Lumber Situation: Compiling Figures To Show Comparatives
A regional report outlines efforts to compile lumber figures for comparison across markets. Officials seek clarity on prices, supply, and demand indicators to guide policy and industry decisions amid fluctuating timber prices and regional shortages.
Lumber prices debated as a Cedar Rapids reader rebuts the trust claim
A Cedar Rapids man argues lumber is not excessively high, presenting a long comparative study from the Cedar Rapids Gazette. He compares 1896 7 and 1906 7 prices for oats corn cattle and hogs to show broad inflation, and analyzes tabled lumber item prices to challenge claims of a lumber trust.
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Lumber Trust
Cedar Rapids
John W. Barry
Hawkeye Lumber & Coal Company
the Gazette
Gazette
Iawa
John E. Gable
Fay Bros. & Co
Hunting
Williams & Hunting Company
E. K. Larimer Hardware Company
Illing
Bret i
Steaig
Geo. W. Hotchkiss
Chicago
Ill
Hotchkiss
Decatur
D. S
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Macaulay
Lumber
American Lumberman
George K. Smith
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
United States Forest Service
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Gulf
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Williams & Hunt
D.s
Mg Bros
Teebti
Cinco Gees
Ie Ae
TOR
Lear
Gsristensa Ee
Lacaheat. Comn
E &O
Ares
Eos Aenmary
Pauls Lumber Company