant at about 5000 men.
Questioned as to the possibility II
the quick re-absorption of The large
army OF workers who were in the
Ford factories before the recent shut
down, Mr. Ford said that ii would de-
pend on demand. but he repeated his
belief that the business CT the coun-
try would grow naturally 20 absorb
all unemployed in every line of pusi-
ness.
B.. MEN LEAVING DETROIT.
81 understand that many men are
leaving Detroit" he said, ''and evil
IDENTIFY they are going to where there
are jobs. The publication of stats
tics as to the number or unemployed
in any community is often misleading,
for many OF the men so listed are
often comfortably situated and are
for their old Jobs. The re-
sulting big figure of unemployed has
a depressing effect on all lines of
business and sets both buyer and
seller waiting for something to hap
pen that will start things along
gain.
Under present conditions every |
man out of a job ought to take any
work he can get He will feel better |
and will help get business moving |
lSulH. W men lneGt Is Il 1OI |
him again in his old place his record |
is known and then he can get back !
IL he wants to.
EVERY one should make up his !
mind that he must take loss for a |
while, employer as we'll as workers. |
1t is the only way 10 get business
back were IL belongs. And. II IL |
brings that result it can hardly be |
called a loss.
WAR PROSPERITY FALSE.
The condition which is just passing |
now ought to do more for world peace !
and disarmament than all the writing |
and speech-making and parleying in |
the world. The war brought on . |
false prosperity. What has followed |
the war has proved 1t was false"
Mr.. Ford called attention to a state |
ment, made in New York. that there !
would be probable demand for |
about 100000 tractors during 1921 in |
the United states alone, and that |
within the next ten years there would |
be sales of about 10000. 900 tractors.
The same statement also estimated |
hat Argentina would want during /
1921 some 100000. Continental Eu-
rope, aside from Germany and Russia. |
about 100000 tractors. There were |
about 325,000 tractors in use in the |
United States at the end of 1920, it |
was estimated.
Mr.. Ford believes the estimates not
and looks for the same vol
lme of business in all manufacturing
lines