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HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 25. 1921 



HARDWOOD LUMBER 



THIRTEEN BAND MILLS 

 SIX PLANING MILLS 

 FIFTEEN FLOORING UNITS 

 NINE DIMENSION MILLS 



Annual Capacity 

 130,000,000 Feet 



Ko more important service can tic rendered business in gen- 

 eral than to help secure a fair reduction of freight rates. 



While the railroads have not yet announced their position, 

 it is intimated in well informed circles that their view is: 

 That the railroads cannot afford to decrease their revenue. 



That they must be guaranteed that the decrease m rates 

 will assure larger tonnage. ,, , . . < 



That freight charges arc hut a small part, in any event, oi 

 total cost of anything— of the completed house, for example. 



Some thought should convince everyone: 



That decrease in rates will enable the railroads to earn a 

 greater total of revenue than can be had from the present 

 I>roilihitive rates. . ,j t_ . ..■ t i n 



That the logic of a reduction vnould be to stimulate all 

 activity and consequently to progressively increase the ton- 

 nage to be carried. 



That the contention that tlie element of freight is so com- 

 paratively small in the total is not sound. The same claim 

 could be made in respect to every ingredient going into a 

 building. 



Lumber represents only about S'/i of the cost of a repre- 

 sentative building. No one item (except labor) standing alone 

 represents a large percentage of the total. 



The attitude of the railroads, if taken by all, would mean 

 that no reductions would be made; and this reduces the posi- 

 tion to an absurdity. 



Lumber is as low as it should be; to this all agree. 



Let the railroads reduce rates. 



Let all others who have not reduced, do so at once — and 



Let business activity get under way with full momentum. 



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COLUMBUS, OHIO 



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