traffic breakdowns. Present differences, however, far 

 exceed pre-war margins. 



Furthermore, many mills retail lumber locally at 

 wholesale prices. Instances were found, in fact, where 

 special prices below the going wholesale price were 

 made by mills in order to stimulate local building and 

 community development. Redwood bevel siding sold 

 in February, 1920, at a producing city in California 

 for $40.90 wholesale and $43 retail. During the same 

 month in Washington, D. C.. and at Dayton. Ohio, 

 the quoted prices on the same material varied from 

 $110 to $130. The freight rate from California to 

 these points was approximately $8.50. 



The three tables which follow indicate retail selling 

 prices in towns and cities in lumber-producing regions 

 in contrast to prices prevailing in markets far re- 

 moved from forest regions. In some instances, sale 

 prices and price quotations from different dealers 

 varied considerably, and in these cases an average 

 of the prices obtained is used. 



Differences shown in the foregoing tables are in 

 most cases very striking. No. 2 and better flooring 

 . of North Carolina pine, for example, was retailing 

 at around $150 in New York in February, 1920, but 

 was retailing in Wilmington, N. C., at about $100 per 

 1,000 feet, although the freight rate to New York 

 amounts to only $4 or $5 a thousand. Similarly. No. 

 2 southern pine common boards 1 by 8 inches were 

 being bought in southern cities at from $50 to $60 

 a thousand feet, but were costing $80 a thousand in 

 Dayton, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pa., despite freight 

 rates equivalent to only about $6.50 and $7.50, respec- 



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