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Show ; FORD COMPANY j RAffi WAGES Sweeping Advance With Reduction Re-duction of Working Hours for All Employes in Canada. Detroit, Mich., April 21. Announcement Announce-ment of a sweeping advance in wages and reduction of working hours for all employes of th Furd Motor Company, Ltd.. of Canada, was made here today by G. M. McGregor general manager of the concern. All employes who have been in the aer Ice of the company com-pany six months or longer are to receive re-ceive a minimum wage of 5 cents an hour, or $4 a day, the working hours being reduced to 8 hours a day, or 48 hours a week. The company employes about 2 400 persons at Its factory at Ford. Ontario, Onta-rio, and its nine branches located in the principal cities of Canada. It Is estimated this advance In wages will distribute among Ford employes in Canada, in addition to the wages they already receive, about $500,000 a year. The scale as adopted lncreas es the wages of all employes from 15 to b0 per cent |