"And overhead?
Production costs are abnormally high to-day and so are carrying charges.
I am not saying that a ten-hour day is not too long.

Personally, I believe that a man cannot keep at his best for ten hours in certain industries--not in all." "Long hours do not mean big production, Maitland.

Not long hours but intensive and co-ordinated work bring up production and lower production costs." "What about idle machines and overhead ?" inquired Maitland.
"A very important consideration," said the minister.

"The only sound rule governing factory industry especially is this: the longest possible machine time, the shortest possible man time.

But here again it is a question of organisation, adjustment and co-ordination of work and workers.